Whinney Hill Stand
This may be covered on another thread - if so sorry - but will the Whinney Hill Terrace be closed next season if a new stand is being built there? Also what is the cut-off date for Stanley to install the extra 8-900 seats needed so the ground meets League standards?
I was in Preston yesterday and went past Deepdale, their new stand is almost up, its small, but its taken almost 12 months to put up. Stanley need to bare this in mind or they could end up playing home games at the Turf for a season! |
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The deadline is May next year & i persume it should be closed because it would be a building site. Most likely temporary seating will be installed. |
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Could temporary seating be installed and yet the ground maintain that minimum capacity? |
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What capcity does a league two ground need to qualify for league status?
Temp seating is not a good idea - look at Blackpool - their fans hate it. The only route I can see is to build a new all seated stand on the Whinny Hill Terrace - holding between 1-2,000. And - correct me if I'm wrong - the club can get grants from the FA(?) towards the costs. |
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We have no need for an all-seater 1500+ capacity stand because it won't be filled, frustratingly enough. |
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I really do hope they find the money or else they may take the easy route and just put seats in the Clayton End (much cheaper option) to get the number up to 2,000 seats needed to stay in League Two. As to not filling a new stand - well thats quite normal with many clubs - big and small - just look at near neighbours Blackburn Rovers. Sometimes the Darwen End stand only had 4-500 in it last season (for Fulham, Reading etc.) - but when MUFC, Liverpool etc. came they filled it - 7,500. Thats life in the Football League. And if a new Whinney Hill Stand was built - why not give half of it to away fans - the likes of Bradford City would fill it no problem. |
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There is a plan. Eric's written to t'league to ask them to reconsider, as we don't really need those 1,000 extra seats. Can't see them relenting, though. I reckon we'll end up with a makeshift solution - probably seats out in the open on the Coppice End, just like Stockport.
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Most def Bagpuss.
(Anyone else watch The Wire?) ;) |
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As for the new stand, I don't expect to be changing my viewing position on the Whinney Hill side anytime soon. ;) |
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So, let me get this right - even while the club was still "under the impression" that FE were continuing with the shirt sponsorship deal, we couldn't have found the half million we'd have to shell out for the Whinney Hill stand.
Now that we've lost that deal - and with no guarantee of a new one - we're even less likely to be able to afford a ground fixture which we must have in place by the end of next season to ensure our continued membership of the league. I reckon that Eric should not be looking for a sponsorship deal, but should be looking for someone to buy the club. And I'm not talking about someone who wants to move the club miles away and rename it. Rather, someone with the club's interests at heart who will provide new investment and, just as importantly, someone who will look at new ways to market Stanley to make it more attractive to local people. Obviously, there might not be anyone like that out there, but Eric should at least test the water to see if there is. |
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I for one am looking forward to the new stand but I do think we shall lose somthing of our past the scratting shed is a legend in the FL with not too many left up and down the land perhaps English heritage might be interested?
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