Mariners Trust Forum - Weds 26th

I'm sure there are varying opinions about the new stadium regarding design, capacity, location etc etc.
But my opinion is that if it ends up soulless it's because the fans are making it so.
We have been away to some right sh1tholes and created a superb atmosphere.
Yes, of course the design and acoustics will play a part.  But if someone is only going to sing or get behind the team if the layout of the ground suits them, then they are the main part of the problem.

The edited highlights of the forum are now on You tube.

Part way through Philip Day says the fans will be consulted about the stadium, as it is "their stadium."  Then towards the end he says the cost of a bowl shaped (or presumably any design) will be much more than 4 stands and open corners, so it is likely we will have 4 stands and open corners. Quelle surprise.

As regards the community part of the project, he mentions Graham Rodgers work in the community and that he needs "more space for that"  - surely everybody can see it is not GTFC in the community that matters, good though that is, it is getting vital community needs such as NHS or education involved in the build and thereby attracting more grants or government money.

Lets hope things develop when they sort the land out, but I hope we are going to be a lot more aspirational than this.

At the end of this week's 'smoke and mirrors' exercise, am I confident that the board of GTFC can deliver a new stadium? No, but possibly more hopeful. Do I think we've got the right personnel in place to deliver? There's people on the board who could and there's people on the board that can't. I'll leave it at that.

Quoted from Civvy at last

I'm sure there are varying opinions about the new stadium regarding design, capacity, location etc etc.
But my opinion is that if it ends up soulless it's because the fans are making it so.
We have been away to some right sh1tholes and created a superb atmosphere.
Yes, of course the design and acoustics will play a part.  But if someone is only going to sing or get behind the team if the layout of the ground suits them, then they are the main part of the problem.

There have been a few examples of clubs moving, building something cheap and regretting it. It is not about the atmosphere for me, it is about leaving a lasting legacy to be proud of for decades to come.

I looked at the Northampton forum with us playing them tomorrow, and I think their thread on redeveloping  the relatively new Sixfields stadium runs to over a thirteen hundred pages as it was built as a very basic design initially, and they are now trying (unsuccessfully I think) to re-do it.

I get the impression from Mr Day that a slightly bigger version of Sixfields would do very nicely indeed.

Quoted from Meza

- JF how do propose to deal with possible profits on public funding in stadium?

JF happy to have 1 share £1. Not looking to profit and will not profit. Happy to hand any profit back if entirely council funding or to charity.

Will not be involved in any stage of the stadium process.

I notice this question mysteriously never made the “highlights”.

Absolute p1sstake.

‘Will not be involved in any of the process...’

‘Taking a step back...’

But I’ll attend the forum, take the lead and answer questions about things I’m not going to be involved with...

Quoted from aldi_01

‘Will not be involved in any of the process...’

‘Taking a step back...’

But I’ll attend the forum, take the lead and answer questions about things I’m not going to be involved with...

Fair comment as he is the majority shareholder and such has an invested interest in the clubs fortunes and future.

Then don’t announce you’re taking a step back...another non event like him stepping down as chairman...

"Operation Closed Corners" ....fans to raise funds to fill in the corners. Start now and in the next 5 yrs of land wrangles we will have enough.