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[backawaygoonahead]

No Ardglass,I don't own a burger van. I am just stating the case as I see it. To me the burgers at Ravenhill are better than most I have had at all other Irish and Scottish grounds. I never experienced the rolls in the Scoop which you mentioned but I did buy a pass for the Scoop last year and it is a dump. To say it is minimilist for supporters is no exaggeration and I reckon that for the amount of drink that I supped in it, taking into account the cost of the pass, it was costing me something like £7 a pint.

Hats off to you Royster , I'm not a burger fan personally but any man who finds this rare mixture of scragg end, brains gound up bones, a liberal helping of greasy fat with some E numbers thanks to the flavouring additives, a good dose of salt and god knows what else, deserves the finest available.

Sure you may have a short life but thanks to the first rate burger vans of Ulster you will go with a contented smile on you fisser

Have to say that I was less impressed with your tale of the corporate junket and the guy who was really taking the pish by ordering sirloin steak. I'm struggling to understand how anyone who can walk talk and presumeably wipe his own Brennan can fail to understand how to eat a piece of meat to be honest. What interests me is why he was unable to eat it. Could he not fit it in the burger bap?

The Food Snobs of Ulster have a right to know, you know.

On the subject of the "Food Village" I didn't partake but did take a look whilst collecting a half time pint of Murphys which I grudgingly accept was on the decent side of OK. I thought the variety of food was good but some appeared to be seeking top whack for their fare. the tight fisted people of Ulster may not bite so in the slightly longer term the options will probably diminish as people vote with their feet and shuffle over to the best value.

Sadly for Royster, when we were looking the smallest queue was at the burger van - it could be that Royster had devoured the entire stock of course. I did stop to chat to a guy who had one of said burgers and he looked pretty glum. "Hows the burger?" my friend asked him. "Sh1te" was the reply.

I had taken a gleek at the "Dong in a Bap" van but baulked at the extortionate price - £3.50 as Ardglass says. A mere 600% mark up minimum I reckon.

And speaking of Baps, it came as no surprise to me that there was a substantial queue at the coffee van. "Are they enhanced?" asked my mate. "Doubt it, they jiggle" was my expert reply. We concluded that her father was almost certainly a baker. Had the Murphys not been drinkable I was considering coffee as an alternative.

[cables]

What's the word on the "new" prom...is it an improvement?

It is working out exactly as I suspected when I took the photograph(s) I posted previously.

Step height is unchanged.
Standing space is lost at the pitch barrier.
Access is considerably constrained and this results in disruption for more punters for each entry or egress.
Capacity is reduced.
We now have extra yellow coats.

Access used to be continuous along the whole length of the promenade. Access is now by either end or 3 yellow brick steps.

Generally speaking, I think that is about it.

[Cascade]

What's the word on the "new" prom...is it an improvement?

It is working out exactly as I suspected when I took the photograph(s) I posted previously.

Step height is unchanged.
Standing space is lost at the pitch barrier.
Access is considerably constrained and this results in disruption for more punters for each entry or egress.
Capacity is reduced.
We now have extra yellow coats.

Access used to be continuous along the whole length of the promenade. Access is now by either end or 3 yellow brick steps.

Generally speaking, I think that is about it.

What the fit controller taketh away with one hand, he giveth with another, as the new box section barriers can hold a pint or four.

[browner]

Step height is unchanged.

As for eventsec...that's a whole new thread.

[Royster]

I beg your pardon Backawaygoonahead but you seem to be confusing me with someone who gives a hoot what you think.Your myriad postings, which I have no doubt are designed to show what a clever and witty fellow you are, in fact, show you to be a very ill mannered person.

[Ardglass2]

I followed my own advice and went to the chippy over the road after work, prior to the Leeds game.

2 sausages and as many freshly cooked chips as I could eat for £3.50, same price as one sausage in a bland bread roll.
As I suspected much better value.

[Royster]

Fair play to you Ardglass if that's what you want. I could have my tea in my own house before I go to the matches but I think (perhaps a bit misguidedly) that by purchasing food in the Ravenhill precincts that I am supporting Ulster Rugby a little bit more. I have not tried the burgers this year so far although I am led to believe that they aren't the best from some, albeit dodgy,reports. I remember Mike Reid complaining that UR were making a pittance from the supporters but that was very much his fault as he was taking a franchise cheque from the food and drink suppliers so it didn't make any difference to UR whether I ate 20 burgers and drank 20 pints or one burger and one pint the money to UR was just the same so far as I know.

[UlsterJock]

Step height is unchanged.

As for eventsec...that's a whole new thread.

......Aye and what's the score with the plain clothes types (no hiviz) with walkie takies, blocking views and staring in at the crowd from pitch-side One of them at the Leeds game really was beginning to get on my t*ts by the end of it (made me even understand for a brief moment why there is the need to take my bottle cap from me whats the score with that as well I was sold a bottle with a cap unlike previous game).

Have we done something to upset someone???

AND another thing......don't you think the loss of people standing pitch side has taken something from the atmosphere? and another nail in child friendly facility, is it a policy to force young child families up into the seats??

[The Boo Radleys]

Junior Boo radley recommends the chocolate crepes...

[backawaygoonahead]

I beg your pardon Backawaygoonahead but you seem to be confusing me with someone who gives a hoot what you think.Your myriad postings, which I have no doubt are designed to show what a clever and witty fellow you are, in fact, show you to be a very ill mannered person.

Somewhat touchy for a burger fan aren't we? What an incredibly rude posting after all the nice things I said about you.

You are clearly not the man I took you for, a happy go lucky face stuffer of fast food and thick cholesterol. I now suspect that far from this cuddly image you are a cadaverous lean streak of misery, despite your death wish diet, who spends his weekends with a lantern, trying to lure ships onto rocks. Or perhaps you feed carefully calculated doses of poison to birds and various countryside creatures given your obvious, though currently hidden, taste for roadkill.

Now about the guy who couldn't eat a steak, what on earth was his problem? I am genuinely intrigued - you must help. Oh no, you didn't make that up did you? No, I should have seen it, don't worry - its not you, its me , I blame myself for not recognising such an obvious lie.

The Food Snobs etc, etc, etc, Spill the burgers -oops I mean beanzzzzzzzzzz.

Oh, and for the sake of clarity, I couldn't give a tinker's damn nor a flying feck about what you think of either the content nor comedic value of my postings. Any critique from a burger expert would be as worthless as the junk produced by your beloved vans. I can assure you that I hadn't given your opinion a first, never mind second thought, in the long weeks since I decided to dissseminate my wisdom on these virtual pages.

So back to the burger van for you and let that be an end to it. Happy munching - it can only hasten the end

[Royster]

If you haven't given my opinion a first or second thought then how come you wrote about it? Surely you contradict yourself or perhaps you haven't noticed in your haste to add to the drivel you have already posted ?

[backawaygoonahead]

Have you been checked out for Cruxfield-Jacobs? Is it true that too many burgers adle the brain. Sorry but you appear to be a half-wit, hate to say it but whay can one do?

If your brain has any remaining function, try to understand that I haven't commented on your opinions, rather I have made a series of comments none of which have anything to do with your thought process and have asked you again for one simple piece of information.

Couldn't be simpler really, just try to concentrate (maybe choose a quiet moment of the day and go into a room on your own - that may help) it shouldn't be overly difficult. Hope this helps, best of luck.

[pwrmoore]

Planning to forego my usual pre-match meal and sample the delights of the food village on Friday. I think we all ought to support this initiative to prevent a return to the old burger vans.

I may even port a verdict....

[UlsterJock]

Planning to forego my usual pre-match meal and sample the delights of the food village on Friday. I think we all ought to support this initiative to prevent a return to the old burger vans.

I may even port a verdict....

Dont forget the stalls to the left as you stand on the terrace - those poor boys obviously were at the back of the que when they were handing out sites! bless

[BR]

Dont forget the stalls to the left as you stand on the terrace - those poor boys obviously were at the back of the que when they were handing out sites! bless

Missed those entirely - thanks for the tip.

I have an idea to sample something from each vendor in one night, but such an undertaking will require some forward planning and possibly an intense training regime. It'll be tough, but I'll be doing it for Ulster!