Quote ="Sal Paradise"The North stand - hasn't had any money spent on it in living memory -'"
You must be much younger than I gave you credit for.
The North Stand had a new roof in 2004 and, of course, the paddock was seated in 1991 (ish) at which time the entire infrastructure underneath the stand was also rebuilt almost from scratch.
Is it ideal? No. But it's had a lot of money spent on it all the same.