Stepping Back!

When United made the trip to Suffolk last Saturday, I felt like I was stepping 'back in time'. Their ground from a spectator's point of view is a joke, not only is their no cover for visiting fans, there's practically no terracing and in what is turning out to be synonymous with Belfast grounds, only Portaloos for use as toilet facilities. These facilities are basically meant for temporary use and if used regularly need to be cleaned and disinfected quite often. The stench pervading from the ones at the D.C. ground was almost unbearable and bore testament to a dearth of cleaning, forcing United fans to use alternative methods. According to reports the D.C. have been told that they have a good chance of being invited into the new Premier league set-up next season, while most amateur league clubs have been told their ground doesn't quite measure up and I can assure you it's nothing to do with toilet facilities. Most clubs fail on provision of exits from the playing surface, their are reportedly in need of one every 25 meters, needless to say D. C. have no such regulations to consider. I wonder then,that if they are drawn against junior opposition in the Irish cup, we could have the laughable situation, where the junior club cannot claim home advantage because their ground is not up to date, but it could be played at Celtic's ground, which is probably even more basic than their opponents. We keep saying it, 'it can only happen in the Irish league', don't they realise we have a much higher profile now with Sky TV televising the odd game and this antiquated behaviour will just not do. So come on lads, get your heads together on this and hammer out a deal, which is fair and square, I realise this will be tough for you, as you are deeply ingrained in your old thinking, but do it you must, the alternative is not worth contemplating!