Joined: Mar 05 2007 Posts: 13190 Location: Hedon (sometimes), sometimes Premier Inn's
pmh wrote:Apart from the fact it was falling down.
The new ground I'll admit was a terrible cheapo effort from the off, you only have to look at the Galpharm which is only about four years younger than CP to see what a wasted opportunity it was. Not that we should have built a twenty five thousand all seater stadium, but we should have come up with something better than a wind tunnel with a swamp in the middle.
I dealt with a land surveyor for a company that aquired land for major supermarkets around the time after we moved in and he said that the land old CP stood on was worth far more than the package we got for such a development, apparently the valuation was either done by a monkey or someone did well out of it. At the time the total valuation for the land, debts and new build was around 4.5 million when it should have been nearer to 8 million, which would have given us a good ground, debts off and a substantial investment on the park.
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
Fc Til I Die 316 wrote:i believe it is as they have half decent stands on all sides at least. its a shame for the city to have such a dissapointing ground...hopefully your new stand will kick start a full re-development of your ground. your east stand extention was aweful...they could have made it all seater over there but the lack of further stands and space would have meant the overall attendances decreasing due to the seating taking up more room than standing as it is now
Why would we want it all seater, we don't want a stadium that lacks atmosphere like the KC does, it's like a library at your place, granted it's a smart stadium as are all the new stadiums but i like traditional grounds with atmosphere
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Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
Saltshouse.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Joined: Jan 16 2010 Posts: 7138 Location: Ramsey Street, Brough
salthouse red wrote:Why would we want it all seater, we don't want a stadium that lacks atmosphere like the KC does, it's like a library at your place, granted it's a smart stadium as are all the new stadiums but i like traditional grounds with atmosphere
Defo agree it's great atmosphere at rovers when we have Sumet to sing about which unfortunately hasn't been much this season
Joined: Jan 16 2010 Posts: 7138 Location: Ramsey Street, Brough
salthouse red wrote:Agree, but when the East stand are on form i doubt their is another set of fans in SL that can match that atmosphere
Well we need to get behind the team on Sunday and make the east stand rock if we don't win that's effectively our season over barring the challenge cup and a win were right back in with the pick and mix of things
Joined: Jan 15 2007 Posts: 11924 Location: Secret Hill Top Lair. V.2
gingerspice wrote:Pmh
Well, technically it should be P. M. H. but that would be rubbish. I do actually wish I'd registered with a better user name, I once tried to change it to "Terry 'The Jizz' McClarney, but I wasn't allowed that for some reason.
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and a win were right back in with the pick and mix of things 
