Ok then , New Ground time

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

That sounds do-able without breaking the bank. Can you get covered temporary seating these days?

Isn’t what Bristol rovers have behind the goal at the away end temporary but been there for years

https://youtu.be/I9Uck8JF9b0

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Isn’t what Bristol rovers have behind the goal at the away end temporary but been there for years

https://youtu.be/I9Uck8JF9b0

The seating stand behind the goal at Eastleigh is just a semi-permanent terrace built inside a roof and 3 walls of sheet metal.

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We could do something with just the roof and back to go between the Main and Pontoon.

And like I said before, if it can be disassembled we could donate it to a non-league club when we’ve finished with it.

Behind the goal at Wealdstone was a semi-permanent stand and pretty serviceable

A new training facility is the priority at the moment. The ground is big enough for our needs at the moment I would think.

A new ground is not, I repeat, is not going to happen. And frankly I am delighted about that, because I love Blundell Park and the history around it.

But, what you will no doubt see, will be ground improvements, on the existing footprint, perhaps even including the rebuilding of the Main Stand and Osmond End.

Yes we know that parking is a nightmare at BP, but that has always been the case, even when we had significantly more fans than we do today.

I think that we have learned a very good lesson in recent months, that Blundell Park is fit for purpose and can be improved so so much. But perhaps more importantly, as the club makes improvements to BP, the real emphasis for improvement and the priority, should be for continual improvement in the way the club operates, engages with supporters and the wider community, and  the manner in which it supports the manager and his staff. That is what makes success, which we are already seeing even after a relatively short period of time.

Improvement to training facilities and structure must be the priority now to advance the club, we can't go backwards on that to become a Darlington with a huge arena we can't even fill while back in the NL because we spunked everything on it and didn't invest where we needed to in the facilities and the squad.

As exciting as a new shiny ground seems it doesn't make sense to me when we only fill up our current ground on special occasions, as soon as we have a losing run in the league the attendance drops a ton too so we only get 3-4k, people will only show up when we are winning. That won't happen if we are skint and investing all money into new ground pipe dreams that don't go anywhere like the previous regime or in a 10,000-20,000 white elephant.

Quoted from ginnywings

A new training facility is the priority at the moment. The ground is big enough for our needs at the moment I would think.

Football fans will always be fickle and ticket demand will always follow club trajectory and recent success, but in the here and now I don’t think it’s too fanciful to suggest we might clear 4,000 season tickets next season, possibly for the first time ever.

I would expect away followings to average around 600 - 800, meaning individual match tickets could well be in short supply if we kick-on and have a good season (which I believe we will).

If the club continues to build on the interest and positivity surrounding GTFC I do see a time in the not too distant future whereby BP is too small. I agree there are other priorities right now, but it would surprise me if there wasn’t at least one eye on relocation, no matter what the owners say publicly.

I just don’t get it’s not needed because we don’t fill Blundell Park classic case of cause and effect the wrong way round.

Relocate the police, bulldoze the box and three good empty corners for someone to put a bit of thought into.
A new ground has been talked about for a quarter of a century now.

Quoted from Poojah

Football fans will always be fickle and ticket demand will always follow club trajectory and recent success, but in the here and now I don’t think it’s too fanciful to suggest we might clear 4,000 season tickets next season, possibly for the first time ever.

I would expect away followings to average around 600 - 800, meaning individual match tickets could well be in short supply if we kick-on and have a good season (which I believe we will).

If the club continues to build on the interest and positivity surrounding GTFC I do see a time in the not too distant future whereby BP is too small. I agree there are other priorities right now, but it would surprise me if there wasn’t at least one eye on relocation, no matter what the owners say publicly.

Agreed.

Establishing a team with better training facilities and a good youth set up is what we need right now and if success continues on the pitch, which I think it will , then we can look at the ground situation down the line.