5 a side?

JimiTime

I do drink myself, however, i love football and any 5 a side that gets goin usually ends up in the pub, and eventually the football stops and the pub still goes:mad:

Anyway, i'm in Dublin, am 27, unfit and ok at football. Anyone else be into setting up a regular 5 a side? Nothing serious, just a good game to get the lungs working?

ParkRunner

Id be interested anyway for sure! Just looking to have a kickabout at the weekend preferably..I live in Fairview

zAbbo

I'd be interested too, I'm moving to Dublin next month and have been looking for somewhere to play indoor/5-aside.

Richie860504

Yeah, Count me in. What area are you thinking about having it?

ParkRunner

Anywhere along the dart line would suit me anyway

estebancambias

I would play, I'm in Killiney.

headlessloon

i'd defo be up for a kickaround! i live in dun laoghaire - dart line sounds good. how many people have you got? i'll ask around and try to get some more people.

ParkRunner

Looks like 6 so far..another 4 and we could at least get 2 teams of 5

dewsbury

I am not looking for a game but can offer the following advice.

You may find it very difficult to get a 5-a-side pitch on weekday evenings.
They are very booked up.

Weekends are much easier and I know that Loughlinstown Leisure centre is available a lot on Sat & Sun.

Also, you would need to start with at least 14 players in order to get a regular 10 players. Best to err on the side of too many rather than to few.

Incidentally outdoor astroturf is generally more popular than indoor halls.

estebancambias

Ask Dave can he come out to play..

Hopefully we can get this sorted. Over by Clontarf looks pretty good(near the gym) or Loughlinstown...even better.


Oh and I agree astroturf is better.

ParkRunner

When would suit people best so..weekend or weekdays? It would be the weekend for me anyway

Hi all,
I'd love to get involved in this so could someone post/pm the details. The weekend would suit me more anyway. Loughlinstown & Bluepool(Monkstown) have astro pitches. I'll go anywhere accessible in Dublin.

JimiTime

Cool, the numbers seem to be building anyway:) Weekend suits me. Morning or early afternoon would be ideal?? As for astro or indoor, i don't mind, however, bare in mind the awful weather. At the moment, indoor may be a better option? Hail rain or snow, we'll get a game with indoor. Shall we take a roll call at this point? Say 'I' if you're defo on for it, and 'I +?' if its you + more people you know who are interested. Sound ok?

dewsbury

As mentioned , I am not available for playing.

However, I would like to re-state a general preference for outdoor over indoor.

I already play 3 times a week and the weather is never (and I mean never) a problem. The cold & wet makes little difference on astro. In fact many of us prefer the cold. Heat can be more of a problem (indoors & outdoors).

I have never seen witnessed an outdoor game cancelled in 15 years of playing!
It should not be compared to playing on grass.

There is nothing like fresh air!

estebancambias

I agree with you. I don't like indoor.

I'd prefer outdoor but would still play if we were forced to play indoors.

Richie860504

Don't mind indoor or outdoor as long as I'm on the winning team!!! Can't play on Mondays as I already play that night but any other night whether weekend or weekday is grand.

JimiTime

I count 7 at the mo.

Me
estebancambias
EF
KAG1888
Richie860504
headlessloon
zabbo

I reckon we get 12 people. If everyone shows up, we have 6-a-side. 10 show, we have 5-a-side, 8 show we have 4-a-side. Anything below is too low.

How does Saturday's sometime between 10am and 1pm suit everyone thats in so far?

ParkRunner

Saturday morning suits me fine. Astro turf pitch preferably too. Would be good to lose the Xmas belly

estebancambias

Yeah suits me grand. Pushing towards one though if possible. I say if we get 4on 4, play with a small samba ball. Loughlinstown is always empty at weekend.

Richie860504

Yeah any time on saturday would be grand. No matter where it is, I'll be there.

estebancambias

Where you situated Richie? Hopefully we can get a place that suits everyone to some degree.

estebancambias

Do players have to be on Boards? I could get probably an other player if needs be.

Richie860504

Situated in Coolock but have a car so don't mind where it is.

estebancambias

Hopefully we can get this sorted out quick enough.

headlessloon

saturday mornin fine with me. dartline would be good.

Saturday is fine with me too. I went to a game last Friday in Monkstown on their pitches and it was good so thats what im going to do on Friday's now for a while.

NonDrinkersClub

estebancambias wrote: »

Do players have to be on Boards? I could get probably an other player if needs be.

It's open to everyone so bring your friends! My boyfriend is going.

estebancambias

Cool.

Richie860504

What's happening with setting up this 5 a-side. Will it be set up anytime soon?

NonDrinkersClub

JimiTime - let me know when you have details for this and I'll put 'em on the website www.nondrinkersgroup.com! 5-a-side a great idea by the way...good on ya!

JimiTime

2 Venue Options. Tallaght Astro, or Loughlinstown

Day: Saturday

Time: Either 11am - 12pm or 12pm - 1pm

Availability confirmed!

So Its down to numbers now. We'll take a vote on time and venue also. Majority rule, is dat ok?

Me + 1 Preference, Tallaght @ 11 - 12.

Richie860504

Me, maybe +2, Anywhere. But if it comes down to it Tallaght.

I vote Loughlinstown. I couldn't make it to Tallaght . 12-1 suits me

ParkRunner

Loughlinstown for me too, Tallaght is way over the other side of the city but if the place is near a Luas stop I would come along. 12pm me too

Zan tropical

Apologies I'm not sure if I'm going about the right way for posting a thread to the board. Just to say that a few people have mentioned that they are looking to play some indoor football. Most of the facilities are on the north or southside with very little available in Central Dublin. Myself and some friends play indoor football at Belvedere College which is situated on Great Denmark Street in the centre of town on a Friday night.

Its totally mixed gender and mixed ability and usually a great deal of fun. It costs us 60 euro a week to rent the court, and we play for over an hour from 7pm-8pm (but its usually a bit longer). We have proper goals,bibs and footballs but its quite light hearted. We usually get a 5 or six a side match, but because its a friday we are always grateful for players. If anybody is interested let me know and we can then put you on our list.We send out a weekly "invitation" to all people on the list to see how many people we will have for a match.

Just to confirm:

Location: Belvedere College (Great Denmark Street)

Day: Friday

Time:7pm

Please reply if anybody is interested.

Zan

I cant anyway on Fridays Zan as I am playing a regular game myself. Cheers though.

dewsbury

...well....did the 5-a-side ever actually happen?

peewee18988

Haya huys

Did the 5-a-side go ahead???????

Would love to join ya!!

ollie1

I would love to play as well if its still going on..I need something to get fit

estebancambias

LOL..it never happened.

Richie860504

Right. I'll start this off again. If your interested pm me with your location and I'll sort something out. There's loads of astroturf around. Would people prefer indoor or astroturf. Let me know.

Zan tropical

Hi everybody

The 5 a side at Belvedere has been going on since november, so if you can send me through your e-mail addresses privately i will send you an e-mail invite (basically we send one out each week so we know we'll have enough people for a game on the Friday). A few people have had problems recieving the mail. I think it may have gone to a junk mail filter or something. Once I have your e-mail I will add you to the list. THe actual invite will be sent fro ma guy called Stefan.

Hope that clarifies

Zan