[Football] Millwall announce plans to increase stadium capacity to 34,000

[Easy 10]

But they have been in that 20k ground for decades and it’s proved to be too big. What sense 34k? Is it really comparable to Withdean?

Exactly. You can't compare The Den to Withdean. One is a proper football stadium with rooves and shit. The other was an open-air municipal athletics track with portacabins. It was literally the worst ground in England, and we were stuck with it for 12 years.

Good job we had so many great seasons and wonderful players there bouncing around between L1 and the Championship, otherwise I doubt we'd have broken 5k very often.

 

[Stat Brother]

I'll have you know work started on palace's new stand approximately 15 months ago.

I assume the ring fenced money was made available, as they were promised the work would be complete by the start of next season.


So excited.

 

[Frankie]

The first ever stadium with a 16k segregation area, Top work.

 

[Albion Dan]

But they have been in that 20k ground for decades and it’s proved to be too big. What sense 34k? Is it really comparable to Withdean?

As I said previously there is nothing at that ground or around it that appeals to the average middle class family that are now the biggest demographic in Southwark. People are actually going to Palace because the football is a better standard but if the match day experience was akin or better than The Amex it would make a huge difference in appealing to the family market.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

34,000. That’s quite a lot of racists they’re gonna have to find to fill it. How many voted Brexit in Bermondsey?

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

ambitious

http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Attendances.htm

 

[Surrey Phil]

I wonder if they’ll retain all those breeze blocks from the current stadium and reuse them?

 

[worthingseagull123]

Do they need it?

 

[darkwolf666]

We need a poll - what will get built first.

A - the new stand at Selhurst
B - the new stadium at Millwall
C - none of the above.

I know where my vote goes.

Easy - C...... Next!

 

[Albion Dan]

Let's not forget Palace were only getting 12-13k in 2011/12 and now fill Selhurst. If Millwall got to the top flight 30k in a top stadium is very achievable.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And how many did we have at Withdean?

*cough* The Withdean *cough*

 

[ac gull]

similar to other sentiments on here - I used to go to Burton's new ground after it opened and we were still at Withdean and wonder at the concept of being dry in the rain and having somewhere under cover to go at half time

 

[Swansman]

Replacing their Championship football ground with a Premier League library might just be what their supporters need.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

But they have been in that 20k ground for decades and it’s proved to be too big. What sense 34k? Is it really comparable to Withdean?

Those decades don’t matter. As [MENTION=316]Albion Dan[/MENTION] (who lives in the area) has said; those extra seats are earmarked for the new demographic. A bit like Brighton really in that if you build facilities that appeal to those new supporters they will come to the ground.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Naming rights will be fun.....

'The Autofill Stadium'

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

There'll be a lot of house extensions going up in South Bermondsey looking very similar to the new stadium when all those thieving pikeys start helping themselves to the building materials.

 

[nicko31]

After my last visit to Millwall I said never again, might happen one day now...

 

[Doc Lynam]

Maybe they could ground share with West Ham.

 

[CPFC G]

Let's not forget Palace were only getting 12-13k in 2011/12 and now fill Selhurst. If Millwall got to the top flight 30k in a top stadium is very achievable.

We averaged 15351 that season, Stop making up rubbish Dan.

The plans for the new Den look ambitious, Like most have said the current ground is only ever half full most games.

 

[Easy 10]

We averaged 15351 that season, Stop making up rubbish Dan.

Funny how your goonsquad dish out endless stick for us not always filling our roofless athletics track when we were knocking around down in the depths of the noddy leagues, whilst you were routinely playing in a half-empty Selhurst in the Championship. Can always rely on that missing 10,000 to come crawling back as long as you're in the Prem eh. Such an AMAZING fanbase, so unique