CrookesBlade
Active Member
I think Shirecliffe is opened up for grass roots in the evenings (or at least it used to be)If the first team are to move to HSBC eventually, doesn’t that in turn create some capacity at Shirecliffe that could be rented out?
Likewise, what happened to the Academy site at Crooks? Is there not some additional capacity there?
Whilst we may be part of the solution, this isn’t an SUFC problem.
Private company sells land it owns to other private company who has plans for the land.
The fact HSBC didn’t mind it being used by other teams is great but clearly would have been a happy kicking the can down the road exercise for the Council. Clearly overuse isn’t going to work for the SUFC seniors team.
Is there no land more on the outskirts that could be explored for these teams?
Crookes seems to have been abandoned. I some times take my daughter on there for a kick about and plenty of others (students/kids/families) seem to make use of it.
Either way though there is probably a solution if the will is there.
Funnily enough it was a pig fan doing the moaning on Look North last night. I