Two Holte Ends you say? Two minutes into this video...
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on March 11, 2021, 03:58:56 PMYes I think it caused a lot of animosity around Anfiield , not the way to do it The Guardian covered it in a few articles over the years e.g.https://www.theguardian.com/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2013/may/06/anfield-liverpool-david-connShameful really.
Yes I think it caused a lot of animosity around Anfiield , not the way to do it
Quote from: Villan82 on March 12, 2021, 09:58:07 AMTwo Holte Ends you say? Two minutes into this video...Ha, the rags one is wrong, they just needed to strip away the two stands and leave it at that.
The same Liverpool that are looking to restructure the whole of football to meet their own needs.
West Ham ground is awful, but it was always likely to be as it's an athletic stadium.But look at something like the Millenium Stadium. Arguably a basic identikit stadium but universally considered a fantastic ground which generates an incredible atmosphere. Not many people who have been there would consdider it soulless. It can be done and it doesn't have to cost Wembley type money to do it.I'm not advocating a rebuild of VP, but I do think we can be more pragmatic and still have a great stadium.
Seeing as we are on the subject of South American grounds, they are renaming The Maracana "The King Pele Stadium". Shite idea, IMO. The Maracana is already iconic. Rename the Santos ground, if you must, but not The Maracana.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on March 10, 2021, 07:16:46 PMSeeing as we are on the subject of South American grounds, they are renaming The Maracana "The King Pele Stadium". Shite idea, IMO. The Maracana is already iconic. Rename the Santos ground, if you must, but not The Maracana.Saw that earlier and agree. However, it's already officially called Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho so they'll probably just change that and it will still be known as the Maracană.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on March 10, 2021, 07:16:46 PMSeeing as we are on the subject of South American grounds, they are renaming The Maracana "The King Pele Stadium". Shite idea, IMO. The Maracana is already iconic. Rename the Santos ground, if you must, but not The Maracana.Absolutely. I've been inside The Maracana (albeit it was empty) but it's one of the few stadiums where you can feel the history and heritage of the place the moment you step inside.
Re the suggestions to fill in the corners.Looking at Villa Park, the Trinity and Witton Lane are hemmed in by roads.Trying to increase the capacity of Witton Lane we'd really need to build on Witton Lane itself, which might be difficult to get past the neighbours and the CouncilThe Trinity is an abomination externally - re-skin in it in redbrick and restore the mosaics. But a rebuild would probably not be worth it.The easiest way to put in additional capacity is to rebuild the North Stand, mirroring, but not quite copying the Holte - it could be configured so the bottom tier coukd be easily converted to standing when circumstances permit.