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I never struggle to get a space within a 5 minute walk of the ground. Easy to get out and it's free. Not sure what your point is or is this a whoosh moment?
Not a " whoosh " moment at all. I just don't see how fans think the car parking arrangement is ok at BP when there isn't any PUBLIC parking except for parking on other peoples fronts. I know they don't have " reserved " spaces in front of their homes but I'm fairly sure that fans wold be up in arms if they had cars parked on their fronts on a regular basis if another form of entertainment was involved . I think this would be certainly the case of they couldn't then park their own cars outside their homes.
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When my Dad was very young he lived in a house near BP (don't remember which street) and has told me he remembers stacks of bikes in their yard from people going to the game!
That's right, the owners used to charge 2d that's less than 1p to leave your bike while the match was on, Also there were many special buses put on from all parts of the town, I was a bus driver and we got in free to watch the game if we were driving a special.
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Not a " whoosh " moment at all. I just don't see how fans think the car parking arrangement is ok at BP when there isn't any PUBLIC parking except for parking on other peoples fronts. I know they don't have " reserved " spaces in front of their homes but I'm fairly sure that fans wold be up in arms if they had cars parked on their fronts on a regular basis if another form of entertainment was involved . I think this would be certainly the case of they couldn't then park their own cars outside their homes.
You could argue that the council can't be too fussed about the current issues concerning the area closest to BP and everyone parking there on match days Take this Sunday at Wembley for example....it will be residents only close to the stadium to protect the local inhabitants' rights so fans will have to park away from the venue and find other means of getting to the ground This could be sorted out in Cleethorpes too I guess although all it would mean administration to control who can park there (and a cost for this no doubt) but it would mean the majority driving to the game would have to park further away from the ground than they do currently and leave the streets closest to BP free for residents
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You could argue that the council can't be too fussed about the current issues concerning the area closest to BP and everyone parking there on match days
Take this Sunday at Wembley for example....it will be residents only close to the stadium to protect the local inhabitants' rights so fans will have to park away from the venue and find other means of getting to the ground This could be sorted out in Cleethorpes too I guess although all it would mean administration to control who can park there (and a cost for this no doubt) but it would mean the majority driving to the game would have to park further away from the ground than they do currently and leave the streets closest to BP free for residents
You could but wasn't it the council who first suggested that the club move . As I understand it the club approached the council to see how favourable their reaction would be to a re-developed BP ( this was quite some years ago ). The councils response was that they would rather the club moved to a new site. Now I'm not saying this was the only reason but it is possible that the council regarded the existing parking at BP as totally inadequate and this could be solved by the club moving to another site.
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Not a " whoosh " moment at all. I just don't see how fans think the car parking arrangement is ok at BP when there isn't any PUBLIC parking except for parking on other peoples fronts. I know they don't have " reserved " spaces in front of their homes but I'm fairly sure that fans wold be up in arms if they had cars parked on their fronts on a regular basis if another form of entertainment was involved . I think this would be certainly the case of they couldn't then park their own cars outside their homes.
They are not parking on "other peoples fronts" as you put it. They are parking on a public highway which is the right of everyone who purchases road tax. People who venture to BP in a car, travel around until they find the nearest empty spot to the ground, as is their right. You have no more rights to the bit of road in front of your house than the next person.
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I was brought up around bp, and I still live there now. I accept that the football ground was there before I moved back there and plan around match days as best I can. I also agree with the point about increased car usage. I remember the ladies who would let you leave your bike in there yard for a penny.
Is that a euphenism?
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Why anyone needs to actually drive to Blundell park is beyond me. I should think the majority of home fans could very easily walk, get public transport or cycle. It's also only a short walk from the train station. And while we're in the conference, the away fans can easily park their 2 cars in McDonalds.
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Why anyone needs to actually drive to Blundell park is beyond me. I should think the majority of home fans could very easily walk, get public transport or cycle. It's also only a short walk from the train station. And while we're in the conference, the away fans can easily park their 2 cars in McDonalds.
I walk to and from BP (2.5 mile round trip) but if people choose to use their car, then i can't see the problem myself. If it's p1ssing down, the missus will drop me off.
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Why anyone needs to actually drive to Blundell park is beyond me. I should think the majority of home fans could very easily walk, get public transport or cycle. It's also only a short walk from the train station. And while we're in the conference, the away fans can easily park their 2 cars in McDonalds.
As an exile like you Dan, I drive in to see Town play because I don't feel that public transport serves my needs I park as close as I can to BP but generally I get to leave the car somewhere close to Sidney Park....say at the top end of Lovett Street or Barcroft Street. It more often than not means I still have to find a space to park even though I still have a 5-10 minute walk to the ground but I guess I could park even further away and not have to worry too much about leaving my car in front of someone's house, taking the space maybe of someone who might like to park outside their own front door Unfortunately it's a fact of modern life that there are too few parking spaces on the terraced streets around the area...they were designed well before car ownership reached its current levels so now we just have to play a kind of "musical chairs" taking whatever is up for grabs
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They are not parking on "other peoples fronts" as you put it. They are parking on a public highway which is the right of everyone who purchases road tax. People who venture to BP in a car, travel around until they find the nearest empty spot to the ground, as is their right. You have no more rights to the bit of road in front of your house than the next person.
You've just hit on one of my pet hates around here.....people who double the width of the entrance to their driveway (which was probably never made as a driveway in the first place) then expect people not only to not park in front of the lowered kerb but also not park within 7 feet of it. You end up losing even more parking space than if they'd just parked their car on the road outside their house in the first place - and the buggers aren't there all day anyway. I feel better for that!
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