Impressive plans

I'm sure Hyndburn Council can see the benefits, but would ask who is going to pay for the dream.
Northampton has 212,000 inhabitants, three times as many as Hyndburn, and has a couple of decades of state subsidised investment through being a 'new' (overspill) town. All the development around Sixfields has been promoted by the various New Town agencies, from buying the land, building the infrastructure and selling serviced plots. Northampton has a buoyant, mixed economy and is within commuting distance of London. I'd guess that the average house value (and the rates that can be collected) would be at least twice than that in Accy. And, as if they needed any cream on top of all that sugar, the nearest proper football team ( I can't bring myself to regard MK Dons as such) is in Coventry, quite some distance away.
Compare and contrast with Accrington town and Stanley's context.
Unless there are any Lottery winners hiding out in Huncoat.
 
Exile on Spencer St said:
I'm sure Hyndburn Council can see the benefits, but would ask who is going to pay for the dream.
Northampton has 212,000 inhabitants, three times as many as Hyndburn, and has a couple of decades of state subsidised investment through being a 'new' (overspill) town. All the development around Sixfields has been promoted by the various New Town agencies, from buying the land, building the infrastructure and selling serviced plots. Northampton has a buoyant, mixed economy and is within commuting distance of London. I'd guess that the average house value (and the rates that can be collected) would be at least twice than that in Accy. And, as if they needed any cream on top of all that sugar, the nearest proper football team ( I can't bring myself to regard MK Dons as such) is in Coventry, quite some distance away.
Compare and contrast with Accrington town and Stanley's context.
Unless there are any Lottery winners hiding out in Huncoat.
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Just a quick point Exile - Coventry are indeed the nearest football team to Northampton, they ground share this season and maybe up to 2 more yet!
 
I know, Outback, about Coventry using Sixfields.
The point I was trying to make, crudely, was that, if you were a crow living in Northampton and were willing to fly around 30 miles to watch football, your choice would be limited to Coventry, Leicester, Peterborough and MKDons:mad:.
Whereas an Accy crow could head for Man Utd, City, Bury, Rochdale, Bolton, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Wigan, Oldham, Blackpool, Fleetwood and Morecambe (and not need a passport).
Thus potential 'customers' for the investment in Sixfields (by the way, it'll be the rents from the new hotel etc that subsidise the stadium) are less likely to be drawn elsewhere.
 
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