Feltham Arena

[john-castle]

A move to a smaller stadium would be like an admission that this club is not going to get out of the lower divisions so NO if we move it must be to something bigger and better or just improve good old Griffin park!

 

[vcmazz]

A move to a smaller stadium would be like an admission that this club is not going to get out of the lower divisions so NO if we move it must be to something bigger and better or just improve good old Griffin park!

ISB would disagree. He takes the view that we need a smaller stadium. But I think the vast majority would agree with you that if we are to be a progressive club, we need a larger stadium - most quoting 20,000 as a sensible capacity. This got me thinking. If Lionel Road ever happens, I can see the original 20,000 idea 'compromised' down to 15,000. The Feltham idea is pie in the sky, but, I believe the answer could be right on our own doorstep.

Loftus Road has a capacity of 19,100 - just 900 short of what most of us consider ideal. Why not contact QPR with a view to a ground sharing arrangement? Easy to get to, plenty of pubs nearby etc. Seems sensible to me :shrug:.

 

[Stanley]

Chelsea FC is in Fulham

Ah but if they move to Battersea Power station they call that area "South" Chelsea now don't they?

 

[Hamburger Hill]

ISB would disagree. He takes the view that we need a smaller stadium. But I think the vast majority would agree with you that if we are to be a progressive club, we need a larger stadium - most quoting 20,000 as a sensible capacity. This got me thinking. If Lionel Road ever happens, I can see the original 20,000 idea 'compromised' down to 15,000. The Feltham idea is pie in the sky, but, I believe the answer could be right on our own doorstep.

Loftus Road has a capacity of 19,100 - just 900 short of what most of us consider ideal. Why not contact QPR with a view to a ground sharing arrangement? Easy to get to, plenty of pubs nearby etc. Seems sensible to me :shrug:.

Are you for real? Please tell me this is a wind-up and I've just bitten?

 

[Herbert]

ISB would disagree. He takes the view that we need a smaller stadium. But I think the vast majority would agree with you that if we are to be a progressive club, we need a larger stadium - most quoting 20,000 as a sensible capacity. This got me thinking. If Lionel Road ever happens, I can see the original 20,000 idea 'compromised' down to 15,000. The Feltham idea is pie in the sky, but, I believe the answer could be right on our own doorstep.

Loftus Road has a capacity of 19,100 - just 900 short of what most of us consider ideal. Why not contact QPR with a view to a ground sharing arrangement? Easy to get to, plenty of pubs nearby etc. Seems sensible to me :shrug:.

**** right off

 

[Herbert]

Of course I want the club to stay in Brentford but if not this is a good option. (Still in the Borough,Still in Middx)and plenty of clubs are not based according to their name, i.e Chelsea,Grimsby,Bolton, Arsenal etc

dont care about other clubs,only mine

 

[nanny58]

razz ma tash sex and travel

 

[GuyBee]

but its not Brentford if its not in Brentford

The type of move we are talking about is the equivalent move that 'provincial' teams have moved, ie a few miles out of town.

It would be nice to say in Brentford, but Brentford is in London, its not easy or cheap to find the kind of space we are talking about.

Look at all the people posting on this website and the numbers that live outside the M25. We cant rely on a fanbase in Brentford.

I can see a lot of upside to a ground that is easy to reach from the M25

 

[UBee5]

As far as keep Brentford in Brentford goes, if you support the Bee's and aren't from Brentford itself, then really there's no argument to be had. Of course it'd be nice to keep Brentford in it's historical area, but the way football goes is that it's a Middlesex/west London team, as long as it remains close to the area then I don't see a big problem.

 

[vcmazz]

ISB would disagree. He takes the view that we need a smaller stadium. But I think the vast majority would agree with you that if we are to be a progressive club, we need a larger stadium - most quoting 20,000 as a sensible capacity. This got me thinking. If Lionel Road ever happens, I can see the original 20,000 idea 'compromised' down to 15,000. The Feltham idea is pie in the sky, but, I believe the answer could be right on our own doorstep.

Loftus Road has a capacity of 19,100 - just 900 short of what most of us consider ideal. Why not contact QPR with a view to a ground sharing arrangement? Easy to get to, plenty of pubs nearby etc. Seems sensible to me :shrug:.

Are you for real? Please tell me this is a wind-up and I've just bitten?

**** right off

Think about it. Ready made stadium, and maybe we could incorporate a deal where our season ticket holders get in to their games for a fiver when we're away, and their supporters get the same deal for our games. So both clubs attract bigger crowds and we get to see Premiership football for a fiver! Then with the money we get for Griffin Park we can buy a decent striker.

 

[Herbert]

Think about it. Ready made stadium, and maybe we could incorporate a deal where our season ticket holders get in to their games for a fiver when we're away, and their supporters get the same deal for our games. So both clubs attract bigger crowds and we get to see Premiership football for a fiver! Then with the money we get for Griffin Park we can buy a decent striker.

not a chance.im not watching my Bees there,its blue,i dont want them profitting out of us.we wont get tickets to see premiership games for a fiver,i dont want to see premiership games,i want to watch Brentford,home and away,we'll have nothing going away with that plan,and lose youngstes in the process with them getting,are you trying to kill this Club.
AND dont you know what they tried doing to us,wheres your pride

 

[Herbert]

As far as keep Brentford in Brentford goes, if you support the Bee's and aren't from Brentford itself, then really there's no argument to be had. Of course it'd be nice to keep Brentford in it's historical area, but the way football goes is that it's a Middlesex/west London team, as long as it remains close to the area then I don't see a big problem.

what are you on ? absolute drivle. i support Brentford as my family has its part to play in residency of the town,and surrounding towns.im Northolt,Ealing born and bread.It remains my local.if they decied to move to Rectory Park id still oppose it.move it out and its not what its namesake is.
NO,Brentford is Brentford,a town in the county of Middlesex in the region of West London,doesnt mean you can move them round the county or region.why not move to paddington or up near barnet or down surrey way then ... rubbish

 

[Carri Bee Un]

Bad vcmazz, read your leatherbound code of conduct on the subject of trolling nicely done though lol

 

[vcmazz]

Bad vcmazz, read your leatherbound code of conduct on the subject of trolling nicely done though lol

 

[vcmazz]

Bad vcmazz, read your leatherbound code of conduct on the subject of trolling nicely done though lol

The best thing about it is that my original post on the subject of a possible ground share at Loftus Road was in response to john-castle and completely deflected the fact that he had bitten on ISB's wind up from page two lol.

I do apologise. My COC is at the binders at the moment, being re-bound in deep red and goldflake. I promise to revise the moment it gets back and do hope that I'm not in too much trouble :yes:.

 

[Stanley]

Think about it. Ready made stadium, and maybe we could incorporate a deal where our season ticket holders get in to their games for a fiver when we're away, and their supporters get the same deal for our games. So both clubs attract bigger crowds and we get to see Premiership football for a fiver! Then with the money we get for Griffin Park we can buy a decent striker.

Better still we can share their new 45k stadium they are going to build in White City or somewhere close by....

 

[UBee5]

what are you on ? absolute drivle. i support Brentford as my family has its part to play in residency of the town,and surrounding towns.im Northolt,Ealing born and bread.It remains my local.if they decied to move to Rectory Park id still oppose it.move it out and its not what its namesake is.
NO,Brentford is Brentford,a town in the county of Middlesex in the region of West London,doesnt mean you can move them round the county or region.why not move to paddington or up near barnet or down surrey way then ... rubbish

Because if keeping a football team in the town it was originally based in is so important, then surely we'd all go by the same logic and support football teams from our own towns? Or if they don't have one, simply not support another towns? Professional football support is based on regions, Brentford are my local club too and I wouldn't want to see them shipped out into north London or where have you, it's a Middlesex club/west London club that does a lot of work in Hounslow and Ealing and draws a lot of support from there, so a stadium being built close by but not in Brentford in my opinion shouldn't be much of a problem.

However my last point was that if a new stadium is to be built then it should remain close to a certain degree to Brentford, and Feltham is too far out of the way. I wouldn't begrudge the club if the chance to move to Ealing, Kew, Gunnersbury or South Acton came up. I probably should have made more of a point that I'd be opposed to a move to Feltham in the first place.

 

[RitchBee]

My brother lives in Feltham makes sense

 

[Inappropriate Smilies Bee]

ISB would disagree. He takes the view that we need a smaller stadium:.

Maybe 8,000 capacity initially, but with the scope to make it smaller if we get relegated.

 

[Hamburger Hill]

The best thing about it is that my original post on the subject of a possible ground share at Loftus Road was in response to john-castle and completely deflected the fact that he had bitten on ISB's wind up from page two lol.

I do apologise. My COC is at the binders at the moment, being re-bound in deep red and goldflake. I promise to revise the moment it gets back and do hope that I'm not in too much trouble :yes:.

Thank feck for that...

 

[vcmazz]

Thank feck for that...

:yes: ISB means it though .

 

[-superbees2k3-]

Why don't we buy Loftus road when QPR move out and paint it red?

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Why don't we buy Loftus road when QPR move out and paint it red?

Be cheaper to change our kit to blue and white hoops I imagine.

 

[-superbees2k3-]

Be cheaper to change our kit to blue and white hoops I imagine.

 

[barry]

we can take them ! over this time

 

[rambo]

Would it possible to build a stadium somewhere in Gunnersbury Park

 

[Womble Bee]

I must confess I'm not all that familiar with Feltham. Any decent pubs nearby?

As always for a decent cheap pint with a good choice of real ale, there is a Wetherspoons - plus a few others within walking distance of the Arena's. Never had a bad drink or seen any trouble in any pub in Feltham and lived in this area since 1998. People's perception of the area is based upon when it was full of tower blocks - much has changed over the last few years and Feltham Arena's would be a great site with good links to the mainline (Brentford is 12 min journey) Picc line and loads of buses including 24 hour bus route.

 

[vcmazz]

As always for a decent cheap pint with a good choice of real ale, there is a Wetherspoons - plus a few others within walking distance of the Arena's. Never had a bad drink or seen any trouble in any pub in Feltham and lived in this area since 1998. People's perception of the area is based upon when it was full of tower blocks - much has changed over the last few years and Feltham Arena's would be a great site with good links to the mainline (Brentford is 12 min journey) Picc line and loads of buses including 24 hour bus route.

You are talking about the Feltham in Middlesex, right? Or Virgina Water? They're slightly different places I find. I've lived in Feltham since 1986 unfortunately (through no choice of my own) and these days I limit my activities in the town to my house, and Tesco. Even the latter of the two can be an unnerving experience and McDonalds for my 8 year old is definately out of the question after 6pm due to the drugged up scum that want to cause trouble there every night. Forget ASDA - too close to Poundland and Sports Direct. They'll have the tread off your tyres and then stab you for your Nokia and the pound out of your trolley. It is an utter, utter, utter, utter, utter complete and utter, utter, drug infested, benefit scrounging, theiving bastard, wannabee pikie ASDA own brand 3 litre cider swilling sh*te pit and I can only assume I've just bitten as some sort of payback for my Loftus Road indescretion? :suspect:

 

[JBN]

Aren't most football stadiums in housing estates of some kind? I wouldn't exactly say that the Arenas is an 'Estate'. GP currently has housing on all four sides.

Feltham arenas has access from all sides, decentish public transport links and above all, the space. The area is desperate for some facilities. It used to have a pretty good athletics set up until Hounslow decided to move it out of the arena and set up a new running track next door, which always seemed a very decission. I fairly sure the council haven't got clue what to do with this site and if they did, they certainly don't have the money or the want to put their political balls on the line, so it will probably fester for another 10 years.

 

[Womble Bee]

Erm, yes Feltham. I work and live there and drink there and have never come across any sort of problems there at all. I have never seen any problems, or hear any noise or know of any trouble at all. Unlike Bedfont where I used to live. The missus goes late night shopping in Asda or Tesco and never has any problems, the transport system is good if you are a non driver and I seriously dont know where you go to "quote" what you have because - having worked in Feltham since 1985 and lived there since 1999 - I have never come across anything like what you say, nor has anyone I know. Many years ago when Highfields was still there, it was not a great place to go but since they were shipped out to Berkshire, then its a much better place. More violence and robberies and crimes in Brentford than Feltham - and to be honest a better place for a stadium with better facilties and transport.