steve-o Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 Why did we get a new ground when we was in the championship? Filbert Street had history and teams didnt like coming to us. Many grounds like The Dell and Highbury to name a few have all been knocked down and new grounds built in their place. The problem is with the new grounds is they are open plans and not seperate stands, aswell as being bigger capacity. The older grounds all seemed to have a better atmosphere and the grounds will never be the same look at the new wembley for a example
Austin Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 Todays game is all about .. Money, Money, Money.
stez Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 Why did we get a new ground when we was in the championship? Filbert Street had history and teams didnt like coming to us. Many grounds like The Dell and Highbury to name a few have all been knocked down and new grounds built in their place. The problem is with the new grounds is they are open plans and not seperate stands, aswell as being bigger capacity.The older grounds all seemed to have a better atmosphere and the grounds will never be the same look at the new wembley for a example because filbert street couldn't be expanded any more
ASH17LCFC Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 We were in the Premiership when the Walkers was planning to be built and i'm sure the people at the club thought we needed to move to a stadium to compete better in the Premiership. Then we went down the following season
Matt Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 We didn't get one when we were in the Championship, We got one or planned one when MON left, He left us an good established Premiership team, Peter fooking Taylor got us to the top of the table with MON's team, Then Peter fooking Taylor undid all the good work MON had done and almost ruined us, Dismantled the squad, Bought shit players, Overspent money, Leading to relegation to the Championship thus our first season in the Walkers Stadium being in the Championship, thus all of this leading us to administration. At the time of plans and building things were looking good though. I know we can't live in the past but I blame Peter fooking Taylor to some extent to where we are now even though it has been that long.
davieG Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 Because we couldn't get planning permission to turn the ground around so that the double decker was down the side, the new stand that was planned to replace the North stand was considered too high and would block the sunlight to the homes opposite, also some people on Burnmoor St wouldn't sell. There was also local opposition in the guise of 'offside' who protested about the potential increase in crowds forgetting that the stadium was there before any of those terraced houses were built and that they regularly had crowds in excess of 30K in the preceding decades and even though they were ok with the Walkers just a stones throw away They also objected to potentially taller stands even though they've now ended up with taller ugly flats. No one seemed to consider that all those people complaining arrived in those houses with the stadium already in existence.
Alexikokopops Posted 4 February 2009 Posted 4 February 2009 To be honest I reckon the Walkers would be fine if we swapped the Kop and the Family Stand. It's a smashing bunch of lads.
Jordan Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 ...because TIAA-CREF gave LCFC a ridiculous loan that was well out of their capacity to repay and the club wanted to roll the dice a lil' bit? Really, Leicester City were doing the whole credit-crunch loan-default risky-mortgage bankruptcy thing years before it became cool.
Uncle Monty Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 We didn't get one when we were in the Championship, We got one or planned one when MON left, He left us an good established Premiership team, Peter fooking Taylor got us to the top of the table with MON's team, Then Peter fooking Taylor undid all the good work MON had done and almost ruined us, Dismantled the squad, Bought shit players, Overspent money, Leading to relegation to the Championship thus our first season in the Walkers Stadium being in the Championship, thus all of this leading us to administration. At the time of plans and building things were looking good though.I know we can't live in the past but I blame Peter fooking Taylor to some extent to where we are now even though it has been that long. Almost ruined us? barring administration he did ruin us.
Finnegan Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 To be honest I reckon the Walkers would be fine if we swapped the Kop and the Family Stand. It's a smashing bunch of lads. lol Though to be honest, as much as Filbert Straight can't be replaced - if Stoke can make noise in their ground there's no reason we couldn't in ours. People need to stop blaming the stadium for the lack of atmosphere and just accept we've a miserable bunch of fans.
Finnegan Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 Supose it helps if you go to the games You dont?
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 You dont? Could this be the start of finners v fox123, battle 4
Finnegan Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 Could this be the start of finners v fox123, battle 4 No, that's in the other thread where I really hope he isn't but I think he's about to do the "I'm not a racist... but..." act.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 No, that's in the other thread where I really hope he isn't but I think he's about to do the "I'm not a racist... but..." act. I gotta go find that thread
steve-o Posted 5 February 2009 Author Posted 5 February 2009 We were in the Premiership when the Walkers was planning to be built and i'm sure the people at the club thought we needed to move to a stadium to compete better in the Premiership. Then we went down the following season liverpool, everton and villa still have the old school grounds and they are great atmospheres and playing champions league football in them/uefa cup fact is that old school grounds should have stayed, end of
davieG Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 liverpool, everton and villa still have the old school grounds and they are great atmospheres and playing champions league football in them/uefa cupfact is that old school grounds should have stayed, end of Liverpool and Everton are not still in their old stadiums by choice though.
Webbo Posted 5 February 2009 Posted 5 February 2009 fact is that old school grounds should have stayed, end of Well they didn't. Get over it.
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