Kop car park development?

[super_pig]

The Kop stand is just an artificial mound of earth.

my great grandfather was in the Lancasters and was shot at spion kop (he lived).. i was always told it meant slag heap!!

 

[Worksop II]

1st job you need the old style 1950's football boots that have the consistency of a steel toe capped work boot

I would imagine BB or Bert have some 1950's football boots ......

 

[Worksop II]

my great grandfather was in the Lancasters and was shot at spion kop (he lived)

Was it the Day Jostein scored 2 ?

Those scallies .......

 

[vorpal blade]

Aye well, when I say 'earth' super pig, I don't suppose it was the finest tilth, it probably is like a pit-tip under there, mind you I do remember the smell of wild garlic that grew next to the steps down to John Street in the 1980s. respect to your Great Granddad !

 

[raul]

Those of us that still support the club would rather it stay put, thanks.

UTB

You dont speak for all of us though. DVS all day long for me given the actions of our Landlord Kevin Van Hoogenstraten

 

[Kenilworth]

The Hotel should have been built at the corner of Cherry Street and Bramall Lane. it gets in the way where it is.

Eh?

 

[vorpal blade]

The Hotel doesn't need to be connected physically to the stadium. Had it been built at the Street Corner there would be an easier circulation around the ground, (say from ticket office to South Stand Entrance). As it is, crammed up to the corner of the stands, it inhibits expansion (were it really ever needed) witness the 'World Cup Bid' plans for a second tier above the South Stand which is cut short because of the presence of the Hotel. Bad forward planning by incompetent (badly briefed?) architects.

 

[vorpal blade]

I do like Kevin McCabe personally, but I don't like the way it feels like the start of a dynasty. Its seems that the first born son is being given chunks of land to go and have a go at developing with. I don't pretend to understand the ownership situation, I haven't really looked at it, but piecemeal development (like the hotel and the offices in the corner) is NOT the way to develop the site as a football stadium, there is no apparent strategy. For instance the corner of the stadium on John Street next to the Kop, is useless, who the heck thinks seats with a view of half the pitch are viable? yet someone didn't see it coming...... No strategy or masterplan you see......

 

[super_pig]

respect to your Great Granddad !

never met the guy (obviously!) ..just heard the stories.. apparently the hole was big enough to put your finger in