Ok then , New Ground time

Quoted from Phil the cod

They'll be plenty of empty seats next season as the recession bites and people will grow tired of hurstball.

Hopefully something bites you.

This has been debated to death on here..The tone deafness of the new owners to the capacity issue can only mean that it’s not a problem they expected and solutions are not within the zone of funding they had earmarked to support their purchase of the club.

Quoted from HerveJosse

This has been debated to death on here..The tone deafness of the new owners to the capacity issue can only mean that it’s not a problem they expected and solutions are not within the zone of funding they had earmarked to support their purchase of the club.

Or...one swallow doesn't make a summer.
They have grown support on the back of a successful season...for the first time in my living memory the club is  near capacity every week ....but it's only now...part of a single season in our history of B.P. ....hardly the foundation to spunk a load cash on a new stadium. Improve what we have for now, value the supporters...I would think 2 or 3 seasons of similar demand would be required before any true effort to relocate would be pushed up the agenda.

We definitely need a new stadium. I don't believe there's thousands of fans waiting in the wings, but we could certainly get more for bigger games- but as many have pointed out, it's about the experience. Getting in and out, having an unrestricted view etc.

I'd be surprised if owners are not starting some conversations about a new ground in the background, and wisely not saying anything about it publically

Quoted from Phil the cod

They'll be plenty of empty seats next season as the recession bites and people will grow tired of hurstball.

On the other hand promotion to League should ensure STH renew their seats.

Talk of a new ground is just that, demolish the main stand rebuild it with upward sloping roof to match the pontoon, get rid of police box and join roofing of pontoon to new main stand and fill corner with seats, then when feasible do the same with Osmond end
Extend findus stand both ends and Bobs yer uncle.
Plenty of room exists just the gumption and drive required, sadly still missing where it matters, small Town ghinking

Quoted from moosey_club

Or...one swallow doesn't make a summer.
They have grown support on the back of a successful season...for the first time in my living memory the club is  near capacity every week ....but it's only now...part of a single season in our history of B.P. ....hardly the foundation to spunk a load cash on a new stadium. Improve what we have for now, value the supporters...I would think 2 or 3 seasons of similar demand would be required before any true effort to relocate would be pushed up the agenda.

I completely agree with this. I think there's no way we can build a new stadium based on one season of good attendances when a mid-table finish might see us return to 5k a week next season. If that happens and we still sell all those season tickets, then the situation changes slightly and maybe there is a need for a larger capacity. It'd just be nice to hear them say that we need to sustain high attendances rather than saying we aren't getting them.

Another problem is the funding. They aren't rich enough to build a new stadium out of their own pockets and will be fully aware of how difficult local support was to get this going over more than 20 years. We need a new home, but I struggle to see it happening in the next decade.

Quoted from Phil the cod

They'll be plenty of empty seats next season as the recession bites and people will grow tired of hurstball.

Fun sponge

Just a thought and it's got no proof of anything but I wonder if we're limited to capacity due to the ground for various reasons (ie a certain amount of fire exits or some sort of health and safety regulation) surely if it was as simple as renting some green seats and wacking them up they'd have done it already?  There's websites you can literally rent them from and they deliver and install them themselves... Maybe I'm wrong but maybe it isn't as simple as just taking the risk of the expense in hope we fill it each week

Quoted from lukeo

Just a thought and it's got no proof of anything but I wonder if we're limited to capacity due to the ground for various reasons (ie a certain amount of fire exits or some sort of health and safety regulation) surely if it was as simple as renting some green seats and wacking them up they'd have done it already?  There's websites you can literally rent them from and they deliver and install them themselves... Maybe I'm wrong but maybe it isn't as simple as just taking the risk of the expense in hope we fill it each week

I think this time of year, we’d have to be flying high in the league or have some upturn in weather to expect open seating to be filled week in week out. The option (possibly) may Be to move the fan zone to Harrington st/imperial corner and have the temporary seating to form part of the away end