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Derry folk, fully deserved victory - by far the better team. Murphy looks the real deal - there is a buzz in the crowd when he gets possession.

Not the bad news - never seen as bad an organised match in my lifetime. No car parking stewards before or after game, every man fend for themselves. No traffic plan, nothing, zilch, f**k all.

I would have been home from Kerry quicker!!

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Derry folk, fully deserved victory - by far the better team. Murphy looks the real deal - there is a buzz in the crowd when he gets possession.

Not the bad news - never seen as bad an organised match in my lifetime. No car parking stewards before or after game, every man fend for themselves. No traffic plan, nothing, zilch, f**k all.

I would have been home from Kerry quicker!!

One of the regular gripes on Celtic Park. Takes forever to get out of the city and facilities in the ground could do with a real good upgrade. The stand is as good as any as is the terrace. Sound system is awful, never heard a word of the national anthem.

With no club associated with the ground, where do the volunteers come from to do this? Genuine question, because it can't be easy to get them.

Murphy is an exciting g prospect.

[Brendan]

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Derry folk, fully deserved victory - by far the better team. Murphy looks the real deal - there is a buzz in the crowd when he gets possession.

Not the bad news - never seen as bad an organised match in my lifetime. No car parking stewards before or after game, every man fend for themselves. No traffic plan, nothing, zilch, f**k all.

I would have been home from Kerry quicker!!

One of the regular gripes on Celtic Park. Takes forever to get out of the city and facilities in the ground could do with a real good upgrade. The stand is as good as any as is the terrace. Sound system is awful, never heard a word of the national anthem.

With no club associated with the ground, where do the volunteers come from to do this? Genuine question, because it can't be easy to get them.

Murphy is an exciting g prospect.

Was really surreal everyone standing in silence not knowing if the Amhran na bhfiann was playing or not and taking a guess when to clap lol.

As for stewards texts sent around before every big game looking for volunteers from nearby clubs

[Wildweasel74]

Volunteers have to come from the far end of South Derry to help too.

[JoG2]

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Derry folk, fully deserved victory - by far the better team. Murphy looks the real deal - there is a buzz in the crowd when he gets possession.

Not the bad news - never seen as bad an organised match in my lifetime. No car parking stewards before or after game, every man fend for themselves. No traffic plan, nothing, zilch, f**k all.

I would have been home from Kerry quicker!!

One of the regular gripes on Celtic Park. Takes forever to get out of the city and facilities in the ground could do with a real good upgrade. The stand is as good as any as is the terrace. Sound system is awful, never heard a word of the national anthem.

With no club associated with the ground, where do the volunteers come from to do this? Genuine question, because it can't be easy to get them.

Murphy is an exciting g prospect.

Volunteers come from a wide range of clubs all over the county. There's a core who are always there. Derry City Council took control of the control room / stewarding on Sunday. Not one of them had an ounce of common sense between them.

Parking wise / exiting the City all comes down to a bit of planning. The closer you are to the ground, the longer it'll take to get away, same as any ground.
Park up around Blighs Lane towards Eastway and you're out via Rosemount or the Creggan Link Rd handy enough

Volunteers have to come the far end of South Derry to help too.

So Derry folk volunteering at the county ground

[Brendan]

BelTel making an issue of the Linfield Institute game at the Brandywell before Derry V Dublin, not like too many Linfield fans are going to just go wandering off around that part of the town

[The Trap]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

[Cluborcountywhynotboth]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

On Celtic Park, it also needs a serious upgrade in the changing rooms and other facilities used for hosting county games, as it currently stands by county standard the changing rooms are beyond basic and they use a portacabin to serve food etc... the stands and the media facilities are the only aspects that are fit for purpose for a top level county ground.

[tbrick18]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

On Celtic Park, it also needs a serious upgrade in the changing rooms and other facilities used for hosting county games, as it currently stands by county standard the changing rooms are beyond basic and they use a portacabin to serve food etc... the stands and the media facilities are the only aspects that are fit for purpose for a top level county ground.

4g/5g not deadly in the ground either so you'd imagine some of the comms out during games is difficult.
Armagh has the right balance in terms of facilities and ease of access. Traffic always seems to get away quickly. Great place to watch a game too.

[Ethan Tremblay]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

Would agree with that, money for casement would be better placed going to county grounds that need upgrading.  Casement does need to happen to some degree of course, it was an iconic location in its day, but there is no need to go overboard with it either. 

[North Man]

Celtic Park was not in favour when we had the poor run over the past 10 years or so.
There was no investment in the Park where as Owenbeg got it all.
Owenbeg is some spot and is the centre of the county.
With crowds back Celtic Park has to be used, it has a great surface and with a crowd it generates a great atmosphere.
I don't buy into the traffic issues, park around the city centre and walk over, its only 15 mins or so.
You generally get away fairly quickly thereafter.
Yes new investment is now needed, the changing rooms are 35 years old and are totally inefficient.
The changing room end is in need of a total rebuild, and this is recognised by all.
The PA is very poor and toilets need upgraded, small scale upgrades but necessary.
The Dubs are coming in early March, they brought a v good support last year, with a Saturday night game most stay over bringing monies into the town, no other sport in the city brings a spending support.
Speaking to some Dubs last year they loved coming to Derry, the pitch is so close to the town's bars and to them Derry is a fairly cheap stay.
 Long live Celtic Park.

[JoG2]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

Not sure what happened the PA on Sunday, it's usually fine. There was a game in it about 7 or 8 years ago, might have been u21s. All in attendance standing for the anthem, queue a delay of about 30 secs and then a techno dance tune started, played for about 15 secs. T'was funny.
Do disagreement re toilets, shops etc.
It's a great stadium to watch a game

[marty34]

Celtic Park is a great venue to watch a game. Could do with some upgrades that are easily sorted, toilets, PA, clock, more shops etc and better traffic control.

Omagh could do with some upgrades. The likes of Armagh and Newry are very good grounds.

Antrim need a good ground but do they or the GAA really need Casement as proposed?

Once it is built and paid for in time for the Euros (which is hard to turn down) how is the upkeep going to be paid for and will this be to the detriment of other grounds?

Would it not be better for Antrim to have a ground like the Athletic grounds and other counties to get cash to make some upgrades?

On Celtic Park, it also needs a serious upgrade in the changing rooms and other facilities used for hosting county games, as it currently stands by county standard the changing rooms are beyond basic and they use a portacabin to serve food etc... the stands and the media facilities are the only aspects that are fit for purpose for a top level county ground.

Yeah, 4 changing rooms directly beside each other. Paper thin walls.  Be ok for 1 match.

Sunday was a double header so probably 2 teams in beside each other. Not ideal.

Parking around any city/big town ground is going to be tough on the day of a big match. Like Omagh or Armagh etc. Much of a muchness.

Sound system very poor in Celtic Park. Needs looked at asap. Very hard to hear changes on the teams at the start of the matches.

[Keyser soze]

Egress from Celtic Park is compounded by the fact that [other than when playing Donegal/Sligo etc] nearly all traffic is funneled over 2 bridges.

The GAA should lobby for another new bridge over the Foyle, be money better spent than on Casement, or a new PA system.

Sure even if you can't hear that a pair of lost sunglasses have been handed in, you will get home in time for CF.