Remembering the stadium the way it should be.
Shelbourne FC were the best Irish team throughout the early 2000’s by a long way.
They won five titles in seven years and possibly the best side to ever grace the League of Ireland, there’s a debate anyway.
The club represented itself admirably in Europe with a number of memorable nights against European powerhouses such as Deportivo La Coruńa and Porto but are now a shadow of they club that they used to be.
The club went bankrupt in 2006 and nearly folded, they were relegated to the second tier of Irish football and have stayed there for the vast majority of the time since bankruptcy.
The club are going to be moving in with local rivals Bohemians when Dalymount gets redeveloped and Shelbourne’s stadium Tolka Park is slowly falling apart.
Two of the stands are now closed and day by day it is falling into more and more disrepair and there is literally no point investing in a stadium that will be closed in a couple of years.
It’s an emotional time for Shelbourne fans, the glory days are gone and the stadium somewhat reflects the downward spiral the club has been on over the last decade.
Well, someone has decided to do a replica of the stadium that used to be the second biggest football ground in the country and it is spectacular.
The replica was made by Replica football and rugby stadium models past and present day.
And it didn’t go unnoticed with the official Shelbourne F.C. Facebook page sharing it.
