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Other footie really but could we help fund improvements to the (whatever it is now called) terrace at the Prestbury Road end maybe ?
Just a thought ?
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I see they have a Football Foundation grant.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
I don't understand the argument about the culvert /stream. If man can build a bridge over the Severn estuary then surely he is quite capable of building a stand across a little culvert/stream in Whaddon.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:I see they have a Football Foundation grant.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
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Better to see such a grant going towards some new forwards !
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I don't know. I am not an engineer - just repeating what the club have stated in the past. I assume because of the way cantilevers are built. A non-cantilever stand is possible to build over the stream, but these are not eligible for Football Foundation grants.Red Duke wrote:I don't understand the argument about the culvert /stream. If man can build a bridge over the Severn estuary then surely he is quite capable of building a stand across a little culvert/stream in Whaddon.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:I see they have a Football Foundation grant.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
It sounds to me an excuse to avoid doing something dressed up as 3B's.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:I don't know. I am not an engineer - just repeating what the club have stated in the past. I assume because of the way cantilevers are built. A non-cantilever stand is possible to build over the stream, but these are not eligible for Football Foundation grants.Red Duke wrote:I don't understand the argument about the culvert /stream. If man can build a bridge over the Severn estuary then surely he is quite capable of building a stand across a little culvert/stream in Whaddon.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:I see they have a Football Foundation grant.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
It`s not an engineering problem,more a financial one !Red Duke wrote:I don't understand the argument about the culvert /stream. If man can build a bridge over the Severn estuary then surely he is quite capable of building a stand across a little culvert/stream in Whaddon.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:I see they have a Football Foundation grant.
As I remember from past club statements, those grants are only available for cantilever design stands/terraces. And we can't build one at that end of the ground due to the stream/culvert.
Better to focus on raising money for a new main stand.
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I don't believe Football Foundation grants are available for terraces at all? Morecambe had to fund their stadium entirely without grants because it has terracing, IIRC.
Does the new stand remove the last bit of terracing at Stevenage? If so, I absolutely don't understand why their fans would support this. I firmly believe supporters should have the option of standing at football matches.
Does the new stand remove the last bit of terracing at Stevenage? If so, I absolutely don't understand why their fans would support this. I firmly believe supporters should have the option of standing at football matches.
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I completely agree. I hope that WR never becomes all-seater.Jerry St Clair wrote:I don't believe Football Foundation grants are available for terraces at all? Morecambe had to fund their stadium entirely without grants because it has terracing, IIRC.
Does the new stand remove the last bit of terracing at Stevenage? If so, I absolutely don't understand why their fans would support this. I firmly believe supporters should have the option of standing at football matches.
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3,000 people when we have a big Cup game etc.horlickfanclub wrote:Who will sit in those seats?
3,000 when there is a big away following.
2,000 when we have a big league game.
1,500 when we have a normal league game.
Your point?