OwlofOliveGrove Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Let's face it. SAG and SYP have done (and continue to do) their level best to ruin Hillsborough for us. Judging by the comments and responses at the steering group meeting last night I think it's safe to say they are succeeding on all levels and DC has gone as far as gauging our interest in moving away. Not going to pretend I'm not raging angry about it but do we agree that a new stadium with less SAG/SYP red tape and bureaucracy is better than a Hillsborough with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 On a jet plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkleyblue Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hillsborough is our home and should remain so stuff SAG and SYP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 What's to stop them continuing their policy of discrimination at a new stadium ? Purely my personal opinion of course, and in no way portrayed as fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally1990 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 If we were to build a new away end we could build it at the bottom of Halifax road then maybe the netting could come off north and south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Think a new stadium would be a fresh start for all things SAG Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Heart says no , head says yes if we could put proper food concourses around the outside of the ground , proper parking facilities etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musingowl Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Would it really make a difference? By the sounds of how SAG/ SYP make things up as they go along, we could have the single most purpose built/fit for purpose stadium in the country, its capacity would still be reduced by a good 7,000 buffer zone either side of away fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shez owl Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Build new stadium just over border in Derbyshire and we'll never have to worry about em again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesdaywizard Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Because so may people got so many things wrong 30 years ago the ground is tarnished now. It's a strange phenomenon though in all fairness. Hillsborough was still used for cup finals/semis for YEARS after the disaster but recently, ever since the new enquiries, SAG and SYP seem to have really tightened their stranglehold on the ground (30 years is quite the knee jerk reaction!). The lepping lane end needs flattening and redeveloping. We all know this, Chansiri will know this. Hopefully after this has been done some of the shackles will come off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 New digs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Not saying I would go so far as to say I would never step foot in the new stadium but if Sheffield Wednesday did move then I wouldn't go as often especially if it was outside the cities border. Sheffield Wednesday not playing at Hillsborough and not playing in blue and white stripes. Then sorry not going to make the effort to pay OTT ticket prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Parkinson Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 We are moving if it gets approved by council to near medowhall with our one slip way of the motorway for match fans only gonna be a round stadium in cased in a water tank effect with shops and a restaurant attached but only 30 000 capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southportdc Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just don't think there is the space on the current site to ever fully assuage the SAG. I take no pleasure in saying it, but I think at some point we are bound to move away from the current location. However, I don't think that's a really pressing need, especially in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 What's to stop them continuing their policy of discrimination at a new stadium ? Purely my personal opinion of course, and in no way portrayed as fact. Probably the fact that it would be built as fit for purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Will cross post what I typed in the Steering Group thread. TLDR; I think a new stadium is inevitable, and in suggesting fans will be consulted on a new stadium vs redeveloping Hillsborough I bet this is a LOT closer to reality than we think. _______________ To be honest, I'd be absolutely shocked if a stadium move isn't under serious consideration behind the scenes at Hillsborough. The fella reporting on the meeting on Twitter specifically mentioned fans would be consulted if this was on the table. Is that confirmed? If so, then it's out in the open that there's at least a thought process to that end amongst the powers that be. Numerous issues raised at this steering group meeting are a direct consequence of the ground, ranging from ticket availability, location of the away fans, safety, how supporters enter and leave the ground, short and long term maintenance over existing facilities, corporate facilities, an open acknowledgement that big changes need to be made if we get promoted.. You can feel the frustration with some of these things in the responses even just from summary on here and Twitter. Not sure if anyone who was in the room can add to that? I don't think this is a short term thing, and the club clearly see improvements to Hillsborough as a more immediate step, but several things from this meeting have convinced me a new stadium might be a closer reality than some of us think. I could see bulldozers tearing down Leppings Lane and replacing it some something else the day after Wembley if we got promoted - but I wonder if it would be an "either or" situation between doing anything else beyond that or a new stadium in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Been telling you all this for months - the club have looked at Weedon Street site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 A renovation of leppings lane and the corner block may solve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaOwls Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 DC will do what ever he wants- FACT He isnt interested in whether you want to stay or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 A renovation of leppings lane and the corner block may solve it. That end will come down if we are promoted regardless. It's an eyesore to look at, the most complicated end of the ground to manage and a possible PR nightmare. I could see Liverpool kicking up a stink and boycotting it (despite the fact they used to sit in it for years after the disaster during the 90's) and it's just generally a headache the club can do without. Can see them pulling the Lepp down and hastily replacing it was a single tier stand, probably smaller but factoring in more TV/corporate stuff. I believe if long term people are looking at redeveloping the gangways on the North, overhauling the facilities in the South, and either rebuilding or heavily modifying the Kop and Kop roof.. the club will have a new stadium option on the table and will push for that as the long term option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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