tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post2238639666663596473..comments2023-09-14T05:33:36.181+01:00Comments on Cherry Chimes: Are season ticket sales pushing AFCB towards a new home?Cherry Chimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08392138906647278953noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-12015705543522292852014-07-07T19:51:25.275+01:002014-07-07T19:51:25.275+01:00We're planning on becoming a Premier League cl...We're planning on becoming a Premier League club one day, not a struggling Lge1 side that needs to share. Perhaps the rugby team could share with Poole town.Afcbpetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667305505142218557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-35812128175884094562014-07-07T19:47:00.789+01:002014-07-07T19:47:00.789+01:00Footie teams need the grass cut shorter than rugby...Footie teams need the grass cut shorter than rugby teams do, that and some rugby games leave the grass in utter turmoil.<br />Football teams also attract much larger gates than rugby teams do - all other things being equal - and things are not even even close to being equal in this case. "National League 3 South West"? I went to their site and they don't even mention attendance figures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-65946656331796703482014-07-07T16:20:09.457+01:002014-07-07T16:20:09.457+01:00cockbeard. the egg chasers will not want to ground...cockbeard. the egg chasers will not want to ground share. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-81658798332764699502014-07-07T09:43:02.811+01:002014-07-07T09:43:02.811+01:00I dint know how well the Rugby Club are doing but ...I dint know how well the Rugby Club are doing but do recall them having ambitions, while hard on the groundstaff an extra income might be useful, in terms of massaging ffp if nothing elsecockbeardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-21082631879689126812014-07-07T09:11:42.685+01:002014-07-07T09:11:42.685+01:00Have just seen, that there is to be new improved a...Have just seen, that there is to be new improved access to the airport, this would quite probably be a massive help were Chapel Gate chosen as the siting of the new ground, perhaps THAT answers quite a few of my own questions, although, I still think it's the wrong place, being too close to the airport, but we'll have to wait and see!!Afcbpetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667305505142218557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242217270655542116.post-53038118968241057552014-07-07T08:50:54.759+01:002014-07-07T08:50:54.759+01:00In the main I completely agree with you, but tweak...In the main I completely agree with you, but tweaking it, I see it like this!!<br />It's very much chicken and egg, we were close to the play off's last season, and yes, I realise it will be harder, but who's to say we can't reach them this season, even go up. Crackers maybe, but it is what Uncle Maxim is heading towards after all, and you can never judge, if indeed, when it may happen. So potentially we would have the smallest ground ever in The Premier League, or so I believe!! I agree, it would certainly take a good couple of years to build a ground, by which time (heaven forbid), we may of gone up, and come back down again. The one good thing is of course is, we'd have a wonderful new stadium, parachute payments, and can build for the future. Although in all honesty, as Eddie walks on water, I suspect he'd keep us up!!<br />So then you have the siting of a ground. I've seen Chapel Gate mentioned many times, I'm really not convinced it's the right place, for a start, wouldn't it be too close to the airport?? not to mention the huge job of putting in the infrastructure to get 20,000+ people in and out on match day. The only other site on any note for me, would be Matchams, easy to put slip roads off and on to the Spur Road, distance is without doubt the one draw back. Which then leaves the athletics stadium in Kings Park. Would the area around it be big enough for a start?? we would at least have the car parks, and the training pitches already there. The athletics track would have to be re-sited not too far away, as it's well used, and why should those people be put to any great inconvenience, plus, the council would have to bend over backwards to help the club push that through, or lose it from the borough completely. All this is assuming we don't buy back DC, although now the housing is behind the East Stand, I would imagine that rules out enlarging that particular stand, it may well be that it has passed it's sell by date with regards it's use to the club now The one thing is though, I don't feel DC is adequate NOW, there is no way you will sell out week on week, it just doesn't happen like that, unless your Arsenal, or Manure. There will always be seats that no one particularly wants, unless it's another Liverpool tie, and then there's the actual rush for tickets, people are going to get fed up having to get in queues for most games, and before someone says, well they should get season tickets, many simply can not afford it!! So I believe the necessity for a new ground is quite pressing, if Uncle Maxim is serious about the club hitting the big time. I'm certain it is forefront in the minds of the board, I do wish they would share it with the fans a little, even if, because of some negotiating somewhere, it is delicate to say too much, it would be good to know something, unless they feel by doing that, they're opening up a can of worms, and silence is best right now. Hmmmm, it's like trying to work out who Eddie will sign next!! UTCIADAfcbpetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667305505142218557noreply@blogger.com