2016 is a year that will be very fondly remembered by Dundalk fans, as the club secured another league title on the back of a fantastic European run that saw the Lillywhites claim the first victory for an Irish club in the Europa League group stages.
Big high-profile games against the likes of Zenit St.Petersburg and AZ Alkmaar ensured that Dundalk were talked about throughout Europe, but there was always the issue that the home leg of these games were held away from the club's home.
Tallaght Stadium wasn't a bad stop-gap by any means, but for a club with the ambitions of Dundalk, it does not seem to be feasible to continue to host their European games going forward. This, along with other reasons, is why Stephen Kenny has called for the club to use the money gained from the Europa League run and invest in a new stadium.
Speaking on Today FM's 'Premier League Live' kenny described Oriel Park as being from a different era, and claimed that the shabby facilities would not help when it came to recruiting players.
Listen, none of us at Dundalk would claim that our model is a perfect model, we wouldn't have the audacity to claim that.
There's a lot of obstacles you have to overcome, say if you're not in a major city, but certainly I think one of the things that's glaringly obvious is that our stadium is absolutely antiquated.
It's from a different era. You know?
I think if there is one legacy from the European run this season, you'd want a new stadium, something that stands the test of time, really.
Good arenas can inspire players to want to play in them and want to be part of that, they don't want to be playing in shabby facilities. So from that point of view I see that as the way forward for the club.
Kenny was then asked whether or not artificial turf was an issue for him, as that is one thing that always pops up whenever Dundalk's home ground is criticised.
It's not my preference, no.
But it's more than just the surface, it's the ground itself. You see some Champions League clubs with artificial surfaces, so it's not just that. It's the infrastructure around it, it has to be better for the club to grow.
The man has a point.
It's not like Dundalk are a flash in the pan that can't sustain the performances to bring fans in for home matches, in fact we're long, long past that point, so clearly a change is needed.
Whether or not that happens, of course, is a different story altogether, one where we will have to wait and see what happens.
You can listen to Kenny's chat on Today FM below:
