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15th Nov 2013

Picture: Check out this brilliant infographic about the history of Landsdowne Road

From the stadium's foundation to the ultra-modern Aviva Stadium, this brilliant infographic shows it all

JOE

From the ground’s foundation to the ultra-modern Aviva Stadium, this brilliant infographic shows it all

There have been some great and historic sporting moments that have taken place on the hallowed turf of Landsdowne Road and the Aviva Stadium, from some of our most treasured footballing memories to the best we’ve seen from our rugby team, and this fantastic infographic runs through the highlights of the stadium’s greatest moments.

With the weekend packed full of sporting events at the stadium, starting in just a few short hours with Ireland playing Latvia in the first game under Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane, this is also perfectly timed to give us a bit of history on the venue. If you can’t see the text, click
here to make it bigger.

Landsdowne infographic

It’s not all sporting though, with a few concerts and musical events thrown in, and some historical and cultural context to some of the most important sporting moments that we’ve seen on this fair isle.

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