cassellswasmagic wrote:Can they dig out the pitch a few feet lower. Then build back up with better draining aggregate etc. I’m no expert, so don’t know, regarding the pitch problems.
As for the stadium. At the time of the new stadium being built a lot of us said the whole pitch should’ve been moved maybe 20-30 yards westward. I personally would hate to move away to a new stadium. FM is our home and can be improved…just need a shed load of cash! As for capacity…12k is ideal.
12k is not adequate.
12k is not adequate for this season when we.play Notts county.
Imagine we were in L1 with away teams capable of selling 4k away fans. And if we got to the Championship, away teams would sell 2k tickets weekly with a lot bringing up to 4k.
So on that basis we need to look at stats about home fans. I'd think we need 12k for this season and looking ahead maybe 16k-18k.
The town gets behind us when we do well.
So back to the question, should we think about moving? Fist we need to know what's achievable within the development opportunities we've got on site. can we get circa 7-10k more seats out of the current ground? That would need a new BS, north stand and QLE.
It's probably better to do all 3 at once and then match the cost against a new purpose built stadium elsewhere - what's the Code/Benefit analysis say?
I think we need to consider the BS in context of integration with the north and QLE expansion to get the numbers we need. I think both ends could be twice the size they are, so say 4k, Bishop could provide say 3k, and the corners from integration could do 2k. So 9k easy expansion I'd predict. We could also do with a new.shop and facilities in the QLE too.
The shop is marginally better than the old trailer we had.
You've got to go there and come back, to know where you've been.