Nobody is arguing that Dean Court is different and that was rotated and rebuilt. Same for Stamford Bridge.
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[Football] Football grounds and sustainability
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Nobody is arguing that Dean Court is different and that was rotated and rebuilt. Same for Stamford Bridge.
I'd question the Football League's new promotion regulations for starters......
AmexRuislip
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Try typing new shit hole on Google maps, and see what comes up
Please tell me it's not Newhaven
I remember going down to Shitehole Park to watch Leeds (yes, I know, Sprake, Reaney, Cooper, Charlton, Madeley, Giles, Bremner, Gray, Clarke, Jones, Lorrimer, and Bates on the bench, from memory, not that I was at all bothered at the time) in 1976/7 with some lads from uni. Four pints at lunchtime (including the driver), lots of shouting, can't remember the rest. Great days? Not now I'm 60. I want a comfy seat and I don't want a driving ban. I don't want to be wedged up against some stinky lout, smoking, and weeing into my coat pocket. These days I shower every day and don't consider myself part of the underclass.
Yes, yes, I know, #clueless
I await a mocking reply, which I won't read, from someone on my banned list.
The Amex is wonderful. The Emirates is good but the legroom is not as good as ours. Anfield is a cramped citadel (I was in hospitality last season) and needs to be replaced (too small for the Champions of Europe). Any club in the PL is 'sustainable' if the owners play their cards right. Two clubs, Huddersfield and Palace got into the PL against all expectations, and have survived so far for different reasons. If Huddersfield go down they will have gained from all the PL income and will reconfigure accordingly, as did Burnley. Palace, however, can't afford to be relegated.
That said, clubs have always gone bust, and it doesn't happen that often. Accrington, Aldershot, Newport, Hereford, Maidstone, Scarborough, all suffered as a result. Luton and Newport have bounced back. Notts County twice. CPFC have it coming to them. I feel a bit for their decent fans, but overall, it would be better for everyone if they spent some time in the wilderness, with their 4,000 loyal fans, reflecting over their previous dodgy owners and financial chicanary. Yes, after a glass of wine I'm beginning to hate the scum again.
I'm not sure most of those were still playing in 76/77. Harvey in goal, McQueen at the back, Jordan up front. Frank Gray at full back and probably a few others!!!
Stamford Bridge, what do you mean?
Exactly how much of an anorak are you? Wolves have four new stands, not one!
Apologies, I was mixing up my 1970 fantasy Leeds team with my later experience of Shitehole park. Or failing to distinguish between the two parts of my musing: my reverie and my narrative. Is that now clear
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
and palace were in div3 with us,cup game?
Apologies, I was mixing up my 1970 fantasy Leeds team with my later experience of Shitehole park. Or failing to distinguish between the two parts of my musing: my reverie and my narrative. Is that now clear
Its been massively rebuilt and the track removed.
Yes correct, but I wouldn't compare it to the new Spurs stadium.
Spurs have totally re built from scratch, and the new stadium isn't on the exact site of WHL.
Stamford Bridge has been rebuilt on the exact site over a number of years, the East stand opened as far back as 1973.
AmexRuislip
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AmexRuislip
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As an earlier poster mentioned, it all depends what 'sustainable' means. If it means being financially viable come what may, then I'm not so sure about the Amex. At the moment with full houses every match - fine. But what's the break-even figure? If we got relegated a couple of times, and crowds dropped to 10-15,000, would the finances add up, or would the sheer cost of staffing, travel subsidy and so on mean we'd lose money every match? That's where somewhere like Turf Moor wins out I suppose - much of the crowd can walk there, so the attendances are less likely to drop steeply in the bad times, the facilities are poor in the first place, so won't take much to maintain, and so on.
Interesting question - good thread.
Interesting question - good thread.
I looked on Google Earth and typed shit hole, it's still there..
Surely sustainability depends on all your outgoings being taken into account, the principal one being wages.