Pitch rotation......

[Reg Smeeton]

......apparently the clubs informal proposals are now before Councillors..waiting to be thrown out.

  They involve rotating the pitch 90, and the Nationwide would be the only thing retained as an end......Sandy Gray says she sees no problems.

  Possibly in the same way she saw no VAT to be paid.

[Leggett]

Portsmuff have started work on their stadium, doing the same, turning the pitch 90degrees.



We shall see i guess. Its a nice thought that this club could finally drag itself into some kind of financial stability... but that seems a bit far off yet.

[yeo]

It makes sense really the Nationwide is the only decent stand.

[my-velocity]

That would be newest stand.

[Leggett]

yes, yes it would be...

[Dazzza]

Can we see the proposals at all or any more info Reginald?

[Cookie]

Isn't nationwide a bit long to be an end stand?

[Dazzza]

Something like Charlton's New Valley redevelopment I suspect, which is no bad thing.

http://www.cafc.co.uk/uploads/charlton22347news1.jpg

[Haribinho]

Isn't nationwide a bit long to be an end stand?

Yes, they're gonna chop it in half and put one half up the other end  

[The Grim Reaper]

I always thought the best solution was to rotate the pitch, so that The Nationwide Stand becomes a goal end. Lets be realistic here its the only decent stand at our ground currently. When I heard that we might just give a low level roof for Stratton Bank, rebuild The Town End and give The Arkell's Stand a lick of paint and new seats I thought to myself its going to be 'half hearted' attempt to modernize the stadium. The idea of building 3 new stands makes more viable business sense. For a start it will be 'purpose built' instead of utilizing what we already have. I imagine Stratton Bank being moved closer towards The Town End linking up with The Nationwide with a roof at last. I doubt it will be as high as TNS due to the houses behind but high enough for the whole new stand to house 5,000 at a wild guess with TNS perhaps being reduced slightly to about 4,000. The new Town End Stand would probably become the new main stand and 'curve' around to where The Arkell's Stand currently is albeit quite a bit further back, possibly as far as on to the cricket pitch. Again I'm guessing this whole new structure would have a capacity of about 11,000 seats making the new look CG have an overall capacity of approx 20,000 which I think is more than ample. Of course this is all my own opinions and i'm sure everyone else has their own which I'd like to hear. Lets just hope that STFC, The Council, The local MP's and local residents can work together to give our Town an asset to be proud of, not just for football but for other leisure facilities too because for a town the size of Swindon we really have very little to offer the community.

[STFC Village]

Lets just hope that STFC, The Council, The local MP's and local residents can work together to give our Town an asset to be proud of, not just for football but for other leisure facilities too because for a town the size of Swindon we really have very little to offer the community.

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[STFCere]

reg, do you mean that the nationwide would be completley untouched and preserved as a behind the goal stand? i really hope this isnt the case because that would suggest that the stands will be some distance from the pitch as with most new stadia. I dont like this idea because creating bigger gaps between the pitch + stands reduces the atmosphere. if i was designing the stadium id have it as tight as legally possible! so people can literally touch the players!

[adje]

I predict Ifil will be top scorer if they do-he loves kicking it into that end!

[DV]

I predict Ifil will be top scorer if they do-he loves kicking it into that end!

 

Nah, just because they are keeping the Nationwide doesnt mean they can move it.....would take alot of work but I bet it could be done somehow

[Reg Smeeton]

reg, do you mean that the nationwide would be completley untouched and preserved as a behind the goal stand? i really hope this isnt the case because that would suggest that the stands will be some distance from the pitch as with most new stadia. I dont like this idea because creating bigger gaps between the pitch + stands reduces the atmosphere. if i was designing the stadium id have it as tight as legally possible! so people can literally touch the players!

 I've no idea what it might entail.....I know that the Nationwide is built in units , which theoretically could be unbolted and built again elsewhere, or perhaps it could be shortened.