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If Sheffield Wednesday moved away from Hillsborough...


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Somewhere near Tinsley. Shepcote Lane. Tram and M1 close by. Loads of flat, vacant industrial sites.

If you look at all the medium sized clubs that have enjoyed relative success over the last 15 years, most have them have had new stadiums.

 

The clubs that have done well are the ones who have had big money backers, not just built new stadiums. 

Just not bothered...

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What a tremendous photo, why the hell would any club want to move away from that??

Plus is would absolutely skint the club. £2-4 million worse off per year for 25 years...

Best spend much less on upgrading the stadium we have, much better commercial sense, quicker payback and you keep the heritage.

I agree yet there's regularly a thread on here saying we can't compete with clubs with new grounds because hillsborough costs us too much

I'm confused

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Good call. You see my point though.

 

You asked me to name one and I did, what point?

I agree yet there's regularly a thread on here saying we can't compete with clubs with new grounds because hillsborough costs us too much

I'm confused

 

We can't compete with clubs with massive budgets and billionaire owners who pump the club full of cash.  The grounds are effects, not causes.

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That as a rule they're 5h1te.

You named one, well done. I'm sure you can see where I'm coming from.

It wasn't a competition.

 

But most of the teams who've moved had sh*t old grounds too.  It's the fans that make the atmosphere not the ground.  Generally they are crap when empty (like all grounds) or very new and the fans haven't found their natural groups yet.

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I'm not fishing mate, it's my argument for staying put. Name one new ground which isn't a morgue. Admittedly so is Hillsborough but that's down to 15 years of kak and a brass band.

The fishing quote was all to do with soul being spelt sole. I smelt something fishy with that.

Don Valley had one huge 10,000 seated stand. Might not have cost much to move the pitch and build 3 smaller stands to give around 30 thousand capacity. Too late of course now. I like Hillsborough but it is cramped.

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But most of the teams who've moved had sh*t old grounds too. It's the fans that make the atmosphere not the ground. Generally they are crap when empty (like all grounds) or very new and the fans haven't found their natural groups yet.

But they never find their natural groups. They buy a ST and stick with it because they get comfy. The grounds have no history so a singer has no idea where to sit. It then becomes hard to move people who are happy where they are when the singers want to create a singing section.

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The fishing quote was all to do with soul being spelt sole. I smelt something fishy with that.

Don Valley had one huge 10,000 seated stand. Might not have cost much to move the pitch and build 3 smaller stands to give around 30 thousand capacity. Too late of course now. I like Hillsborough but it is cramped.

I know mate. I replied acknowledging I'd been whooshed.

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