: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:34 pm  

leythdave wrote:

so what's the point in having one then?

It can be used as the scoreboard, and the club/lsv can sell advertising space on it.

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:50 pm  

My Dad kicked off big style when he saw the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council logo all over the big screen outside the ground.

He is secretary for local kids amateur football club and they had a lot of input in supporting the LSV. He says the council's input was minimal in getting everything done regarding the sports village as a whole and if it had been left to them the project would never have happened.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:17 am  

The Kevster! wrote:

My Dad kicked off big style when he saw the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council logo all over the big screen outside the ground.

He is secretary for local kids amateur football club and they had a lot of input in supporting the LSV. He says the council's input was minimal in getting everything done regarding the sports village as a whole and if it had been left to them the project would never have happened.

The thing is though, as a senior LSV official once said to me, it's their building.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:44 pm  

You see that's the attitude we're up against mate.

It's still us and them it's supposed to be our home ground. We should start a fund to buy it off the council and get as many businesses involved as possible.

It wasn't all council money that paid for it and the council money that did is mostly ours I'd like to remind them

[mish]

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:28 pm  

What really annoys me about this - and I shall be bending the ear of Andy Burnham the next time I see him - is that the idea of the LSV was sold to the people of Leigh as a venue for them to use/watch sport. The people of Leigh thought they were getting a community sporting venue, somewhere for our children and our team(s) to play - this is what we bought into - not some over priced facility that is in genuine danger of becoming a ghost village!!
Something needs to be done about this before it's too late!

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:14 pm  

I agree with all the comments about the problems caused by our not owning the ground. What exactly is LSV in the sense of who owns it? Presumably the council and others have shares. How much would it cost us to buy the ground and gain much needed control of our own destiny?

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:20 pm  

well it cost in the region of £23M to build so I would think thats a non starter

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:33 pm  

Yes but who paid for it Fred?

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:38 pm  

Greenbank partnership with various grants and sales of properties and land by Wigan Council, Wigan and Leigh College, & Leigh Harriers

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:53 pm  

Thanks -obviously we paid nowt and have no share in it!

But not clear to me who owns Greenbank partnership i.e who would profit from the sale of the ground? Mostly Wigan Council?