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The stadium question got a interesting answer i thought.

I agree, considering it would have been easier to not mention dates at all i guess this means the plans are progressing well behind the scenes. Hopefully over the Summer the club will show the fans the designs.

Rebuilding the stadium to include income streams from other sources beyond match day will be the difference between being a top half league one club and a championship club in my eyes

bye bye the town end as we know it.....

Cunt didnt ask my question ...... Bring back Gary Rose!

Breath of fresh air.

Interesting indeed concerning the redevelopment.  First time we've had some detail (even if it's only a snippet.)  The Town End certainly makes sense as the place to start and will have a transformative effect on the rest of the ground when the stand is increased in size and the roof raised.

As a swindon fan it is hard not to expect the worst(reg) but maybe we could finally have some good news regarding the stadium

Is there a design for the new Town End? At this moment in time I can only imagine that will be a design similar Atyeo Stand at Bristol City purely on the basis that we're doing this in stages.

I have heard a few times that the offices and changing rooms will be relocated to the new Town End, so would imagine the Arkells would be second on the list

And the current floodlights ??  :(

So will the teams come out from behind the goal ...... Old Wembley style?

I thought our stadium was meant to look like this: but red

[url width=600 height=450]http://imagecache.soccerway.com/venues/600x450/94.jpg[/url]

I thought the changing rooms and what not were being switched to the DRS?

I thought therefore I was.

Cogitavi, ergo fui.

Latin GCSE there for you.

Can someone tell the carp that someone's hacked his account and is posting intelligent things? ;)

Put in football terms you seem to have made a transformation from Joe Cole->Clarke Carlisle in under 24 hours.

Or he's recently discovered Google

Surely Jason McAteer?!

"McAteer was once asked at a take-away if he wanted his pizza cut into eight slices or four. “Four,” he answered. “I’m not that hungry.”"

Corrected for you.

That end behind the goal at City is shit. It looks shit and the acoustics seem to be shit as well (although that could just be the fans that ocupy it) The stand at the other end where the away fans sit would be half decent if it had seats with backs on them.

An absolute dream for me would be the end at Tynecastle although i'm pretty sure people have said this barely meets ground safety regulations because of how steep it is

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Tynecastle_Stadium_2007.jpg

I'm sure we could get some noise out of a design like that.

Another dream that would never ever get off the ground with the authorities given that it is a safe standing area would be a smaller version of dortmunds kop

[url width=640 height=480]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjheYhi8p_I/Ty6Hp8dM3bI/AAAAAAAAAD4/XVmnEMsewKo/s1600/Dortmund-03.jpg[/url]

Whatever the case, I just hope they don't make it miles away from the pitch like that stand at Morecambe.

I absolutely have to stand on that terrace in the near future.

Not sure what the point of the Danny Wilson question was, other than dragging up an old issue we have all moved on from.

Considering the morons that usually get on thisis I thought the questions were pretty decent.

most questions were asked via Twitter

Very interesting news regarding the Town End. A less-steep version of that stand at Tynecastle would be perfect. Agree with whoever mentioned the floodlights though - hope they remain a feature going forward.

Thanks, are you related to Mrs Batch?

Having the new Town End being as steep as regulations allow would not only benifit the atmosphere acoustics but it would also mean there won't be too much of the carpark wiped out.

Can't imagine the authorities liking people standing in an area so steep though even if it does meet the requirements.

I fear it will be more like the Wycombe away end than anything though :-(

The Milton Road End at Southampton was probably the steepest I've walked down, a bizarre stand.

[url width=600 height=286]http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/thedell8.jpg[/url]

Whilst it's not perfect, you could do a lot worse.

Like?

 Something like the home end at the Bescot Stadium would do us..

 [url width=500 height=375]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/2220712892_4e6dee93e4.jpg[/url]

I would prefer a single tier for our main home end to be honest.

Go the Oxford route and get a fence - much cheaper

I don't suppose for a minute, that it will be anything other than a basic shed, so not to worry.

Are we still going for a 19,000 capacity like it says on the internet ground guide site?

[url width=600 height=449]http://pnefc-online.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/deepdale.jpg[/url]

Something like the Town End at Preston, matching the height of the Don Rogers stand? Hopefully, like others have said, its as steep as possible.

If we were have an empty end, I'd prefer the Braga template and get a mountain there....could then get 365 income form climbers/skiers/snowboarders in winter

Yeah, the Magic Roundabout doesn't have the same appeal

The Wycombe away end sounds the most realistic suggestion so far, hopefully a tad bigger though

Im interested to see the plans for Stratton Bank, I have visions of the local residents kicking up.

IIRC the local residents have never complained, that was just an excuse that the previous board used.

I always thought thats why the Stratton bank wasn't redeveloped at the same time as the DRS, as the residents complained the stand was too high and would block their light.
Im probably wrong though as I was quite young when they had plans for that.

Can we just have a closed stadium. Like White Hart Lane, Emirates, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge.. ?

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/46701960.jpg

I'd settle for wycombes away end tbh. Thats decent

that's decent, where's that?

The mighty Zeljeznicar in Bosnia.

Want it a bit taller and steeper

I remember when that was a roofless terrace - looked like a wedge of cheese

I sat in the Atyeo end when Bath played Brizzle there a few years ago (Rugby). I sat in there with a pint, so it wasn't too bad :) - Not my favourite stand though!

I'm sure the pox fans would claim that second photo is taken from the fence at the Kassam  ;)

Or Gillingham.

Their away stand is ugly.

Whoosh

coca, ring me you cunt

Phone's on charge. Give it a minute.

I believe the DRS is the steepest a stand can be based on building regs. I maybe wrong though.

What's latin for twat?  :D

edit: don't worry, this will do :) "o cara Pericarpium, quod a tabula"

I remember hearing this also.  In fact, I think someone once told me that the maximum angle permitted for a new stand (back in 1994, that is) was 34°, and that the DRS (or Intel, as it was then) had an angle of 33°.  All of which could be complete rubbish, I know.

During the time I've known the County Ground (22 years), there have been two significant changes: the extension of the North Stand to pitch level (in about 1992) and the demolition of the Shrivenham Road Stand and its replacement with the Intel Stand/DRS (in 1994).  So nothing, basically, has changed - barring the strapping and unstrapping of seats to terraces - in almost 20 years.  I think this must be why I still think of the DRS as a fairly 'new' stand, even though there are now people in Swindon with driving licences who were born after it was built!

It was a combination of residents objecting to the height so there was talk of revising the height to that of the Rolex clock but mainly we ran out of cash/got relegated to what is now League One and it never happened. I'm remember that the Rovers/Briz rugby fans raised money to put a roof on the the Blackthorn terrace at the Mem. I think it was around 50K and the atmosphere there is good. Wonder if we could do something like that while re-developing the rest of the ground to keep a covered home end?

Like the Hearts stand and a mate of mine went to Hibs and they have an end stand like this

in regards to Stratton bank, we could do something similar to the East stand at Murrayfield.
[url width=516 height=387]http://moblog.net/media/p/a/h/pahtlor/murrayfield-with-the-lights-on.jpg[/url]

That is what was told to me by NW.

That's the figures that Simon Inglis gives in his Football Grounds of Britain book

I quite like the look of Le Havre's new stadium, although it could turn out to be a soulless place like the Madjeski

[url width=700 height=525]http://www.kssgroup.com/images/projects-images/Le_Havre/Le_Havre_01.jpg[/url]

[url width=900 height=600]http://www.agglo-lehavre.fr/Evenements/Grand_Stade/images/_MG_0315d.jpg[/url]

This??

What the fuck is that? It looks like a giant dinghy.

I think the blue thing on top of the glass is meant to be peeled off when the construction is finished.. Otherwise, it's just plain stupid.

Then why is it illuminated like a jellyfish in the top picture?

 ???

It looks like a giant hover craft?  Maybe this is the future a ground that moves???

Think the blue is Le Havre's colours...guess it's an Allianz Arena style thing...

at least it's a bit different

I expect you know that le Havre is the oldest football club in France, set up by Oxbridge types which accounts for why they still play in light blue and dark blue.

No I didn't know that...when you think about it, Dave Richrads was right.

Those stands most slope back really far, otherwise you're gonna be miles away from the pitch by the looks of it.

Thats why i quite liked it and if it glows like the pic, would look quite cool on a night game  :D

It's just like the Allianz Arena when 1860 Munich play at home.