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[BirminghamFox]

Does this mean I’ll have a dirty scouse fan from Devon sitting in MY seat!!

 

I demand a new seat after this

[sylofox]

5 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Doesn’t speak well of getting the planning for the new stand any time soon 

What's planning permission got to do with this game. They have said it wont affect games.

[CosbehFox]

5 minutes ago, sylofox said:

What's planning permission got to do with this game. They have said it wont affect games.

Which is my point. Playing an unscheduled game effectively takes away two weeks of the summer that the stadium extension could be occurring. The main bulk of the intrusive construction works will occur in the summer. 

 

At the very least this summer, we should be starting preliminary works, the underground stuff, begin setting up the building site and start introducing the routes around the stadium, so the stadium can function when the season is on (just like Liverpool's Anfield Road Stand at the moment).  

[Balj]

36 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

This weekend it was bus replacement from Coleshill Parkway to New Street. Had the unfortunate pleasure of doing it. The same is occurring for Everton and Southampton at home. 

 

HS2 works are occurring at the line between Bham New St and Water Orton hence the bus replacements

I edited my post to reflect this!  Just checked on the train for Everton on Sunday which is rail replacement to Nuneaton.  I'm Solihull so will drive to Nuneaton.  HS2 is already nailing my trail running routes, now trains too.  Groan:(

[foxinsocks]

4 hours ago, Trev3939 said:

Will there be goal music when either team scores?

Birch can oversee a relay race at HT

[sylofox]

2 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Which is my point. Playing an unscheduled game effectively takes away two weeks of the summer that the stadium extension could be occurring. The main bulk of the intrusive construction works will occur in the summer. 

 

At the very least this summer, we should be starting preliminary works, the underground stuff, begin setting up the building site and start introducing the routes around the stadium, so the stadium can function when the season is on (just like Liverpool's Anfield Road Stand at the moment).  

We don't have planning permission yet. We have permission to start the ground works and demolition but it's an all or nothing plan by the club.

 

We also need a company to be able to start work once permission is given. As big as we think the club is major  construction companies are not going to be sitting round waiting for our job.

 

We'll be lucky if anything gets started this year even if permission is given.

 

So I would not worry about one game that may or may not happen.

 

It won't cause any delay if it would I'm sure the club would have turned this down flat with obvious reasons.

[CosbehFox]

44 minutes ago, sylofox said:

We don't have planning permission yet. We have permission to start the ground works and demolition but it's an all or nothing plan by the club.

 

We also need a company to be able to start work once permission is given. As big as we think the club is major  construction companies are not going to be sitting round waiting for our job.

 

We'll be lucky if anything gets started this year even if permission is given.

 

So I would not worry about one game that may or may not happen.

 

It won't cause any delay if it would I'm sure the club would have turned this down flat with obvious reasons.

Exactly. It suggests we don’t expect the planning permission to be approved any time soon which was exactly what my first post said. 
 

My last post was illustrating the original plan if we had planning approved for March. 
 

 

Edited 3 May 2022 by Cardiff_Fox

[Corky]

Can't see many Liverpool fans attending a match hosted by a Tory club. 

[MattFox]

I’m guessing nobody at the FA has ever used the train to get from Manchester/Liverpool to Leicester.

 

[Bayfox]

Maybe this is the future. A bit like euro vision. If you win it you get to host it next time

[Guest Electric Yetis]

8 minutes ago, Bayfox said:

Maybe this is the future. A bit like euro vision. If you win it you get to host it next time

Get your own hilarious joke.

[Bayfox]

34 minutes ago, Rain King said:

Get your own hilarious joke.

Sorry  I missed that post 

[urban.spaceman]

Bit random to choose the KP but actually that’s a good opportunity for us to do a ‘Super League Derby’ sign. @Union FS

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

I really hope we still play the super-cheesey post horn half-time remix, not just before the 2nd half but throughout the entire game

[pleatout]

On 03/05/2022 at 09:28, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

It would be, but it would mean you would have direct competition with the women's final in London, and if England aren't in the final, then you have a good chance for the Community Shield having a higher attendance, which isn't good graphics for the women's game. They probably want it out of the capital for that reason (with the added bonus that our capacity means that probably won't have a Daily Mail headline of 'Glorified friendly has higher attendance than most important women's game in years")

That isnt going to happen given that the final sold out some weeks ago.  Just for info England's 3 group games have sold out as well including the opener at Old Trafford.

 

"All 87,200 tickets have been sold for the final at Wembley on July 31, which will break the attendance record for a women's football game in England"

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12593767/womens-euro-2022-englands-group-matches-and-wembley-final-sold-out

 

[foxile5]

Hopefully we franchise it. No point fighting the steady progression of Americanisation. 

 

Franchise it. Ring fence tradition. Make it finance driven. **** it; no point in fighting it.