A nostalgic look back at Dalymount Park and the recent cup final at the Aviva Stadium.
It was in Dalymount Park , back when the northside Dublin stadium resembled something from a survival horror video game. It’s no architectural triumph today. But in 1989, Dalymount was dystopian with post-apocalyptic ribbons attached. The steps behind the goal were a running battle between weeds and boulders of rubble. The toilets glowed in the dark – and also in the daylight.
When Dave Barry hit the post, and all the Cork City fans jumped at once, I wondered for a moment if the terrace might open and swallow us whole. I’ll remember my most recent cup final too – Bohemian FC vs St Patrick’s Athletic last Sunday. Not out of any affection for either team. In a perfect world, both would have lost. But because the game, at the Aviva Stadium, drew a record sell-out attendance crowd of around 43,00
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