Sir Toon Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We could still do a Spurs and have a new ground built on a tangent to where the ground is now. Yes it may cost hundreds of millions and be against the inbred mentality that the Ashley regime has created but an ambitious new owner can change the thought train also. For now tho, it's the last thing on the agenda as there's nee profit in it for you know who. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I was out and about this morning around St James and what with that new building going up next to the Strawberry and the proposed new buildings on top of the Metro station you wont be able to see our ground as you walk up to it, I really feel this is a lost opportunity to extend the Gallowgate and in years to come Ashley will be remembered just as much for this as his other terrible decisions in what we did on the pitch. Been way too long since I went to a match so I wasn't aware of the developments. That's really sad to hear, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I think the area around St James looks superb nowadays especially at night when there's a match on. I about a decade it has changed from a fairly dingy part of town into a modern, vibrant and aesthetically pleasing (imo ) quarter of the city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I think the area around St James looks superb nowadays especially at night when there's a match on. I about a decade it has changed from a fairly dingy part of town into a modern, vibrant and aesthetically pleasing (imo ) quarter of the city. Wait until Ashley throws up his twat towers. You might change your mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickTop Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I was out and about this morning around St James and what with that new building going up next to the Strawberry and the proposed new buildings on top of the Metro station you wont be able to see our ground as you walk up to it, I really feel this is a lost opportunity to extend the Gallowgate and in years to come Ashley will be remembered just as much for this as his other terrible decisions in what we did on the pitch. Real shame if this is the case. Walking up the hill with SJP in sight still gets me giddy. Impresses everyone I take to a Newcastle match for the first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Toon Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Everton are announcing details of their new ground build at tea time tonight in a move away from Goodison Park. They've played there since 1892 so it's not inconceivable that a new owner would move us if a decent location was found and there's many when you think of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Toon Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 £300m is it's initial cost apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244 Done properly up here, we could boost the local workforce as well as create hundreds, if not thousands of short to long term jobs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 £300m is it's initial cost apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244 Done properly up here, we could boost the local workforce as well as create hundreds, if not thousands of short to long term jobs. Zero ambition to do so. Barely willing to keep SJP looking decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 £300m is it's initial cost apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244 Done properly up here, we could boost the local workforce as well as create hundreds, if not thousands of short to long term jobs. Zero ambition to do so. Barely willing to keep SJP looking decent. not sure if that is serious, but Goodison is a shithole, (sorry Everton fans I know it will have emotional attachment) way past it's sell by date and not fit for their purpose any longer. St.James' is a wonderful stadium with arguably the best location in England. Why would any sane person want to move from there ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 £300m is it's initial cost apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244 Done properly up here, we could boost the local workforce as well as create hundreds, if not thousands of short to long term jobs. Zero ambition to do so. Barely willing to keep SJP looking decent. not sure if that is serious, but Goodison is a shithole, (sorry Everton fans I know it will have emotional attachment) way past it's sell by date and not fit for their purpose any longer. St.James' is a wonderful stadium with arguably the best location in England. Why would any sane person want to move from there ? I wholeheartedly agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Goodison is awful like, but I hope they don't move into one of these typical LEGO stadiums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Could Ashley not do a cheap Gallowgate extension up without anything below? I'm thinking like the shot of the Linc' at the start of Always Sunny: Yes, my knowledge of US sports is pretty much limited to any sports-related plot on Always Sunny... Goodison is awful like, but I hope they don't move into one of these typical LEGO stadiums. Last Archibold Leitch stand in the league? Sad to see it go but yes, every trip to Goodison was a trip back in time. They deserve better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemagpie Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 He'd probably leave the roof off to save money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 He'd probably leave the roof off to save money. He'd probably leave the f*cking seats out to save money... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 He'd probably leave the roof off to save money. He'd probably leave the f*cking seats out to save money... He'd probably just not build it. Hence his interest in the student accommodation that reignited this conversation... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Not sure you could fit another few thousand people in the Gallowgate concourses at half time like. Gets fucking rammed in there as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Chibas Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 http://i4.thejournal.co.uk/incoming/article8797379.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS58482930.jpg What are the chances of ambitious owners (post Ashley) actually obtaining council approval to extend the Gallowgate so it's structure is almost butting up against the arse of two high density living spaces measuring 9 and 11 storeys high (Ashley's Student Towers)? Sweet f*** all? From The Mag However, this development of student accommodation etc will be a private project for a Mike Ashley property arm of his empire, rather than something that will benefit the football club. Never ceases to amaze the extent of which this prick continues to cut the potential of a football hotbed off at the knees (on & off the pitch) while lining his own pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 honestly not sure we'll ever need much more capacity than we're currently got tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 If we got back to the level where we were under Sir Bobby we'd definitely average higher than 51k if we had the ability to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 honestly not sure we'll ever need much more capacity than we're currently got tbh We could have sold thousands more for Leeds. If we were decent we'd get 10-15k more regularly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 i meant something else when i wrote that, of course if we're successful and such we could easily fill a bigger stadium, guess what i meant was forget it under ashley and given the hassle/cost factor it'd be quite the risk for us to be looking at it at all imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 £300m is it's initial cost apparently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356244 Done properly up here, we could boost the local workforce as well as create hundreds, if not thousands of short to long term jobs. Zero ambition to do so. Barely willing to keep SJP looking decent. not sure if that is serious, but Goodison is a shithole, (sorry Everton fans I know it will have emotional attachment) way past it's sell by date and not fit for their purpose any longer. St.James' is a wonderful stadium with arguably the best location in England. Why would any sane person want to move from there ? Because our beloved owner has now taken action to ensure that we can never expand it if and when a more ambitious owner takes over...and sentiment cannot rule over modern football priorities. We may not like it, but a move away from SJP is now the ONLY way the club can ever fulfil its support potential and remain one of the Top 5 supported clubs in England. We were second only to Man U before Arsenal moved to the Emirates in support capacity...now we are falling further and further behind other clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 The proposals do not prevent us from expanding SJP. It says this on the planning application, it has been covered in a press article, and I have spoken to the developers myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Cant ever see us needing a bigger capacity than we have. To ever get back to top 6 , thus back in the big time, we need to first get out of the Champo then 3-4 years of stability IF we stay up .We need to spend fortunes next season just to stay up.Zillions gets you up the table unless we have a freak Pardew 5th season. 52,000 is right for now and many a year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Cant ever see us needing a bigger capacity than we have. To ever get back to top 6 , thus back in the big time, we need to first get out of the Champo then 3-4 years of stability IF we stay up .We need to spend fortunes next season just to stay up.Zillions gets you up the table unless we have a freak Pardew 5th season. 52,000 is right for now and many a year. If we were successful we could easily fill a bigger ground. We average 51,000 in the second tier. A few years like we had under Robson and demand would be through the roof. Even if that is unlikely at the minute the opportunity to extend the ground should be there in case. We would be trapped in a weird kind of way should that opportunity not be there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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