End of an era
Francie has a tear in his eye ...
Tonight sees the last soccer international to be played at Lansdowne Road before the bulldozers come in to make way for a new 50,000 seater stadium. Hopefully our Boys in Green will ensure they go out on a high with a resounding victory over European minnows San Marino.
While Lansdowne is being re-developed, both the Irish soccer and rugby teams will play their games at GAA headquarters. And in preparation for this, Croke Park has begun installing state-of-the-art floodlights. The €5million system will be twice as powerful as those being used tonight at Lansdowne Road. With a lux measurement of over 2,500 per square metre, the floodlights will be up there with the best in the world. Basing their research on cricket grounds, Croke Park officials wanted to ensure the lighting system would be suited to hurling. Hopefully our Boys in Green, in both codes, will shine as brightly in their new home.
tags:lansdowne
Published by Colm.
Tonight sees the last soccer international to be played at Lansdowne Road before the bulldozers come in to make way for a new 50,000 seater stadium. Hopefully our Boys in Green will ensure they go out on a high with a resounding victory over European minnows San Marino.
While Lansdowne is being re-developed, both the Irish soccer and rugby teams will play their games at GAA headquarters. And in preparation for this, Croke Park has begun installing state-of-the-art floodlights. The €5million system will be twice as powerful as those being used tonight at Lansdowne Road. With a lux measurement of over 2,500 per square metre, the floodlights will be up there with the best in the world. Basing their research on cricket grounds, Croke Park officials wanted to ensure the lighting system would be suited to hurling. Hopefully our Boys in Green, in both codes, will shine as brightly in their new home.
tags:lansdowne
Published by Colm.
|