Do you not have bedroom doors that lock in your house.
And it also helps sell it to the council, that the stadium is more than just about Brentford FC.
not so, they wouldn't have any involvement with that side of things i'm certain. it would only affect the playing surface insofar as the type of grass used, so as to not end up with a mudbath of a pitch.
i think there were issues with irish complaining about having to play matches on friday nights (when reading were on tv on a monday i think) and so on because reading wouldn't allow them to play less than 2 clear days before a football match. i think there was quite a bit of animosity over it, tho i think it is sorted now...There was a rumour locally that Reading want them out of the mad jet ski!
i do wish you'd not use caps. in any case, there are ways of making a pitch strong enough for both sports, and it does work with reasonable sucess elsewhere. whether the club choose to go that way, or choose to spend the money on the required quality of pitch remains to be seen of course. i see no reason why with a clean sheet of paper to design a stadium that there'd be an issue.
Whilst I'm not able to substantiate this, I have a heard a rumour that all the deals are now done. Barratts are doing the build; they are not phased about the current crunch as they think things will all be good in less than 5 years (ha!), and this is a medium-long term project.
Watermans is gone, as is the leisure centre. Stadium will incorporate a gym and other stuff, but can't remember what.
Can't recall the other bits that I heard - don't know which direction the grass will be cut
Oh - and i don't know how much of this is old news
I don't know what I feel about this to be honest. On one hand, it's good that the club are close to achieving one of their main aims of getting a new stadium, and with that quite possibly relieving the club of debt. BUT I can't help but feel a tad guilty because everytime I hear that the project may be delayed, I do feel rather pleased because I love Griffin Park so much and want to prolong our stay at GP for as long as possible. In a perfect world, I'd love us to continue playing at GP without making a loss. It may be what modern football is all about having these big all-seater stadiums with facilities other than just football matches but for me, Griffin Park is Brentford FC and Brentford FC is Griffin Park. We will lose something when we if we up sticks for Lionel Road. Just look at Darlington, MK Dons, etc. It can't be much fun watching your team in a stadium not even a quarter full. But whatever, I suppose it is better for BFC is the long term, so I must put my personal feelings for Griffin Park aside. It's going to be a VERY sad day when we do leave Griffin Park..
I don't know what I feel about this to be honest. On one hand, it's good that the club are close to achieving one of their main aims of getting a new stadium, and with that quite possibly relieving the club of debt. BUT I can't help but feel a tad guilty because everytime I hear that the project may be delayed, I do feel rather pleased because I love Griffin Park so much and want to prolong our stay at GP for as long as possible. In a perfect world, I'd love us to continue playing at GP without making a loss. It may be what modern football is all about having these big all-seater stadiums with facilities other than just football matches but for me, Griffin Park is Brentford FC and Brentford FC is Griffin Park. We will lose something when we if we up sticks for Lionel Road. Just look at Darlington, MK Dons, etc. It can't be much fun watching your team in a stadium not even a quarter full. But whatever, I suppose it is better for BFC is the long term, so I must put my personal feelings for Griffin Park aside. It's going to be a VERY sad day when we do leave Griffin Park..
Maybe not as the capacity of Lionel Road will be half of what GP was 80 years ago!
i would rather have london irish than london welsh
much bigger fan base!!
also there is no word welsh in there name!!
use to play for them when i was younger
smartarse.Maybe not as the capacity of Lionel Road will be half of what GP was 80 years ago!
i would rather have london irish than london welsh
much bigger fan base!!
also there is no word welsh in there name!!
use to play for them when i was younger
I believe that if the infrastructure is in place from the beginning, with the correct depth and drainage, and the requisite grass used for the pitch, there should be only minor inconvenience caused by sharing with any form of rugby.
i would rather have london irish than london welsh
much bigger fan base!!
also there is no word welsh in there name!!
use to play for them when i was younger
I don't know what I feel about this to be honest. On one hand, it's good that the club are close to achieving one of their main aims of getting a new stadium, and with that quite possibly relieving the club of debt. BUT I can't help but feel a tad guilty because everytime I hear that the project may be delayed, I do feel rather pleased because I love Griffin Park so much and want to prolong our stay at GP for as long as possible. In a perfect world, I'd love us to continue playing at GP without making a loss. It may be what modern football is all about having these big all-seater stadiums with facilities other than just football matches but for me, Griffin Park is Brentford FC and Brentford FC is Griffin Park. We will lose something when we if we up sticks for Lionel Road. Just look at Darlington, MK Dons, etc. It can't be much fun watching your team in a stadium not even a quarter full. But whatever, I suppose it is better for BFC is the long term, so I must put my personal feelings for Griffin Park aside. It's going to be a VERY sad day when we do leave Griffin Park..
