Macdara Ferris takes a look at the history of Tallaght Stadium as plans are announced for bringing the stadium up to a 10,000 seater venue – the capacity originally envisaged when the plans first emerged for the stadium back in 1996.
This week we go back to 17th June, 2005 when a struggling Shamrock Rovers side defeated Shelbourne 2-1 at Tolka Park on a nice summer’s evening. While the weather was pleasant the clash between Shelbourne Chief Executive Ollie Byrne and Hoops’ manager Roddy Collins before the game most certainly was not. More about that later….