Didn't go myself...
But nicked this report from one of the guys over at SOL...
After sitting through the trust AGM ,seriously no AGM's are fun are they, no offence though guys Ron Martin took the floor for about 75 minutes to talk about the new ground,the club and all things southend.
Rob Craven was scrawling down detailed notes which i assume will appear somewhere in detail shortly but a few points were:
Ron is confident the new ground will go through hopefully ready for a august 2008 kick off.
Although initial capacity is 22,000 the foundations will allow for the east stand roof to be lifted to allow an increase to 30,000 when we are in the prem
The ground will hopefully go through as it is whether we are in Championship or conference
Col Ewe spoke to GK this week and it seems that Cuckoo Farm is still around 5 weeks away
Tilly & Brush are on 4 year contracts and have the same visions for the club as RM
9 teams enquired after freddy including plymouth derby & cardiff and WBA were particularly miffed when RM wouldnt even let them make an offer. He said Freddy will not be sold in January even if a bid of £5,000,000 comes in. Although we can't match prem wages he is confident we can match any he can get in the championship.
Ron was particularly miffed when Rob Newman stuck his oar in over Norwich/Tilly
When questioned over why Ricketts left RM said he couldnt tell us the truth. He said he left by mutual consent. but hinted at fitness etc. He also said Team spirit/morale had improved greatly since he left and thinks that lead to the improved performance at Burnley and hopes for more of the same on saturday.
It struck me that Ron is immensly proud of both the Club and the New Ground which RM confirmed won't be named after him but he hasnt ruled out corporate sponsership which he reckoned could pull in over £1,000,000. He hinted at going for RBS.
After the talk i spoke to the pretty young lady in charge of the PR stuff. I can recommend you go see her, sorry the ground
She confirmed that the West (Main stand) is two tiered to incorporate hospitality etc and the rest is single tiered. The away fans have been allocated a corner in the North East section so its home fans behind both goals
Anyone from the Zone go tonight?
Anything to add?
But nicked this report from one of the guys over at SOL...
After sitting through the trust AGM ,seriously no AGM's are fun are they, no offence though guys Ron Martin took the floor for about 75 minutes to talk about the new ground,the club and all things southend.
Rob Craven was scrawling down detailed notes which i assume will appear somewhere in detail shortly but a few points were:
Ron is confident the new ground will go through hopefully ready for a august 2008 kick off.
Although initial capacity is 22,000 the foundations will allow for the east stand roof to be lifted to allow an increase to 30,000 when we are in the prem
The ground will hopefully go through as it is whether we are in Championship or conference
Col Ewe spoke to GK this week and it seems that Cuckoo Farm is still around 5 weeks away
Tilly & Brush are on 4 year contracts and have the same visions for the club as RM
9 teams enquired after freddy including plymouth derby & cardiff and WBA were particularly miffed when RM wouldnt even let them make an offer. He said Freddy will not be sold in January even if a bid of £5,000,000 comes in. Although we can't match prem wages he is confident we can match any he can get in the championship.
Ron was particularly miffed when Rob Newman stuck his oar in over Norwich/Tilly
When questioned over why Ricketts left RM said he couldnt tell us the truth. He said he left by mutual consent. but hinted at fitness etc. He also said Team spirit/morale had improved greatly since he left and thinks that lead to the improved performance at Burnley and hopes for more of the same on saturday.
It struck me that Ron is immensly proud of both the Club and the New Ground which RM confirmed won't be named after him but he hasnt ruled out corporate sponsership which he reckoned could pull in over £1,000,000. He hinted at going for RBS.
After the talk i spoke to the pretty young lady in charge of the PR stuff. I can recommend you go see her, sorry the ground
She confirmed that the West (Main stand) is two tiered to incorporate hospitality etc and the rest is single tiered. The away fans have been allocated a corner in the North East section so its home fans behind both goals
Anyone from the Zone go tonight?
Anything to add?
