Ground Improvements - Well done GTFC

Quoted from It Bites

I think Andrew and Jason should be on the phone to Mr Hilton of Scunthorpe. He's going to deliver a 12,000 seater stadium on a tip in 2 years ..............

Quoted from ska face

I think the club have been badly, almost exceptionally badly, failed by a series of myopic, small-time Councillors and Council exec/leaders. These people are supposed to set and deliver the vision for the area, and all they seem interested in is potholes.

2019 should’ve been the time to press on - as Fenty said, all the ducks were in a row with one party in overall control of the Council, both MPs seemingly in alignment with the Council and vast pots of money available for big projects & regeneration schemes.

Absolutely nothing, from what I can see, has been meaningfully delivered. This isn’t party-political, its systemic. A wasted opportunity of monumental proportions for the town.  

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

Just don't mention the Xmas Market eh?

Freemo was a once in a lifetime chance to get the stadium in the perfect place. Instead it's probably going to end up with the same kind of housing/vibe as before ie a dumping ground.

My favourite place in the world is a seat in the Lower but BP is a crumbling, and increasingly costly, relic that needs to be replaced ASAP. Our owners are multi millionaires so have the cash to make it happen

Quoted from It Bites

I think Andrew and Jason should be on the phone to Mr Hilton of Scunthorpe. He's going to deliver a 12,000 seater stadium on a tip in 2 years ..............

Quoted from rancido

This is spot on. I have taken an interest in local politics for over 50 years and our local councils, regardless of political persuasion, have consistently let the residents down. We are a relatively small town but sadly we produce local councils and councillors with " small town" attitudes. We have also clung on to our fame as the "largest fishing port in the world" yet that industry has virtually disappeared and most of the other industries that supported it. The local population also don't help with constant objections to any dynamic or forward thinking projects that are proposed.

Quoted from Sussexmariner

Alternatively…..it’s a Tuesday night in January, Town have a home game against  fellow mid table opponents Preston North End. Do you think 12-13k would be adequate?

Quoted from White_shorts

I concede that there might 'only' be 12k for a midweek game in the middle of winter against mid-table opposition.  However, that is not a good enough reason not to build a new stadium with a minimum 15k capacity.

Quoted from diehardmariner

It was a massive missed opportunity in my opinion, from all involved.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Unfortunately Bigdog, you've absolutely smashed the nail deep in to the problem there.

There is this incredibly weird sense of NIMBYism mixed with this obsession with fixing problems that don't really exist.  The council have proved to be and are still at fault for large parts of this. Ridiculous schemes like the pissing Palm Tree that never was, the paving farce in Grimsby centre, John Fenty's £1million bridge next to a bridge that was perfectly usable, the constant moving about of the bus station....  

But the residents have their part to play too. Every time anything different is suggested it's absolutely shot down.  The stock answer is always "we don't need one/another one".  Retail is dead and it's all about the entertainment and leisure sector now.  Yet every time a derelict shop is converted into a bar the same old chorus is heard that we don't need more bars.  Well yes we do. We do because they create jobs.  They create jobs for people to earn money, which in turn means they can spend that money and create more jobs...

There are no rules on how many of things you can have.  The cinema, if it ever gets built, in the place of Freshney Place isn't needed apparently because we've got a cinema in Cleethorpes. My favourite comment on this was "it's the same company too".  As if by having a Parkway and an Odeon is ok, but not two of the same.  Because they show different films, right?

It's the same with the football ground.  On this forum there is always that mindset of 'why do we need extra seats, why do we need to release more seats for games, why do we need to try to make things better'.   Because if you stay standing you go backwards!  Be it with the football club or with the town itself.

NE Lincs has so much untapped potential that it's painful to watch it just drift aimlessly along.  Content for the only developments to be for extra housing and hoping that the windfarm industry magically brings back the golden days of when the fishing fleet ruled the world.   The windfarm industry might create jobs and it even bring people to the area, but it won't regenerate a dying town. That has to come from within, from the people.