Old Chestnut #1,045 - Rebuild The North Stand

[cheltenhamlion]

Free ever lasting gobstoppers for all but you can't stick them on ebay so Slugworth can discover the secrets.

[paul_e]

The other case for sticking with 4 stands - how many grounds with a pitch well renowned for it's quality have the corners filled in?

[cheltenhamlion]

By the way, given my unhealthy knowledge of that film, it explains the Veruca Salt reference that someone said they laughed at in one of my latter articles last year when describing the four eyed bottle job.

[bill]

 The old Wembley stadium had what was regarded as the finest pitch in the country. Until they let the horse of the year show in. That , as you can imagine, wrecked it. It was never the same again.

[cdbearsfan]

A massive one tier stand please, when the need is there.

A massive one-tier stand would have no place for executive boxes, denying the club a source of income, so I wouldn't want to see that happening.

[tomd2103]

It's shit, but I like it.

I've always liked how the replays of goals filmed at the North Stand end capture the fans celebrating in front of the camera.

[IFWaters]

A massive one tier stand please, when the need is there.

A massive one-tier stand would have no place for executive boxes, denying the club a source of income, so I wouldn't want to see that happening.

Actually that's a really good reason to do it. There's plenty of that in the Trinity. This stand should be for families and the hoi polloi. Cheap as chips. And move the away fans to the Holte end of the Wit ton so that they can shit themselves at how really very big and loud it is.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I want something to be inspiring like the classic Trinity Road Stand in North Stand but we can built it bigger and better than the Holte End. We doesn't need a boring modern stand like the one above. It need something very special and then we can charge lot of money for hospitably.  The Holte end suffers due to road restriction on Trinity Road side. But North Stand doesn't have this problem. We need to use make it a historical stand.

[London Villan]

I think it would be worth looking at the new generation of stadiums in the US for ideas. Plenty of character, loads of fan facilities and innovative designs.

[gervilla]

It's shit, but I like it.

I've always liked how the replays of goals filmed at the North Stand end capture the fans celebrating in front of the camera.

I've liked seeing that but only since our fans have been sitting there.
Another vote for keeping 4 separate stands.

[bertlambshank]

A massive one tier stand please, when the need is there.

A massive one-tier stand would have no place for executive boxes, denying the club a source of income, so I wouldn't want to see that happening.

Have you seen how empty the Trinity middle is for 90% of the games?

[Ad@m]

I presume having that vile skeletal nonsense on the roof of your stand is the cheapest way to build a cantilevered one these days. It does make you wonder how older grounds like Craven Cottage and Goodison manage to stay upright.

Well they put great big posts in them to hold the roof up and stop you seeing!!!

[saunders_heroes]

Didn't they give the back of it a good clean up around the time Lerner took over?  Could definitely do with the same again.  I don't think we need a new stand though.

Yes, they cleaned it up not long after Lerner took over. The trouble with concrete though is that it ages very badly and the dirt quickly builds up.

[curiousorange]

I presume having that vile skeletal nonsense on the roof of your stand is the cheapest way to build a cantilevered one these days. It does make you wonder how older grounds like Craven Cottage and Goodison manage to stay upright.

Well they put great big posts in them to hold the roof up and stop you seeing!!!

Fair point!

[olaftab]

That would look pretty snazzy.

I like this but not sure about building all those houses in Aston park?