LONGFORD TOWN (MULLOGHER) - Longford Town have released plans for the revamp of their Strokestown Road base. The first phase will cost in the region of £550,000 and will see a new 1,500-seater stand built on the west side of the ground. This will also house dressing rooms, a media room and a hospitality suite. The newly promoted Midlanders have raised £300,000 towards the cost of the project with the rest expected to be met by grants from the FAI and the Government. The club have also started a three tier fans' membership scheme where £3,000 will get you ten years of admission to the ground, £1,500 entitles you to five years and £200 gets you a year’s membership as well as many other benefits. The plans for Mullogher can be found on the clubs’ website: www.hornepage.eircom.netliongfordtown.

AHLONE TOWN (ST.MEL’S PARK) - Town's move from the ageing St.Mel’s Park will definitely happen. The club will receive £400,000 spread over twenty years from Westmeath County Council and will be rehoused in a new site adjacent to the Regional Sports Centre by the start of the 2002-03 season. St.Mel's Park will then be demolished and the site will be used for council houses. Visit this relic of yesteryear before it is too late!

GALWAY UNITED (TERRYLAND PARK) - The Tribesmen have been awarded £20,000 by The Arts,Heritage and Gaeftacht department for use and promotion of the Gaelic language at the ground. The club will put the windfall towards the cost of building a second new stand at the ground.

KILKENNY CITY (BUCKLEY PARK) - Work was completed in the summer on the new 1,000-seater stand at the Town End of the ground. The Cat's compact home now has a seating capacity of 2,000.

SUPER 8 - The proposed all-Ireland League mentioned in the last issue has fallen through amid bitter recriminations on both sides. It is generally believed that lack of ambition on the Ulster committee is the reason for the break down of the project.

EIRCOM PARK - The wrangle over the FAI's new national stadium project still rumbles on. The Government offered the FAI huge inducements to abandon the South Dublin site in favour of their own proposed National Stadium development. There is currently dissention in the ranks of the FAI with treasurer Brendan Menton publicly expressing concern over the cost of the project. He's worried that if the cost of the project exceeds its' budget then the FAI would be left in dire financial trouble.

SHAMROCK ROVERS (NEW GLENMALURE PARK) - Work is proceeding at a pace in Tailaght and The Hoops' chairman Joe Colwell fully expects the club to be using the site by this November.