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I too thought Colchester's ground was really good,

I looked at the pitch and said to Miss Mariner , this is better than going to Braintree.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I too thought Colchester's ground was really good,

I looked at the pitch and said to Miss Mariner , this is better than going to Braintree.

Ploggers is better than Braintree Pete  

Quoted from jock dock tower

Aaaah, but none of them have wooden stands. Doubt they have Archibald Leitch rooves on the stand either!

I would make it a key design feature of the new ground to have an Archibald Leitch roof or gable on the main stand, preferably with a giant brass fish weathervane on the top.

I also notice that a lot of Scottish grounds (maybe you can help here Jock) have curved terraces behind the goals; would love to see something like that too, with a big, cavernous shed-like roof on top.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I too thought Colchester's ground was really good,

I looked at the pitch and said to Miss Mariner , this is better than going to Braintree.

Pitch was good, as was Wycombes, stands were ok but the location and organisation was awful. The parking was ample but getting in and out was terrible, the 'bar' was totally insufficient and don't get me started on the pathetic ticketing arrangements. The ground was so far from civilisation ( yes I know it is in Essex) I would be horrified if our new stadium was at say Holton-le-Moor!!!

Quoted from grimsby pete

I too thought Colchester's ground was really good,

I looked at the pitch and said to Miss Mariner , this is better than going to Braintree.

Spot on Pete.

I recently read the Alan Buckly book and in that he mentioned how Grimsby should not get a stadium too big for their needs, otherwise any atmosphere is killed off by all the empty seats and stands. There is no guarantee our support will grow with a new stadium. Would'nt it be better for us to play in front of a packed 8 - 9000 seater stadium than a half empty 15,000 seater stadium?

Quoted from heppy88

I recently read the Alan Buckly book and in that he mentioned how Grimsby should not get a stadium too big for their needs, otherwise any atmosphere is killed off by all the empty seats and stands. There is no guarantee our support will grow with a new stadium. Would'nt it be better for us to play in front of a packed 8 - 9000 seater stadium than a half empty 15,000 seater stadium?

That's a good point, and 15,000, certainly if it's all-seated (I feel like seats show up as looking more empty because they take up more room per absent person) might be too much for League 2/1. If we ever got back into the Championship, then you can always add another 3/4,000 on.  I do also think that it would be nice, as a point of pride, to be able to get a five figure gate, even if it's 10/11,000, which would still keep the ground compact and with safe standing, would keep a good atmosphere.

Quoted from heppy88

I recently read the Alan Buckly book and in that he mentioned how Grimsby should not get a stadium too big for their needs, otherwise any atmosphere is killed off by all the empty seats and stands. There is no guarantee our support will grow with a new stadium. Would'nt it be better for us to play in front of a packed 8 - 9000 seater stadium than a half empty 15,000 seater stadium?

I  agree tooo big could be wrong .....but also thought seeing we are building it surely we could have an upper tier that could just be opened for the bigger games .....even to the extent of roller shutters at front closing off the seats to the pitch which could be decorated so not just looking like blank space

Quoted from chelseacity

Got to say that all the new grounds that i have been to the Rotherham ' New York Stadium' takes some beating, for me that would suit GTFC to a tee.  http://www.tothe92.co.uk/groundguide/rotherham.html

Now that is a nice ground, I would far prefer that to anything that resembles Colchesters ground, bloody soulless.

Quoted from Brazilnut

I  agree tooo big could be wrong .....but also thought seeing we are building it surely we could have an upper tier that could just be opened for the bigger games .....even to the extent of roller shutters at front closing off the seats to the pitch which could be decorated so not just looking like blank space

Or..........if the roller shutters prove too expensive, order a couple of thousand Mighty Mariner outfits to be placed in the seats
( different sizes of course)