Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[sid1964]

So it was Emery and his advisors (Vidagany / Monchi etc..) who did not want the North Stand knocking down, have a go at them tomorrow with your red cards!!!

Maybe if we had not of qualified for European Competitions for the last 2 seasons the North Stand would have been knocked down.

We should have therefore not sacked Stevie G or Purslow, and we would have now been building a new North Stand, but attendances would have 30,000 so there would have been no point really.

There are only 2 board members at our club, the owners and they make all the key decisions, what to spend etc..

[algy]

I remain utterly convinced we can build a new stand in behind the North. It will just be more expensive.

Well we are going ahead with the Stumps redevelopment apparently due in late 2025 /early 2026 or so. So I don't expect any new stand behind / in place of the North Stand to even be started until after then.

My opinion is Heck is milking it and building up the loss of earnings we can assign to it, with the hope that two more seasons of Euro means playing with only three stands for a season is not seen as an issues as it is not "special" nights any more.

I think both of these are right.  I think we can and will build a new North Stand ... just not one that involves playing in a 3-sided ground for any length of time.  I also think that we're probably going to milk the corporate hospitality for all it's worth, so however long the North Stand is out of action for we'll be able to claim maximum PSR compensation for it.

I also hope (but not expecting!) atairos took one look at the Purslow North Stand, realised it wasn't anywhere near ambitious enough for the greatest team the world has ever seen, and have gone back to the drawing board to design a new stand that's bigger than the Holte End, has a fancier facade than the old Trinity Road, and is ... er ... Witton Lane .... er .... named after a more impressive director than the Witton Lane stand?  Yeah, that'll do.

[andyh]

Liverpool did a good job of increasing and upgrading the Anfield Road end while minimising the effect of reduced attendance. Maybe we should be discussing with their designers. We have more space for manoeuvre too than they did/have.

why would we ?
We now have board members (NSWE) who come from an industry leading stadium construction company.

[Percy McCarthy]

So it was Emery and his advisors (Vidagany / Monchi etc..) who did not want the North Stand knocking down, have a go at them tomorrow with your red cards!!!

Maybe if we had not of qualified for European Competitions for the last 2 seasons the North Stand would have been knocked down.

We should have therefore not sacked Stevie G or Purslow, and we would have now been building a new North Stand, but attendances would have 30,000 so there would have been no point really.

There are only 2 board members at our club, the owners and they make all the key decisions, what to spend etc..

There are 5 or 6 I think.

[eamonn]

I wonder whether Atairos were brought on-board with one big eye on the investment and politicking involved in rebuilding the Witton Lane stand as that's the most difficult side of the ground to overhaul.

[paul_e]

So it was Emery and his advisors (Vidagany / Monchi etc..) who did not want the North Stand knocking down, have a go at them tomorrow with your red cards!!!

Maybe if we had not of qualified for European Competitions for the last 2 seasons the North Stand would have been knocked down.

We should have therefore not sacked Stevie G or Purslow, and we would have now been building a new North Stand, but attendances would have 30,000 so there would have been no point really.

There are only 2 board members at our club, the owners and they make all the key decisions, what to spend etc..

There are 5 or 6 I think.

7 currently, I think. Nas and Wes, a couple from Atairos, a woman who worked with Wes at Bucks, a guy from Nas' construction company and the finance director. I can't remember the names though.

[PeterWithesShin]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

[rob_bridge]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

Same with their main stand about 10 years ago. They managed to get the last shop purchased and started on the outside structure - did a a stadium tour there and their Main Stand really wasn't big and the changing rooms were really really small. Now they have 3 upgraded stands - centenary done a bit before and the Kop.

[PeterWithe]

I hope we commission the people who did that Liz n Phil statue.

Rather than having a brand new statue, we could save a bob or two by putting in a transfer bid for that Ronaldo statue, it would bring more tourists in and its really good. Think he might have scored at the end the once as well so it has relevance.

[paul_e]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

Isn't there also something about us needing to completely rebuild the foundation as well?

[VillaTim]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

In my opinion The North and Witton both need to be done together , i don't know if there is a way of wrapping all the Lower tier together as a Phase I and get that open first, then work on an Upper Tier for both (wrapped around) as Phase II . Obviously the road is the big issue and CPO's etc re-routing that road

[London Villan]

The bigger problem was the new North also impacted on the northern third of the Trinty - reprofiling the seats, extending the hospitality space and new changing rooms etc.

[Border villan]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

Isn't there also something about us needing to completely rebuild the foundation as well?

Those of us old enough to remember the building of the North Stand may recall the following:
The contractors who did the ground work were alleged to have billed AVFC for enough concrete to build spaghetti junction several times over. It was difficult to argue with this as most of this was supposed to be under the stand.
When the North Stand is demolished/replaced the accuracy of this claim may or may not see the light of day.

[PeterWithe]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

Isn't there also something about us needing to completely rebuild the foundation as well?

Those of us old enough to remember the building of the North Stand may recall the following:
The contractors who did the ground work were alleged to have billed AVFC for enough concrete to build spaghetti junction several times over. It was difficult to argue with this as most of this was supposed to be under the stand.
When the North Stand is demolished/replaced the accuracy of this claim may or may not see the light of day.

Did Ellis' company build that or was that the WL?

Surely wouldn't be difficult for a Quantity Surveyor to argue with the bill?

[VillaTim]

Anfield was different as they were adding a tier, so they could keep what was already there mainly open. We'd be doing a complete demolition of a stand.

Isn't there also something about us needing to completely rebuild the foundation as well?

Those of us old enough to remember the building of the North Stand may recall the following:
The contractors who did the ground work were alleged to have billed AVFC for enough concrete to build spaghetti junction several times over. It was difficult to argue with this as most of this was supposed to be under the stand.
When the North Stand is demolished/replaced the accuracy of this claim may or may not see the light of day.

Might be able to re-use that foundation if there is as much down there as folklore says . I remember my Grandad mentioning about the amount of concrete that went in there