Ghost of New Years Past (1 Viewer)
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ohitsaidwalker king power
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A sobering reminder G-G.... I wonder what the "other" revenue stream forecast was prior to build?
grego_gee
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I don't have any answers!
I wonder how much the rugby club paid?
I wonder if Ann Lucas has seen this?
They even left their previous ground intact! Check the picture of Feethams on this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_F.C.
grego_gee
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It was decided to build a new stadium and the end of the Feethams era came on 3 May 2003, when the final match was played. A capacity crowd sawDarlington come back from two goals down to draw 2–2 with Leyton Orient..... !!!!
chiefdave
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very interesting that the rugby club sees the stadium as a viable prospect on crowds of less than 1K as they make enough from corporate functions. Would seem to support ACLs argument that they can survive without the size crowds CCFC attracted.
I wonder if at some point there will be a push from the council to move the rugby club to the Ricoh? Don't the council own the Butts Arena, wonder how much that would be worth for redevelopment given it's location. The longer we stay away the greater the chance this sort of seemingly unlikely option might be given some serious consideration.
I wonder if at some point there will be a push from the council to move the rugby club to the Ricoh? Don't the council own the Butts Arena, wonder how much that would be worth for redevelopment given it's location. The longer we stay away the greater the chance this sort of seemingly unlikely option might be given some serious consideration.
grego_gee
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Do you think SISU would entertain that idea without first securing the freehold?
and we;re told the council don't sell freeholds!........
Astute
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The only thing SISUE are securing at the moment is our dislike of them.
grego_gee
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It just spells out the risks that the owners have to face (alongside their main objective of securing our dislike of them)!
Otis
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Personally, I don't miss Highfield Road one little bit and I had been going up there from the late 60's til its demise.
I think the Ricoh is so much better and I find I don't reminisce much at all about HR cos it changed so many times in all the years I was watching (Spion Kop to all seater, to new stands etc.)
It changed several times and on a number of occasions it felt like a new ground. Plus the atmosphere was pretty shit too most of the time.
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Jack Griffin
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George Reynolds, the man who built Darlington's stadium is a convicted criminal...
this is not similar to the situation at Coventry.. where the Arena has alternative income streams even though the stadium is presently barely used.
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Sky Blue Pete
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The irony was that we moved to compete financially!!
grego_gee
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After 35 years in the first flight we justified the increased capacity the irony was we nose dived after moving in!
The Rugby club is fine and rebuilding and happy where they are, they won't move to the Ricoh. City will be back at the Ricoh but it could take some time..............a long time.
chiefdave
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Do the rugby club own the Butts? if they don't they could at some point see some pressure applied to move to an empty Ricoh. Not saying it's something they would want just that the longer things go on the more chance their is that things we think of as being non-starters now will be looked more seriously.
Gint11
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Yeah I understand your point of view. I miss the originality of HR though. The history built up there. I know things aren't simple and t was within tight housing but for me, I would have loved seeing HR being expanded etc. The Ricoh is obviously newer, spanking facilities but its just a bowl like every other new ground built really.
Otis
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Yep, agree about the history and the proximity to housing and the people of the city. That always gave things a bit more buzz than concrete undepasses and empty waste ground.
grego_gee
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One thing I've not seen discussed about the released drawings for the new stadium design is the emphasis put on trying to create atmosphere - keeping the seating close to the pitch, enclosing the roof to the pitch, reducing distance to furthest seats at corners, modular design keeping capacity lower until we need more.
I don't think you could wish for any other measures to give "atmosphere".
percy
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our next ground will be very much like the ricoh
chiefdave
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Were we that much further from the pitch at the Ricoh than we were at HR? Can't say it's anything I've ever noticed.
Think for a lot of people the rose tinted glasses come in when talking about HR. Don't get me wrong I liked it and it had all the history but the Ricoh is a fantastic stadium, a lot of the problems we've had with it are things that could be resolved with a bit of thought and minimal expenditure.
Think for a lot of people the rose tinted glasses come in when talking about HR. Don't get me wrong I liked it and it had all the history but the Ricoh is a fantastic stadium, a lot of the problems we've had with it are things that could be resolved with a bit of thought and minimal expenditure.
