Bohs Vote To Move!!!!

applehunter

Breaking News.

At the EGM tonight, the members voted to move out of Dayler and to a new stadium.

MrJoeSoap

86% in favour, they needed 75%.

Stadium is apparently being built by the people who are buying the Dalymount site off them. Its a legendary place, with a great history, but all good things must come to an end.

The new place isn't too far from me, which is handy. Hope they make a really nice and modern looking stadium out of it.

Oh, and they're only just a Northside club now!

Kingp35

I think its the right decision. Dalymount has a great history but its very run down and a new Stadium can only benefit the club. This is exactly what the EL league needs to be doing and thats improving their facilities. More people will be attracted to the league this way.

mchurl

Good move by the fans, although it really was a no-brainer for the club. Dalyer does have a great history, but it is exactly that, HISTORY. Hopefully Bohs can move on now and fill their new ground and develop their club with the extra money.

ronbyrne2005

who owns the site in castleknock??
should allow us to push for champions league.gonna be a few decades of dominance to come over the rovers!

MrJoeSoap

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

who owns the site in castleknock??
should allow us to push for champions league.gonna be a few decades of dominance to come over the rovers!

Not sure who owns it but the guy who bought the land next to it and built Castleknock golf course apparently tried to buy it and couldn't.

Any chance of merging the two threads?

blu_sonic

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

who owns the site in castleknock??
should allow us to push for champions league.gonna be a few decades of dominance to come over the rovers!

haha tring return the decades we dominated all of ye? they'll come again

is ever move Boez make in responce to us?

The Gecko

blu_sonic wrote:

haha tring return the decades we dominated all of ye? they'll come again

is ever move Boez make in responce to us?

Dont think so, I am sure they have no plans to be relegated anytime soon.:D

On the satium front, I have spent 18 years visiting Dayler and will miss it but it is time to move onwards and upwards. Just think we have millions to spend on over weight former strikers!!!

MrJoeSoap

Bench warming overweight former strikers.

bohsman

Happy days, we are debt free and if planning permission isnt granted were 2m richer and back to square one.

finnpark

Bohs get a new stadium for free and 20m in cash :eek: . This couldn't be right. if this is the case Bohs should be in Champs League within 8 years:eek:

MrJoeSoap

finnpark wrote:

Bohs get a new stadium for free and 20m in cash :eek: . This couldn't be right. if this is the case Bohs should be in Champs League within 8 years:eek:

10,000 seater stadium and €25m in cash.

Wow!

Pigman II

Kinda hard to come to terms that Daylier will be gone but it has been said already history is history and it's time to move on.

The facilities and cash should be a great opportunity for us to become the #1 Club in Ireland for a long time but I think talk of actual champions league qualification is still an unrealistic ambition in the current climate. Here's hoping I'm proved wrong

ronbyrne2005

i'd get rid of farrelly as manager and get top manager in.dont let farrellly spend this cash bohs board!

Töpher

Fair play to them. Would have been stupid to say no!

Stadium worth €21m and €25m cash (inculding €2m NON-REFUNDABLE as a gesture, even if the deal falls through - apparently!).

The Big Pub may well become a force to be reckoned with once more.

jank

Had my own good memories there when Cork City won the FAI cup in 97.

ITs the way things are going for the dublin clubs. They are all going to be in the suburbs.

KdjaCL

My fondness for Bosh grows more and more

DUBLIN'S SOCCER LANDSCAPE TO CHANGE IN GROUND MERRY-GO-ROUND
BOHEMIANS' move to Castleknock has set the ball rolling on a process that will see the landscape of soccer in the capital change hugely over the coming years and the issue of where they will play their football in the future is one that is playing on all six clubs presently.

The FAI will meet with the board of Bohemians over the coming ten days to discuss the future, but the move obviously puts pay to any possible redevelopment of Dalymount Park.

The government have made no secret that they wish to only develop two stadia in Dublin with Tallaght being one of them and the fact that Bohemians will now not need any funding from the Department of Sport could be good news for St Patrick's Athletic.

The Bohemians meeting on Thursday was not the only one in the capital, as in Inchicore, the supporters group 'Pat's for Richmond' met to discuss the future of Richmond Park.

They have voiced concern about moving away from the venue and with 1,400 names put to a recent petition they have a growing support. They will now begin lobbying local politicians and are due to meet with the FAI in the coming weeks also to discuss what options are available to them.

The St Pat's board have already explored the possibility of expanded Richmond Park, with the cost of such a project to be in the region of €7.3million, increasing the capacity to 5,700. Government funding though is far from guaranteed and with that kind of money not available to the club at present, some complicated negotiations are set for the coming months.

The one stadium that the government has committed to is Tallaght, but presently work remains stalled, pending a date in the High Court. That is fixed for Monday, where local GAA club, Thomas Davis, will be seeking a judicial review into the stadium remaining a soccer-only venue.

That leaves Shamrock Rovers still sharing Tolka Park with Shelbourne and after Thursday's events they could be partners for the foreseeable future, but not necessarily in Drumcondra. Shelbourne's insistence that they will not share with Bohemians in Castleknock, would appear to leave them with little alternative but to relocate to Tallaght.

One thing that is for sure is that UCD will be moving across their campus to the Belfield Bowl within the next year, but with Dublin City looking for a groundshare partner also, there promises to be plenty of negotiations in the coming months.

Go on Shels , tallaght is great you know you want too play there ;P

kdjac

Töpher

Tallaght Boo!

Could anyone see the govt being a bit shifty and offering to help Pats with the finances only if they let Shels share? Don't wanna go to that dive either! We'll reside in the new Lansdowne please!

KdjaCL

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Tallaght Boo!

Could anyone see the govt being a bit shifty and offering to help Pats with the finances only if they let Shels share? Don't wanna go to that dive either! We'll reside in the new Lansdowne please!

Its a possibility but your better off in Tallaght, more chance of having a stadium and if both are there and with the size of the ground area, you could make that a fairly decent stadium.

If that happened we would be still in Richer with no money so exact same position as now. LOL goverment not giving us any money till we go to tallaght they never gave us any in the 1st place. The pitch lenghtening was Lotto cash.

kdjac

Corben Dallas

Absolutely the right decesion for Bohs, it would probably have take 100million+ to bring Dalymount Pk up to acceptable club soccer stadia standards, I certainly wont miss the death trap away stand with its 1970's charm.

btw Did they get 50million or 65 for the move?

bohsman

No deal done yet other than 2m non refundable deposit. Deal is off in 5 years if pp etc isnt granted.

The deal is new stadium + 25m - if the stadium goes overbudget its not our problem, the developer pays it.

applehunter

What is the story with tax on this.

Is the 25m subject to tax?

KdjaCL

applehunter wrote:

tax?

HA HA yeah right like anyone pays that in the EL.


Would imagine an amesty of some sort on it.

kdjac

ronbyrne2005

dont know if a club run by members for members has to pay capital gains tax .even if they did it would be only around 20% .