Petition: New Stadium - Grimsby Town (1 Viewer)

Hi there Coventry fans :wave:

Any chance I can get some extra signatures for my club to acquire a new stadium? Only takes a few minutes, we would really appreciate your help.

We have been trying for the last 20 years, but setbacks due to location, nimby's, and funding have set us back.

This is an official petition made by Grimsby Town Football Club over the last few months, which will be handed into our local council for planning permission.

Circa 500 permanent jobs, and 500 temporary construction jobs. For the long term survivability of the club, not only will it help the club, it will help with community projects in Education and Health.

Click Link >> http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/north-east-lincolnshire-council-support-for-a-community-stadium-and-leisure-complex-at-peaks-parkway

Thank you.

Community Stadium and Leisure Complex at Peaks Parkway

Together we can make this happen for the Community of North East Lincolnshire

Community Leisure Complex comprising

• 14000 seat stadium and home of GTFC

• all weather multi-use pitches

• health and wellbeing centre

• education and training centre

• multi-sport potential for rugby, netball, cricket

• car parking (street sports)

• Grimsby Town Sports & Education Trust centre - 2000sqm

- Football in the Community sports participation

- Futsal programme

- NEET provision

- Inclusion & disability projects

- Health & Education

- 163,000 annual aggregate engagement hours

Commercial enabling development comprising

• hotel and restaurants

• petrol filling station

• retail

Economic benefits

• safeguarding GTFC for future generations - 150 jobs

• construction employment - 500 jobs

• new permanent employment circa 500 jobs

• inward investment of £80m

• business centre - 3500sqm

• new business opportunities

• 2000 space car park plus coach spaces (potential Park & Ride)

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Thanks for the signatures Sky Blue fans, we really appreciate it. If you ever need some sort of petition signing, I'll go out my way to get as many signatures from us as I can.

jimmyhillsfanclub said:

Why don't you just re-locate Grimsby to Coventry.....there's a spare stadium bowl there & moving clubs from their original fan base always gets the green light from the FL so it should all be tickety boo.


In all seriousness, If I was a Grimsby fan, I'd do everything possible to stay at Blundell Park.....It may be a bit shit in places, but its yours and has been since 1899.

I've read that the proposed new stadium will be "partially" financed from the sale of your old ground..........and there is where your problems begin.

Good luck my friend.....but don't move....re-develop!

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Yeah the problem with Blundell Park it's surrounded by housing, poor parking, also not enough income stream at Blundell Park, the proposed development at Peaks Parkway would solve this issue, also we are over 2million in benign debt, which isn't a lot to bigger clubs, also we are currently losing around 200k a year, it's a downward spiral towards going part-time.

Community stadiums have been a success for teams like Brighton, Chesterfield, Colchester, Hull City. York City, Boston Utd already have been given the green light to have theres to. All these have increased income streams through various functions - see original post.

I hope you do get a new stadium, take a similar route so it has business developments along with it for income streams, lessen the burden on building etc.

Thanks Sky Blue fans, if you ever need signatures, I'll easily get a few from Grimsby Town fans to help.

chiefdave said:

Signed but as above I'd make very certain the plan stacks up. Its generally accepted it all went wrong for us when we did a similar plan with a similar partially financed from the old ground setup.

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The problem with Blundell Park is it's surrounded by housing, poor parking, so redevelopment is a no go, also not enough income stream at Blundell Park, the proposed development at Peaks Parkway would solve this issue, also we are over 2million in benign debt, which isn't a lot to bigger clubs, but we are also we are currently losing around 200k a year, it's a downward spiral towards going part-time and into oblivion.


Community stadiums have been a success for teams like Brighton, Chesterfield, Colchester, Hull City. York City, Boston Utd already have been given the green light to have theres to. All these have increased income streams through various functions - see original post.


We originally had plans for a 24,000 seater stadium around 15 years ago when we was in the Championship, which was approved onto the local planning, but this stadium will on a smaller scale 14,000, we could probally get 4,000 away fans alone if we was back in say the Championship, and around 8,000+ home fans, I say this because all the clubs that have had new grounds have seen a significant % rise over the normal average attendances prior to aquiring a new stadium.