DoomMerchant wrote:For my sins I now work across South Yorkshire, mainly Sheffield and Rotherham but occasionally I'm in Doncaster, Wakefield and as far as Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.
When folks find out that you're a Mansfield Town fan, surprisingly enough calling me a 'scab' is never on the agenda. Top of the list are two questions, either:
"Have you still got that stand?"
Or,
"What's with that stand?"
I've had three conversations in the past fortnight about it.
Nothing so searching as how we're doing, or what I think we'll achieve this season. Nope, it's 'that stand.'
It got me thinking that the Bishop Street is something that we are known for. Forget all of the positivity surrounding the club or the fortunes that the Radders have spent on Field Mill.
Even in the event of filling in a corner with a £10m Hilton, Field Mill will still be best known by outsiders as 'that ground with that derelict stand.'
Unfortunate for us and all of the hard work put in by the owners. Cheers Haslam.
MTFCMAD wrote:Would be nice to knock it down and have one of them lee fabricated stands like Barnet have. Would only need to hold 800-1000 and use it for Away Support.
County and Lincoln would be an,e to bring 2600/2700 fans then boosting our coffers.
Sneag wrote:I wonder how much a bigger version of the Twigg Stand at Matlock would cost?
I think the advantage of having an extra 1,000 or so seats in the ground is you don't have to go to so much time & expense kissing SAGs arse to be allowed to get the ground up to full capacity.
Over the last few years the club have bent over backwards to accommodate these clowns & yet we're still seeing 'sell outs' at 1,500 below the real capacity of the ground.
robeyre wrote:Much as I appreciate that the stand is an eyesore and does nothing but harm to the clubs reputation I can't see why we expect JR to build a new stand, particularly as he does not actually own the ground yet. I realise he almost does, and is intending to speculate on the new hotel but I feel we've just got to be patient and wait. Particularly as crowds are on the up and hopefully in next few seasons there will be bigger away followings to accomadate. Best he spends his money on recuiting the right players. Ad he had done
bellwhiff wrote:It’s an eyesore
EdwinstoweStag wrote:bellwhiff wrote:It’s an eyesore
Be grateful that the cameras are located above the BSS, thus denying viewers sight of the stand and the wonderful scoreboard collection.
daddycool wrote:EdwinstoweStag wrote:bellwhiff wrote:It’s an eyesore
Be grateful that the cameras are located above the BSS, thus denying viewers sight of the stand and the wonderful scoreboard collection.
There is a hell of a lot of advertising on there. Which must generate some income..wouldn’t like to advertise on there myself it would get lost on that lot.
DoomMerchant wrote:For my sins I now work across South Yorkshire, mainly Sheffield and Rotherham but occasionally I'm in Doncaster, Wakefield and as far as Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.
When folks find out that you're a Mansfield Town fan, surprisingly enough calling me a 'scab' is never on the agenda. Top of the list are two questions, either:
"Have you still got that stand?"
Or,
"What's with that stand?"
I've had three conversations in the past fortnight about it.
Nothing so searching as how we're doing, or what I think we'll achieve this season. Nope, it's 'that stand.'
It got me thinking that the Bishop Street is something that we are known for. Forget all of the positivity surrounding the club or the fortunes that the Radders have spent on Field Mill.
Even in the event of filling in a corner with a £10m Hilton, Field Mill will still be best known by outsiders as 'that ground with that derelict stand.'
Unfortunate for us and all of the hard work put in by the owners. Cheers Haslam.
I wanted it gone but it is unique now. In 20 or so years it will become a listed and protected building and kind of historic. In 2000 years it will rank alongside the great pyramids and the great wall of China.abc wrote:It is a truly embarrassing eyesore.
Vice President wrote:The Bishop St. stand is a huge embarrassment to the club. I have been banging on about it for so long, I have almost given up mentioning it.
People always say that our attendances don't justify developing that stand - and I understand that logic. However, I was dismayed to read that McNulty was persuaded against signing for us when shown photos of that stand. If he had have signed for us, I believe that we would have been promoted to league 1 last season. Which supports my point that a decent stadium goes way beyond the simple 'seating business case'. It is also all about the look, feel, atmosphere and ultimately the image & reputation of the club ...... as the original post ably demonstrates.
No, I don't expect JR to spend his hard earned money on it ..... but it is a shame that, as a club, something can't be done about it ...... even if we don't get into the Championship!
Amber Andy wrote:I think it has been said Carolyn see's it as an eyesore.
SINA STAG wrote:Vice President wrote:The Bishop St. stand is a huge embarrassment to the club. I have been banging on about it for so long, I have almost given up mentioning it.
People always say that our attendances don't justify developing that stand - and I understand that logic. However, I was dismayed to read that McNulty was persuaded against signing for us when shown photos of that stand. If he had have signed for us, I believe that we would have been promoted to league 1 last season. Which supports my point that a decent stadium goes way beyond the simple 'seating business case'. It is also all about the look, feel, atmosphere and ultimately the image & reputation of the club ...... as the original post ably demonstrates.
No, I don't expect JR to spend his hard earned money on it ..... but it is a shame that, as a club, something can't be done about it ...... even if we don't get into the Championship!
What we need is a director on the board with building contractual experience.....
Oh wait a minute....
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