Great News For Ulster Rugby

[Duncer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...hern-ireland-16693209

[Nibble]

It'll be a great day out for the visiting fans when the final of the Pro12 comes to town, hope everybody gets behind the development, and gives Ulster rugby the boost it wants.

[jno]

going to have seats on all four sides, then, unlike that strange stadium in Dublin

[Nibble]

That strange side in Dublin is probably for people who suffer from vertigo :), or it's the side for "the little people" :)

[ichkeria]

..or the Oxford United Stadium, which has a car park behind one of the goals...

[Duncer]

Or Braga, where you have cliffs behind each goal.

[Nibble]

Or Madeira, even

http://www.acropoliss.../estadiodamadeira.jpg

[jno]

I suppose it's like developers having to incoude a certain amount of space for social housing, Nibble, in Ireland there has to be a leprechaun section.

[jno]

or Kamloops

http://www.sabotageti...oops-soccer-field.jpg

[Duncer]

Now, now.

The "funny" end at the Aviva was because the houses behind that part of the ground fought a long hard battle and are listed buildings, therefore preventing development in that direction. It was previously a very small terraced area in Landsowne Road.

[Nibble]

I'll play up the hill, jno :)

[Wharton]

Celtic Park used to have a terracing called "The Jungle" - aptly named - I have been in it :-)

[Duncer]

Remember it well, a dump of a place. Then again, most grounds back then were dumps at best, and death traps at worst.