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DB Where do you stand on the new stadium for GTFC the chairman wants to build it off Peaks Parkway in Grimsby?  

MO I think I am worried about the location. We need to have a new stadium there's no doubt about it - I think that actually having a new stadium if we can get into the proper football league it can do an awful lot for sense of community and sense of the pride in the town but I am worried about the location.  There are a lot of issues in terms of transport and access to that area.  I don't know. I have been speaking to a lot of people about it and they are sort of like why didn't we agree on the Great Coates site because 10 years ago that would have been perfect.
The site at PP - they're talking about having it as a mixed retail and new build housing plot and I think do we need another retail space outside the town when we have already seen quite a lot of new industrial retail sites in the area. Will it just draw more trade away from town? So I am worried about those knock on consequences that I haven't seen enough of an answer to really, but I understand the financial position of the club. I know they are losing a lot of money every single year.  Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if thy were higher up in the league however.


"Pound for pound, and class for class, the best football team I have seen in England since the war. In the league they were in they played football nobody else could play. Everything was measured, planned and perfected and you could not wish to see more entertaining football." Bill Shankly, Manager GTFC 1951-54
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DB Where do you stand on the new stadium for GTFC the chairman wants to build it off Peaks Parkway in Grimsby?  

MO I think I am worried about the location. We need to have a new stadium there's no doubt about it - I think that actually having a new stadium if we can get into the proper football league it can do an awful lot for sense of community and sense of the pride in the town but I am worried about the location.  There are a lot of issues in terms of transport and access to that area.  I don't know. I have been speaking to a lot of people about it and they are sort of like why didn't we agree on the Great Coates site because 10 years ago that would have been perfect.
The site at PP - they're talking about having it as a mixed retail and new build housing plot and I think do we need another retail space outside the town when we have already seen quite a lot of new industrial retail sites in the area. Will it just draw more trade away from town? So I am worried about those knock on consequences that I haven't seen enough of an answer to really, but I understand the financial position of the club. I know they are losing a lot of money every single year.  Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if thy were higher up in the league however.


Typical politician - yes but no but yes but no......

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DB Where do you stand on the new stadium for GTFC the chairman wants to build it off Peaks Parkway in Grimsby?  

MO I think I am worried about the location. We need to have a new stadium there's no doubt about it - I think that actually having a new stadium if we can get into the proper football league it can do an awful lot for sense of community and sense of the pride in the town but I am worried about the location.  There are a lot of issues in terms of transport and access to that area.  I don't know. I have been speaking to a lot of people about it and they are sort of like why didn't we agree on the Great Coates site because 10 years ago that would have been perfect.
The site at PP - they're talking about having it as a mixed retail and new build housing plot and I think do we need another retail space outside the town when we have already seen quite a lot of new industrial retail sites in the area. Will it just draw more trade away from town? So I am worried about those knock on consequences that I haven't seen enough of an answer to really, but I understand the financial position of the club. I know they are losing a lot of money every single year.  Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if thy were higher up in the league however.


What the frig is she rattling on about.
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May 12, 2015, 4:03pm

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DB Where do you stand on the new stadium for GTFC the chairman wants to build it off Peaks Parkway in Grimsby?  

MO I think I am worried about the location. We need to have a new stadium there's no doubt about it - I think that actually having a new stadium if we can get into the proper football league it can do an awful lot for sense of community and sense of the pride in the town but I am worried about the location.  There are a lot of issues in terms of transport and access to that area.  I don't know. I have been speaking to a lot of people about it and they are sort of like why didn't we agree on the Great Coates site because 10 years ago that would have been perfect.
The site at PP - they're talking about having it as a mixed retail and new build housing plot and I think do we need another retail space outside the town when we have already seen quite a lot of new industrial retail sites in the area. Will it just draw more trade away from town? So I am worried about those knock on consequences that I haven't seen enough of an answer to really, but I understand the financial position of the club. I know they are losing a lot of money every single year.  Perhaps it wouldn't be the case if thy were higher up in the league however.


I fail to see how being higher up in the league would make any difference to the site at PP being more viable, unless Town get in the premier league and that ain't going to happen any time soon. From what i understand the new stadium is only viable with an enabling development ( housing / retail ) and if she is against out of town retail then all of a sudden we have taken a massive step backwards yet again under this council.
And i really believed it was going to happen this time, what a mug.


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What the frig is she rattling on about.


Give her a break. She's only just got her feet under the table. She's clearly not a football fan and doesn't know the in's and out's of the issue yet. Christ, she though we were at Wembley in 2001 not 1998!

Pretty sure all she was saying from what I heard was that she had concerns about the location, she didn't indicate that she wasn't open to hear the club's ideas to mitigate those concerns!

She's going to be a very good MP for this area. Of that I'm sure.


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well over 40% live within 1/2 a mile of the Parkway site so walking to the game comes much more attractive to many


Can't be right Chris, I'd say the site is probably about 1/2 mile from the Weelsby Road junction and there isn't much else in the other direction!
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There is only one logical place to move the stadium:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YrCdh1k.png[/IMG]

  • Town Centre location
  • Perfect Rail and Bus Links
  • Easily accessible from major roads into and out of town
  • Within walking distance of pretty much everyone
  • Not too many houses nearby so no complaints about noise
  • Not too many graves nearby so no complaints about disturbing the dead
  • Revitalise empty Riverhead locations
  • Pre-drink in Wetherspoons / Barge
  • Car Parking at the old Allied Carpets place just over the river (next to bus station)
  • Away fans can visit the Ross Tiger
  • intercourse Henry Boot


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And zero car parking.........
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Nutty idea. We currently have street parking for hundreds of cars around BP.  I don't think the B&M Bargains car park will suffice!
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People can park at Asda / Sainsburys / B & Q / Tesco / Freshney Place / That dilapadated old car park near Doughty Road and walk. There's literally thousands of car parking spaces round here.


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