The Mags could fill it, why not us? Are we inferior?Well we both know that is not the case
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The Mags could fill it, why not us? Are we inferior?Well we both know that is not the case
They have more supporters.The Mags could fill it, why not us? Are we inferior?
Correct. 7 metres below ground level iirc from the tour when it was being built.
The South and East stands look crap inside and out.Correct. Always thought the pitch was " miles " from the seats. Perhaps this was because the stadium design was cheaper this way rather than having tight corners.
For a relatively modest cost the South Stand could be reprofiled, made higher and steeper but without the extra tier of the North Stand.
It’s probably slightly less cramped than out the back of the Mainstand paddocks at Roker Park. All other areas at RP under the stands/ends were more spacious than that concourse.I’ve been swept along down there before when I went for a half time piss. It’s cramped, dark and dingey.
Horse shit.They have more supporters.
Well we can't fill 49k so what makes you think building it to 63k is the answer? Not sure what the mags have got to do with it?The Mags could fill it, why not us? Are we inferior?
On the off chance that we ever expand to 63k and that’s not enough could we dig the pitch further down into the land in order to get another couple of thousand seats in?
I know that ‘no question is a stupid question’ is often used in educational circles but I think this one tests the theory.
You are correct. It'd change a bit if we had several years of European football like they did but they hit relative gold when Sky was first launching the Premier League and more were coming on board. They picked up loads at our expense.They have more supporters.
Oh ok, let's just stagnate in our own shit then.Well we can't fill 49k so what makes you think building it to 63k is the answer? Not sure what the mags have got to do with it?
Personally we should never have built the extension , I used to prefer the ground with a 42k capacity
So what do you think 63k will achieve? Serious question.Oh ok, let's just stagnate in our own shit then.
So what do you think 63k will achieve? Serious question.
The stadium is built already, 49k is fine for us, the money it would cost to extend the ground could be better spent elsewhere, so we 'don't stagnate in our own shit'
Of courseOn the off chance we ever max out the expansion and had nowhere else to go, could we lower the pitch and add another few rows in?
It’s probably slightly less cramped than out the back of the Mainstand paddocks at Roker Park. All other areas at RP under the stands/ends were more spacious than that concourse.
It would deffo look smart, built a spurs style wall though in the south standIt would look absolutely stunning like. Boxes down both sides, another BCB style thing for the south stand. It would look f***ing massive from outside too.
It would deffo look smart, built a spurs style wall though in the south stand
Agreed, it was out the back rather than underneath the Fulwell. Was still less hemmed in and cramped though than the lower bowl concourses at the SOL as it was open air.There was no space under the Fulwell, because it was an earth bank. There was also no concourse to speak of; mainly because there were no bars, only a few kiosks killing the health and safety disaster area pies and bovril.
I agree, due to the fact anywhere else there would be 2 concourses, one at ground level, and one at half way up.in our ground we meet in the middle, which is actually at ground level. Huge savings on the build cost, but very impractical.
But it would be half full for the majority of games.It would look absolutely stunning like. Boxes down both sides, another BCB style thing for the south stand. It would look f***ing massive from outside too.