The purchase of the Lower Grounds was a slap in the face for our traditional fanbase. We should never have left Wellington Road.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Road_(Perry_Barr)
Yes Stuart is right - the Trust are pursuing this, and it is an option already pursued by fans who don't trust the people who run their clubs, notably man U whose fans succeeded in their bid.The comments that this is a nightmare scenario which can't happen should be seen in this light. There is no club that has downsized from a stadium it has owned up to now - Middlesborough, Derby and so on built new modern grounds that were more or less the same size.But it could happen if Lerner pulls the plug on a failed promotion bid in the years to come, so the trust is right to pursue the optionTrevor FIsher.
Quote from: Ron Manager on March 15, 2016, 03:36:32 PMI suppose he could turn it into a boating pool and......no hang on that's already been done!I'd go, I love a nice rowing boat
I suppose he could turn it into a boating pool and......no hang on that's already been done!
He could turn it into a Baseball stadium.If he builds it, they will come.Ray Kinsella
Nuneaton Town supporters Trust succeeded in getting their ground at Liberty Way registered as a community asset but it proved worthless.The ground owner went into liquidation and the ground was sold by the liquidator. The supporters trust thought they would be given first refusal on buying the ground but they weren't even consulted.This has been a fashionable cause for trusts to pursue in recent years but legally it all needs testing.
Quote from: TheMalandro on March 15, 2016, 03:39:05 PMQuote from: Ron Manager on March 15, 2016, 03:36:32 PMI suppose he could turn it into a boating pool and......no hang on that's already been done!I'd go, I love a nice rowing boatI agree.Robert Maxwell.