Re: Pop goes the ... and the Old Lady : Sun Jun 19, 2016 4:35 pm  

Fergus wrote:

Would anybody like to pass comment on my first two paragraphs ?

Re: Pop goes the ... and the Old Lady : Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:28 pm  

Mr Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo is either shouting very loudly or is in need of a teatime nap.

Re: Pop goes the ... and the Old Lady : Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:06 pm  

I thought it was looking gloomy. Of course in the back of the East Stand you can't see the top of the Floodlights! NOW this is a revolutionary thought! I don't believe Newmarket will happen if we and our future kin pray from now until the year 3000. But a collective supporter push to raise funds to renovate BV? It would be interesting to know how much it would take and if there is any public money anywhere on any grounds that might be accessible. I very much doubt the latter but social media can be very powerful and fan fund-raising and fan social media broadcasting...who knows. May as well do something as Newmarket is sadly appearing to be pie in the sky (yes I know this post probably is too but BV is not sustainable much longer and we have to start thinking of something else)

Re: Pop goes the ... and the Old Lady : Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:47 pm  

We need a upgrade badly. Puddles.around ground, rocks, weeds, poor for viewing, got wet through. It showed it's age Friday.
Wasn't a enjyable experience one bit. I agree the modern grounds are awful. We need Yorkcourt to pay and sort it the modernising of Belle Vue quickly. Bout time Box sold all the crap in Hepworth and gave it to the real asset. TRINITY AND BELLE VUE

Re: Pop goes the ... and the Old Lady : Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:41 am  

I would rather we had a fully renovated Belle Vue over a new stadium any day.

However it would have to be a full renovation, with no half measures, even if it meant us moving away to say Oakwell or Dewsbury for the season.

If I remember rightly, the roof on the North Stand went up in a few weeks

The Benidorm flats are OK, and serve a purpose.

Personally, I would like to see new stands build for the East and West, with our hospitality area, running length ways, rather than behind the posts, with the area where the flats were, changed to terracing for the away fans. I actually like the idea of how one of the sides is at Craven Park, where you have a small terrace, behind that are hospitality suites, and then behind that a stand. I also part like the Carnegie Stand idea. It is a big stand, though isn't too deep, in doing this, there isn't too much ground space taken up.

Not one for copying ideas, but think they are practical, and we could put our own mark on it.