Due to financial constraints, they were only able to acquire an 11-month lease at the time, and the board were advised that perhaps we would have a better chance of becoming long-term tenants in Ballygall Road East.

Once again, Rovers applied to Dublin Corporation for a long-term lease of the pitch in Finglas East, pointing out that they had now spent hundreds of pounds in rent and rates.

Crippled by the costs of the lease, the club was forced to adopt a pragmatic approach and innovatively used nearby residential houses as dressing rooms with permission from the owner.

They had meetings over the years with Dublin Corporation and were pleased when in December 1974, they were finally granted a site in Fitzmaurice Road.

The board knew the time was right for redevelopment and began to set about creating ambitious plans for the club in conjunction with meetings with their architect.

The complex was official opened on the July 18, 1982 by Jim Tunney, Leas Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, for a match against League of Ireland side Bohemians.