John Fallon: Near-miss at Markets Field places spotlight on LOI facilities

EXODUS: Waterford fans leave the stand due to a structural issue. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

AS the World Cup looms, we’ve got a little world of our own to mind and it wasn’t a safe one for Waterford fans to inhabit last Friday.

League of Ireland fans travelling to Limerick over the decades have visited as many stadia as they’ve done guises of the city’s club but Markets Field was considered by and large the best and most modern version.