Down the road…

Check out the link for a well written article about the goings on down the road…

So many parallels…

https://twohundredpercent.net/the-scunthorpe-problem/

Interesting article, thanks.

But I read it thinking "where's the convicted criminal, why isn't the chairman feathering his own nest by being a councillor and having a property company, where's the bullsh*tting manager, where's the chairman padding out his pension with club money..."

They haven't started.

Scunny’s ground sits on land worth millions of pounds, given the retail and leisure scene that has popped up around it. Now they no longer own it. What could possibly go wrong?

On an unrelated note, here’s a photo of Brighton’s Goldstone Ground…

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Quoted from Poojah

Scunny’s ground sits on land worth millions of pounds, given the retail and leisure scene that has popped up around it. Now they no longer own it. What could possibly go wrong?

On an unrelated note, here’s a photo of Brighton’s Goldstone Ground…

[img]https://completelyretail.co.uk/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.completelyretail.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fscheme%2F2%2F2711%2FCG_Goldstone_Retail_Park_Hove_picture_2017_04_18_11_15_18_p8_1800x1440.jpg&w=1920&q=75[/img]

Whilst Fenty opted for loans, this man goes for the assets. I think his departure from Gainsborough had something to do with him not being able to get his hands on their ground.

There are definitely some differences but the parallels between the two are also scary. If Alex is still looking for a team to support in an area he defines as the East Midlands, he might find someone who will accept his (alleged) ill-gotten gains.

Quoted from Poojah

Scunny’s ground sits on land worth millions of pounds, given the retail and leisure scene that has popped up around it. Now they no longer own it. What could possibly go wrong?

On an unrelated note, here’s a photo of Brighton’s Goldstone Ground…

[img]https://completelyretail.co.uk/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.completelyretail.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fscheme%2F2%2F2711%2FCG_Goldstone_Retail_Park_Hove_picture_2017_04_18_11_15_18_p8_1800x1440.jpg&w=1920&q=75[/img]

I was impressed with the surrounding infrastructure at MK Dons ground. Wide variety of fast food outlets adjacent to the ground, integrated hotel and conference facilities and extensive parking. Admittedly the ground is too big for their present status but IMO the set-up is very impressive.

Quoted from Poojah

Scunny’s ground sits on land worth millions of pounds, given the retail and leisure scene that has popped up around it. Now they no longer own it. What could possibly go wrong?

On an unrelated note, here’s a photo of Brighton’s Goldstone Ground…

[img]https://completelyretail.co.uk/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.completelyretail.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fscheme%2F2%2F2711%2FCG_Goldstone_Retail_Park_Hove_picture_2017_04_18_11_15_18_p8_1800x1440.jpg&w=1920&q=75[/img]

Yeah, who wouldn't want to go back to the Goldstone Ground. The Amex is an absolute sh*t hole........

Quoted from rancido

I was impressed with the surrounding infrastructure at MK Dons ground. Wide variety of fast food outlets adjacent to the ground, integrated hotel and conference facilities and extensive parking. Admittedly the ground is too big for their present status but IMO the set-up is very impressive.

MK Dons is the poster boy for new grounds (particularly outside the money bags premiership). I don't live too far away from it. They have conference facilities, smaller meeting rooms etc. They've used it for concerts and an assortment of other events. The place is in constant use and doesn't just come alive on a match day.

You do have to take into account that it's parking and some facilities are shared with IKEA, the biggest ASDA on planet Earth and the other shops and restaurants opposite the main entrance. If they got into the prem and started attracting crowds of 30,000 the area would be carnage.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Yeah, who wouldn't want to go back to the Goldstone Ground. The Amex is an absolute sh*t hole........

Well yeah, Brighton have landed in their feet by virtue of the fact that billionaire Tony Bloom is a born and bred Albion fan, bought the club and invested hundreds of millions in interest free loans (paving their way to the Amex and a squad capable of competing in the Premier League.

But that’s not how they left the Goldstone Ground. That was stolen from them by their former owners Bill Archer and David Bellotti, and they spent the intervening 14 years exiled at Gillingham and a run down athletics track, almost sending them into extinction.

Who knows whether they’d have the Amex if that hadn’t happened, but what happened to them was pretty shìt and a similar occurrence for Scunny probably wouldn’t end so rosily for them.

Gainsborough had something to do with him not being able to get his hands on their ground.

He wanted to buy the land to "redevelop" the ground but the supporters club who own the blues club which is part of the ground refused to sell up.

Scunts losing 1-0 at Walsall tonight after 60 minutes.