Derry steps

[deecom]

This evening I was at Dens to pay my respects in the Alan Gilzean Lounge where Gillie’s coffin was lying.
I spoke to Jim Thomson who informed me that the hoses lying near the top of the Derry steps are being used to hose down the seats and the hoses will no longer be there after the end of this week.

Well done islaydarkblue ! , I wonder if Jim Thomson ever has a look from the Dens Road side.

[Returnofrros]

Well done islaydarkblue ! , I wonder if Jim Thomson ever has a look from the Dens Road side.

Deacon, curious....do you sit in the Derry?

[deecom]

Deacon, curious....do you sit in the Derry?

Yes I do , my grandson and me are season ticket holders, and we will be there on Sunday.

[Returnofrros]

Yes I do , my grandson and me are season ticket holders, and we will be there on Sunday.

What's your thoughts on the stairway that's opened and entry and exit round the back?

The decline (for me) in the last 5 or 6 years has been a joke but might just be me em a wee bit OCD a boot things being tidy even if it's auld.

[deecom]

What's your thoughts on the stairway that's opened and entry and exit round the back?

The decline (for me) in the last 5 or 6 years has been a joke but might just be me em a wee bit OCD a boot things being tidy even if it's auld.

If you stand on Dens road and look at the Derry, it's not a good advert for Dundee football club.
Both of the main gates have plates welded to them which are all rusted and distorted, if the plates were removed, even that would look better. It just looks like total neglect, I was going to post a photo, but don't know how to do it, ( been dragged, screaming and shouting into the 21st century !)
The existing main steps are ok, when you get to the top, I used to walk through the Derry to my seat, now you have to turn left and
negotiate the chicane, which is a bottle neck when you come out especially when it's pissing doon.
I agree with you regarding the safety certificate, the other end of the Derry is open, and I would have thought that would have been another means of escape. If you went down the steps now, there would be multiple casualties !!!
I know they don't want to spend money on the ground, but as long as your using the stadium you have to maintain it.
I moved from the Bobby cox a few years ago, because the Derry is the best place to see the game

[islaydarkblue]

You went to pay your respects to Gillie but couldn't resist bothering Jim with nonsense like that whilst you were there?

For your information when I noticed this topic on Dundee Mad I send an email to the club and I happened to meet Jim Thomson prior to going through to the Alan Gilzean Lounge to pay my respects.
Eventually you will realise that instead of ‘mumbling and moaning’ on this forum I try to grt things done.
Alternatively I could have just kept quiet as I had dealt with the matter and I knew the answer to my question but I thought, perhaps wrongly that I would post the latest up to date information.
I must admit that I prefer posting my expert knowledge on golf courses and eating out in South Kintyre on this forum rather than have a poster criticising me trying to find out when the hoses will be removed from the Derry steps (a.k.a. the Stairway to Heaven).

[Returnofrros]

If you stand on Dens road and look at the Derry, it's not a good advert for Dundee football club.
Both of the main gates have plates welded to them which are all rusted and distorted, if the plates were removed, even that would look better. It just looks like total neglect, I was going to post a photo, but don't know how to do it, ( been dragged, screaming and shouting into the 21st century !)
The existing main steps are ok, when you get to the top, I used to walk through the Derry to my seat, now you have to turn left and
negotiate the chicane, which is a bottle neck when you come out especially when it's pissing doon.
I agree with you regarding the safety certificate, the other end of the Derry is open, and I would have thought that would have been another means of escape. If you went down the steps now, there would be multiple casualties !!!
I know they don't want to spend money on the ground, but as long as your using the stadium you have to maintain it.
I moved from the Bobby cox a few years ago, because the Derry is the best place to see the game

Good post.

The Derry is the best place to watch the game.

Agree with everything you've posted maybe bar steps are "ok".

What I've found is they are ok for the opening game (perhaps to get certuficate) then a few weeks in there's rocks, stones, crumbling steps, vegetation growing over the steps and fricking wire and loose sleepers.

I have argued before if the Derry was where the press, directors and visitors had to come into the ground absolutely no way would it look like that.

Any ****e seems to get chucked to that side of the ground.

[islaydarkblue]

If you stand on Dens road and look at the Derry, it's not a good advert for Dundee football club.
Both of the main gates have plates welded to them which are all rusted and distorted, if the plates were removed, even that would look better. It just looks like total neglect, I was going to post a photo, but don't know how to do it, ( been dragged, screaming and shouting into the 21st century !)
The existing main steps are ok, when you get to the top, I used to walk through the Derry to my seat, now you have to turn left and
negotiate the chicane, which is a bottle neck when you come out especially when it's pissing doon.
I agree with you regarding the safety certificate, the other end of the Derry is open, and I would have thought that would have been another means of escape. If you went down the steps now, there would be multiple casualties !!!
I know they don't want to spend money on the ground, but as long as your using the stadium you have to maintain it.
I moved from the Bobby cox a few years ago, because the Derry is the best place to see the game

I cannot pass a comment on the South Enclosure (Derry) and the area behind it as I never sit there. Although there are no pillars in the way in the South Enclosure I sit in the Main Stand as I prefer to have a back on my seat.

[islaydarkblue]

Good post.

The Derry is the best place to watch the game.

Agree with everything you've posted maybe bar steps are "ok".

What I've found is they are ok for the opening game (perhaps to get certuficate) then a few weeks in there's rocks, stones, crumbling steps, vegetation growing over the steps and fricking wire and loose sleepers.

I have argued before if the Derry was where the press, directors and visitors had to come into the ground absolutely no way would it look like that.

Any ****e seems to get chucked to that side of the ground.

I suggest that you contact the club to express your concerns about this part of the ground.

[Returnofrros]

I suggest that you contact the club to express your concerns about this part of the ground.

Islay I have.