Boston flipping united

Well nice for them not having to play in a dump next to a petrol station. It seems they delivered a viable plan,have support to build retail and community facilities and the local council on board. All things we lack right now.

I just don't think anyone wants to seriously invest the time and money in GTFC right now. The best chance we had for a new stadium was blown years ago by the council bumbling around to please a few whinging old villagers. Nobody can even agree on where to put a stadium, a plan is submitted,drawings made and then everyone finds a reason why it can't go there. "No it'd be better here!" is what they say no matter where it is. We are probably still 20 years away from a new stadium if at all.

I wouldn’t get too excited, it’s yet another plastic, semi-out of town stadium along similar lines to York’s new ground which is frankly horrific in its soullessness:

https://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/news/photo-gallery-community-stadium

I may be on my own but I don’t mind York Street. Like Bootham Crescent (not to mention Blundell Park) the facilities are poor but as a footballing ‘experience’ it’s far superior to what the new ground will offer.

New stadiums can be great, but they have to be ‘right’. Ask fans of Coventry, Darlington et al. We need one if we’re ever going to progress as a club but it has to be in the right location (i.e. Freemo or the docks) and not be a shìt, soulless breezeock exhibition that so many new grounds are these days.

The cost of building a stadium the size that Boston need, is relatively small compared to what Town need in terms of size and league requirements.

The biggest problem Town has is finding a suitable location. Boston is surrounded by land, where as Grimsby is on the coast which means that there is less land close to the town to build on.

Quoted from Poojah

I wouldn’t get too excited, it’s yet another plastic, semi-out of town stadium along similar lines to York’s new ground which is frankly horrific in its soullessness:

https://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/news/photo-gallery-community-stadium

I may be on my own, but I don’t mind York Street. Like Bootham Crescent (not to mention Blundell Park) the facilities are poor but as a footballing ‘experience’ it’s far superior to what the new ground will offer.

New stadiums can be great, but they have to be ‘right’. Ask fans of Coventry, Darlington et al. We need one if we’re ever going to progress as a club but it has to be in the right location (i.e. Freemo or the docks) and not be a shìt, soulless breezeock exhibition that so many new grounds are these days.

You're not.
York St, Bootham Cr and many other now lost "old school" footy grounds such as Saltergate, Millmoor, Feethams were in the centre of good drinking towns, near the train station, full of atmosphere and a cracking away day.

Saw that on look north did not look bad tbf they even metioned Hulls stadium and Scunthorpe n Lincolns planned new Stadiums.

We are miles/years behind and always will be in that regard it was only ever a pipe dream.

Quoted from GYinScuntland

You're not.
York St, Bootham Cr and many other now lost "old school" footy grounds such as Saltergate, Millmoor, Feethams were in the centre of good drinking towns, near the train station, full of atmosphere and a cracking away day.

We're losing them at an alarming rate too. Griffin Park and Kenilworth Road will both be gone soon, which are two of the best.

Quoted from mimma

The cost of building a stadium the size that Boston need, is relatively small compared to what Town need in terms of size and league requirements.

The biggest problem Town has is finding a suitable location. Boston is surrounded by land, where as Grimsby is on the coast which means that there is less land close to the town to build on.

The biggest problem is not finding a suitable location, it's having the finance to fulfil any pipedream that's been cruelly presented to the fans over the years. Only raises expectations way beyond the bleak reality of our present circumstances.. and another decade gets ticked off.. and another.. and another..

Had a look through the 91 clubs and we must be one of only a dozen left who haven't got a new stadium, haven't redeveloped their ground or got existing facilities that suit their requirements. Premier League (Everton, Bournemouth, Palace looking to relocate), Championship (Fulham looking to relocate, Luton and Brentford building new stadiums), League One (Coventry homeless, Bristol Rovers and Lincoln City looking to relocate, Southend new stadium on its way), League Two (Newport, Cambridge, Town and Oldham in desperate need of new facilities).

We're one of the very few who still have decrepit facilities compared to the rest..

Quoted from Bigdog

Had a look through the 91 clubs and we must be one of only a dozen left who haven't got a new stadium, haven't redeveloped their ground or got existing facilities that suit their requirements. Premier League (Everton, Bournemouth, Palace looking to relocate), Championship (Fulham looking to relocate, Luton and Brentford building new stadiums), League One (Coventry homeless, Bristol Rovers and Lincoln City looking to relocate, Southend new stadium on its way), League Two (Newport, Cambridge, Town and Oldham in desperate need of new facilities).

We're one of the very few who still have decrepit facilities compared to the rest..

Ive only been to the Oldham ground twice.... once in the 80-81 season and again last season

Given how their ground has definitely been improved in that period of time, from where they were back then, I'd not say they are in desperate need

When you look at all the other clubs in the league, you have to ask the question "why has the majority of clubs redevelped when we can't or won't?"