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New kop not going to be ready for next season now and no start date given. Due to funding issues by all accounts. Novelty wearing off already?
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Probably not economically viable, mountains of cash or not; spending for the sake of it isn’t sensible. My understanding is there’s been issues with the council for years, perhaps they’re still cynical about the yank involvement…
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New kop not going to be ready for next season now and no start date given. Due to funding issues by all accounts. Novelty wearing off already?
Sounds like technicalities more than anything - The new Kop will not be open for the start of the 2024/25 season with a projected build period of 12 months from commencement on site. There is no date for starting on site, as several matters need to be resolved before that can be confirmed.
To enable a contract to build the Kop to be signed, the grant funding agreement from Wrexham County Borough Council needs to be finalised and the Club satisfied that the conditions attached to the funding offer can be fulfilled. It is hoped that these negotiations will be completed before the end of October 2023.
There are several conditions that the Club needs to be satisfied can be fulfilled which includes, but are not limited to:
- The collapse of the existing lease structure at the STōK Cae Ras. Good progress has been made with the WST in this regard, with an update on the position due to be announced soon by the WST.
- Confirmation of the requirements to meet UEFA’s Category 4 stadium status and that these can be achieved. A report is awaited from UEFA after a stadium visit.
From a practical perspective, to allow a contractor to commence, the following works also needs to be completed:
- Permanent diversion of existing sewer away from the land required for the Kop with Welsh Water and Admiral Taverns (owners of The Turf).
- Removal of a low voltage cable and substation that serves the student accommodation that runs across the land required for the Kop with SPEN and Wrexham University. Power needs to be always retained to the student accommodation and the University now have planning permission to build a new substation to facilitate this.
Further updates will be issued in due course when progress is made.
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I was gonna post about this today. I’ve started watching season 2 of the Wrexham thing, and episode 1 blew my mind - Rob and Ryan were waiting for a decision from the government on getting £20m (the full construction value) from the levelling up fund - Shaun Harvey must have told them they had a good chance! Now, I’m sorry, but two of the Hollywood glitterati applying for £20m of funding so they don’t have to raid their own savings was NEVER gonna get the OK, ever. That idiot must have got their hopes up. I couldn’t believe how surprised they were when it was turned down!!!
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I was gonna post about this today. I’ve started watching season 2 of the Wrexham thing, and episode 1 blew my mind - Rob and Ryan were waiting for a decision from the government on getting £20m (the full construction value) from the levelling up fund - Shaun Harvey must have told them they had a good chance! Now, I’m sorry, but two of the Hollywood glitterati applying for £20m of funding so they don’t have to raid their own savings was NEVER gonna get the OK, ever. That idiot must have got their hopes up. I couldn’t believe how surprised they were when it was turned down!!!
And quite right that it does get turned down. On the scale of pisstakes that would’ve been right up there with holloways darts club.
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….as an aside, episode 2 was an eye opener and very clever of the producers to add a human side to things. It was about a Wrexham fan with autism, and the parallels with Paul Mullin’s young boy who has just been diagnosed with autism at age 3 - it affected me as my son also has it, and whilst I mildly dislike Mullin as a footballer, I felt for him. Life can be tough even in his situation.
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….as an aside, episode 2 was an eye opener and very clever of the producers to add a human side to things. It was about a Wrexham fan with autism, and the parallels with Paul Mullin’s young boy who has just been diagnosed with autism at age 3 - it affected me as my son also has it, and whilst I mildly dislike Mullin as a footballer, I felt for him. Life can be tough even in his situation.
Thanks for the heads up. My son also has ASD so the wife may be interested in it too. Really appreciate that. Was going to give this series a miss. James McLean was on the late late show (with Patrick kielty) last week and believe he chatted about ASD and his own diagnosis
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Thanks for the heads up. My son also has ASD so the wife may be interested in it too.
Really appreciate that. Was going to give this series a miss. James McLean was on the late late show (with Patrick kielty) last week and believe he chatted about ASD and his own diagnosis
You should both watch Season 2 Episode 2, it’s proper tv, no Hollywood schmaltz. 8K a week sounds nice, but Mullin is hurting as a person.
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Feel the same as above, very interesting watch. My step son has ASD and we're pretty sure my wife does to but she hasn't been diagnosed. Yet.
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