New roof

Quoted from Mappers

Yeah i don't know about that way Rob , maybe the sea wall shortcut ? I have not walked down there in about 20 years remember used to go in the pub that was on the main strip where the boy racers frequented that was equally as long ago , don't know if it's still there .

I usually walk to the ground that way and it still takes about 20 minutes. But that is probably me reminiscing, about as a child back in the 60's walking from the pier right down to the docks, which is making me take so long.

There’s clearly an appetite for something to be done, on here at least. This is something the Trust should be picking up, otherwise there’s a danger that this becomes an ongoing issue and by the the time it comes for action to be taken it might end up being too late for any meaningful engagement with fans.

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

The Council did ask the club to move in 1992 I believe, but have done nothing to assist since then.

Except grant planning permission for Great Coates, offer them land at Peaks Parkway for pretty much sod all, identify a list of other sites along the way none of which suited a certain party the clubs plans and a total lack of funding of course didn't help much 🙄 ...neither did employing consultants with a zero record of delivering anything to lead the project.
The original Great Coates was massively hampered by the Nimbys , not really the councils fault as they have to follow due process and did grant permission in the end.
Wanting to build a 12 -20k  stadium with virtually no cost to the club at all seemed to be dream scenario of a certain party....never feasible.
At least the new custodians have their heads screwed on regards that and aren't entertaining any chat or wasting resources trying to build castles in the sky and are focusing on achievables.

Quoted from grimps

Neither did Bolton , Barnsley , Bradford , Birmingham etc

And we didn't have over 5,000 season ticket holders either.

We should have ambitions to grow our supporter base.

If Grimsby fans on the council aren't allowed to vote on football related issues ( vested interest) then the decisions are made by people who don't get it, totally screwing the club and fans over. I think the vested interest rule is applied wrongly by the council so unless that's changed nothing will change

Quoted from grimps

Neither did Bolton , Barnsley , Bradford , Birmingham etc

Do some research and you will find average attendances last year for all of those clubs were more than 10000 .Barnsley being the lowest at around 12000.Thats including Bolton being league 1 and Bradford league 2 .Both sides with the potential to double their already decent attendances in the championship

Quoted from Norseman

Do some research and you will find average attendances last year for all of those clubs were more than 10000 .Barnsley being the lowest at around 12000.Thats including Bolton being league 1 and Bradford league 2 .Both sides with the potential to double their already decent attendances in the championship

Isn’t that the whole point? Those clubs didn’t get over 10,000 at games back in the 90s but football has moved on. Your assertion that we couldn’t get over 10,000 at games because we didn’t 30 years ago is a pointless comparison as proven by the aforementioned teams. Attendances at games are up in general. We currently can’t get over 10,000 at games for the very obvious fact that our ground can’t accommodate anything like that number. But if the ground was improved or we got a new one, there’s no reason to think we wouldn’t be able to. And certainly not because we didn’t get those numbers 30 years ago.

We’ll soon find out how good the pontoon roof and the pitch are ….. it’s gonna pi££ it down on Saturday

Quoted from Mappers

I know we are talking about capacity increase a lot to please non regulars and stayaway fans , but surely improving the experience for regularw  is the priority (which has already been done to some degree ) I think continuing to do that with a new PA system and the replacement of the roofs and none impeded views would be a starting point , we have the use of the majority of the osmond for 70% of the season and would get it for probably 50% of the time even in league 1 - increase capacity by 200 or 300 which seems relatively easy on the face of it ; see if we regularly fill BP with improved matchday experience and go from there .

There are plenty of tickets available for Wimbledon
Will be loads for Salford
I think we are maybe overthinking the capacity as a problem atm when in probability it won't be all season unless we do really well and there is in fact 2k glory seekers kicking around .

We need to do both, because improving the experience for regulars, makes the newcomers and part-timers more likely to come back.

If we just focus on what we have, which is a pretty much sold out BP that has very limited seats together with a decent view, what happens in 10 years, when some of todays regulars have moved away, work matchdays or no longer attending due to ill health or death? You end up with 10+ years of potential fans that aren't bothered and attendances start falling.

Quoted from Davec

That is very last minute.com, leaving them just over a week to find a company who has the availability to come out immediately and assess what needs to be done etc and then get it completed in such a short time frame

I can only assume the lack of notice come about due to sudden structural damage/failure of the roof?

I think you’re being kind. Surely if you require a safety certificate you get an independent expert in 6-8 weeks prior to do a mock audit. That’s pretty standard practice.

Then you have that timeframe to resolve any issues that have been found and you don’t get a bombshell landing 9 days before 1,800 customers are coming.