SUFC: The Future SUFC up for sale

Ozzer · Jul 17, 2023

shrimper61 said:
Ball, SERIOUSLY what fantasy world are you living in.

If you honestly think, balldozing Roots Hall and starting again, would be cheaper than Fossetts Farm, then your living in cloud cuckoo land...Lol.

If you look at previous posts, no-one has suggested ball dozing Roots Hall but improving the existing structures.

Smiffy · Jul 17, 2023

shrimper61 said:
Ball, SERIOUSLY what fantasy world are you living in.

If you honestly think, balldozing Roots Hall and starting again, would be cheaper than Fossetts Farm, then your living in cloud cuckoo land...Lol.

Where did I say "bulldozing"?

I said re-developing/re-modernising.

Take a moment to read through the thread, in particular the quotes from @Sherif H who trust me, knows what he is talking about.

You will then realise it is not a "fantasy world" I am living in. The above would be significantly cheaper than the £40m it would cost to build FF.

I'm off back to cloud cukoo land.

number11 · Jul 17, 2023

Avl1983 said:
I know nothing of either of these people/companies, are they people we would want potentially are are we looking at RM Mark 2?

Probably, for some on here that know the local business scene, they are not a company you would want to deal with. Certainly wouldn’t want them (or their subsidiary Pier Management) as your Freeholder / Landlord/ Managing agent.

That said, as the Roslin shows- and casting no aspersions whatsoever- they seem remarkably good at getting whatever planning through that they desire…

Sherif H · Jul 17, 2023

Smiffy said:
Beautiful. Could works include making it so the North Bank is for home fans and NW corner for away fans? Away fans enter via Fairfax Drive and home via the car park?

In theory it is possible, but you'd be looking at seat kills to get segregation in on the North side of the NW corner.

Smiffy · Jul 17, 2023

Sherif H said:
In theory it is possible, but you'd be looking at seat kills to get segregation in on the North side of the NW corner.

Thank You kind Sir.

Depending on the number of lost seats, I'd think it would be worth it. Purely for the increased atmosphere and the added points I believe it would earn us over a season. Certainly until such a time where away teams average more than 500 anyway.

Andy_S · Jul 17, 2023

I suppose the question is that if it is this Nicky Gould then would he be financing a bare minimum on the football side to get us through to a new stadium, or would he be someone interested in spending money to get us success on the pitch?

LennySUFC · Jul 17, 2023

Smiffy said:
Where did I say "bulldozing"?

I said re-developing/re-modernising.

Take a moment to read through the thread, in particular the quotes from @Sherif H who trust me, knows what he is talking about.

You will then realise it is not a "fantasy world" I am living in. The above would be significantly cheaper than the £40m it would cost to build FF.

I'm off back to cloud cukoo land.

Not to mention in a far more convenient location for anyone coming to games by train and wanting to stick around for a pint.

barton west · Jul 17, 2023

Just a thought. Am a big baseball fan. Major League The Minnesota Twins based in Minneapolis were arguing for ten years about building a new stadium. Then it snowed and the roof literally fell in so they had to rebuild. Cost?
555 million dollars.
Whoever buys the new stadium at FF, or a redeveloped RH, will be getting a bargain.

Smiffy · Jul 17, 2023

LennySUFC said:
Not to mention in a far more convenient location for anyone coming to games by train and wanting to stick around for a pint.

Location, location, location.

fredheim_holm · Jul 17, 2023

Sherif H said:
In theory it is possible, but you'd be looking at seat kills to get segregation in on the North side of the NW corner.

How realistic do you think it would be to put the away fans in the South Lower whilst the home fans keep the South Upper? That seems ideal to me, if it wasn't a logistical nightmare.

Cricko · Jul 17, 2023

fredheim_holm said:
How realistic do you think it would be to put the away fans in the South Lower whilst the home fans keep the South Upper? That seems ideal to me, if it wasn't a logistical nightmare.

Only because you sit there. :Dim:

fredheim_holm · Jul 17, 2023

Cricko said:
Only because you sit there.

As always most ideal scenarios are based around my optimal vantage point.

C'mon you Shrimpers · Jul 17, 2023

barton west said:
Just a thought. Am a big baseball fan. Major League The Minnesota Twins based in Minneapolis were arguing for ten years about building a new stadium. Then it snowed and the roof literally fell in so they had to rebuild. Cost?
555 million dollars.
Whoever buys the new stadium at FF, or a redeveloped RH, will be getting a bargain.

And the architects were Populous who have designed FF.

borientater · Jul 17, 2023

fredheim_holm said:
As always most ideal scenarios are based around my optimal vantage point.

Sounds like Ron

number11 · Jul 17, 2023

Andy_S said:
I suppose the question is that if it is this Nicky Gould then would he be financing a bare minimum on the football side to get us through to a new stadium, or would he be someone interested in spending money to get us success on the pitch?

They’d be absolutely in it for the land development, with the club as a necessary inconvenience. (Unless, as Cricko says, one of his kids / extended family was a fan or has a desire to run a football club (and I’m not aware of any connection previously).

C'mon you Shrimpers · Jul 17, 2023

Smiffy said:
Location, location, location.

Trouble is a lot stick around for a pint in local pubs and not Roots Hall. Same with food. No use to the club. Captive audience at FF.

londonblue · Jul 17, 2023

flangejackrabbit said:
Does Roots Hall have planning constraints on hosting non-football events at all?

It doesn't need them. It's a ****hole and no-one in their right mind would use it.

Boreham Blue · Jul 17, 2023

fredheim_holm said:
How realistic do you think it would be to put the away fans in the South Lower whilst the home fans keep the South Upper? That seems ideal to me, if it wasn't a logistical nightmare.

That's what I thought. Make the Shakespeare Dr entrance for South and have entrance to West via Fairfax and North via car park? If you had to segregate

Richard Hearn · Jul 17, 2023

number11 said:
They’d be absolutely in it for the land development, with the club as a necessary inconvenience. (Unless, as Cricko says, one of his kids / extended family was a fan or has a desire to run a football club (and I’m not aware of any connection previously).

It would most definitely be a case of "out of the frying, into the heart of the sun".