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Remember the whole Great Coates thing - NIMBYS, the financial crash, newts etc - I seem to remember that another point of contention was that the club couldn’t buy the land from the owners, for whatever reason? I definitely remember the land being owned by Sir Richard Sutton Estates. Well, it would appear that he (Sir Richard Sutton) has been murdered in his home today by an intruder!! It’s on the national news.
Nowt to do with us nowadays, but thought I’d bring it up. It’s a mad world we live it.
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Remember the whole Great Coates thing - NIMBYS, the financial crash, newts etc - I seem to remember that another point of contention was that the club couldn’t buy the land from the owners, for whatever reason? I definitely remember the land being owned by Sir Richard Sutton Estates. Well, it would appear that he (Sir Richard Sutton) has been murdered in his home today by an intruder!! It’s on the national news.
Nowt to do with us nowadays, but thought I’d bring it up. It’s a mad world we live it.
Yes....because we didnt have any money....same reason we didnt take the Peaks Parkway site, Freeman St, Docks , etc etc. Saw the headlines yesterday but didnt realise it was the same person.
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Great Coates, i remember this. It was 1994 and i was living at Great Coates at the time and all the fuss. Twenty seven years ago!!! scary where the time goes and even more scary, look at the progress(or lack of it) since!
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Great Coates, i remember this. It was 1994 and i was living at Great Coates at the time and all the fuss. Twenty seven years ago!!! scary where the time goes and even more scary, look at the progress(or lack of it) since!
All your fault then that we arent in the Conoco Stadium watching Champions League Football...
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Great Coates was "only" around 2001 or 2002 wasn't it?
I remember some talk about a new stadium near Morrisons off the A46 (Laceby Acres) back in 1994 as the club faced up to the impending Taylor Report deadlines.
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I cannot see a new ground in my life time. its all pie in the sky- wishfull thinking , We cannot afford proper training ground let alone a new ground. Any one got a spair 25 mill kicking around ? All gone quiate with this regeneration thing , Should be gratefull for the hotel YMCA , and football will be the last thing on planners minds when it comes to handouts
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Wasn't there something about an endangered newt that scuppered plans as well?
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I questioned it on here years ago when most people on here were hoping that Peaks Parkway would come off. I couldn’t see where the money was coming from. It wasn’t popular asking questions like that. I was told it was too soon for such details. Details like how are we going to find £22m. Some people even said I had no business asking such questions.
Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome.
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Great Coates, i remember this. It was 1994 and i was living at Great Coates at the time and all the fuss. Twenty seven years ago!!! scary where the time goes and even more scary, look at the progress(or lack of it) since!
I lived in Great Coates then as well. I was looking forward to a short walk up Woad Lane to the new ground on match days - how wrong I was!!
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