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« Reply #1500 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:47:10 » |
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I took a trip to the CG during the summer of 94 when they were building the South Stand, took some pics. The roof was half finished and there were perhaps only 50 seats in place.
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« Reply #1501 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:47:36 » |
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/churchward82c/3871980900Good image here - it was a pre-fab, so everything just arrived like a lego kit. You can see in this picture that they were able to work on multiple stages at the same time, so roofing work beginning before the stand was fully erected.
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #1502 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:49:20 » |
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By comparison this stand at Exeter took 16 months to build just 5 years ago. At a cost of £3.5m.  |
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« Reply #1503 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:49:36 » |
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Yeah, mine must have been taken a month or so later.
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« Reply #1504 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:51:16 » |
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By comparison this stand at Exeter took 16 months to build just 5 years ago. At a cost of £3.5m. Why build half a stand? |
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« Reply #1505 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:51:51 » |
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Not enough letters in their name?
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« Reply #1506 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:52:25 » |
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Why build half a stand?
There isnt enough room for any more stand as there is a road and railway line right behind it.  |
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« Reply #1507 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 12:53:12 » |
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Tinpot!
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« Reply #1508 on: Friday, September 29, 2023, 14:10:59 » |
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There isnt enough room for any more stand as there is a road and railway line right behind it. Birmingham City built there current stand over the railway line, it can be done! |
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« Reply #1509 on: Saturday, September 30, 2023, 08:12:03 » |
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Birmingham City built there current stand over the railway line, it can be done!
Oh it can be done, I doubt Exeter could have afforded the extra cost for that though, £3.5m for whats there sounds excessive as it is and taking a year and a half....drag that contract out! |
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« Reply #1510 on: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 13:32:19 » |
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Oh it can be done, I doubt Exeter could have afforded the extra cost for that though, £3.5m for whats there sounds excessive as it is and taking a year and a half....drag that contract out!
I suspect building over a railway line would more than double the price (if not more!). I still think that Clem is being uber confident it he really thinks building a couple of stands is going to do that much for his business. https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2121718-contractor-collapsed-owing-108m-says-administratorsIt takes some effort to manage to get over £100m into creditors and sympathy for the non secured who will be getting nothing - been there done that thankfully nowhere near this level! |
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« Reply #1511 on: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 16:25:12 » |
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Birmingham City built there current stand over the railway line, it can be done!
I swear St Andrews just backs on to the railway, it doesn’t actually encroach on or over NR land. |
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« Reply #1512 on: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 16:39:22 » |
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I swear St Andrews just backs on to the railway, it doesn’t actually encroach on or over NR land.
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« Reply #1513 on: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 20:19:18 » |
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The costs of pissing about with football grounds near railways is starkly illustrated by both Chelsea and Man U avoiding development in those directions over the years.
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