New training facility.

Maybe we could persuade Gareth Bale out of retirement.

Quoted from Poojah

Keep the back 9 and give the players a private golf course, a la Leicester’s new facility. I’m not even joking; when you’re an unfashionable club stuck out on a limb on the east coast, you’ve got to take every marginal gain you can get.

Cant be done pal, the front 9 is private and up for sale, the back 9 is council owned land.

Does it really matter if it’s not in the town? I mean it’d be great if it was and that was obviously their first choice, but if that isn’t possible at a reasonable cost I think Immingham is a great compromise between those wanting it in the town and those wanting it further afield.

Not sure why it's relevant that it wasn't what they first said. Things change, circumstances alter, prices go up and we haven't heard a single piece of confirmation or reasoning yet. Personally I don’t care where it is, as long as it’s good quality. Let’s all just wait and see first though.

If it is the most viable site then Immingham is perfectly fine as far as I am concerned. The concerns in the past was when suggestions were made that the training site should be as far afield as Sheffield, etc

Quoted from Poojah

Keep the back 9 and give the players a private golf course, a la Leicester’s new facility. I’m not even joking; when you’re an unfashionable club stuck out on a limb on the east coast, you’ve got to take every marginal gain you can get.

9 of the holes are council owned, the other 9 private...
Apologies just seen other post

Quoted from Oly1987

As a Town fan living in Immingham im conflicted. On the one hand it would be nice to have the lads training close by but on the other hand I'd rather see the site used for the Immingham community as the youngsters don't have an awful lot in Immingham.

Surely any plans could include training facilities for the Immingham community, a bit like the facilities at Bradley or King George Stadium?

I wonder if the grant funding at Clee Fields makes it difficult to get any further grants in town?

My guess is part of the area to be made into the training facility the rest into houses to fund the building of the training centre  cos it will not be cheap £6 million was spoken about at the forum

Quoted from promotion plaice

Get them in an extra day after a loss, we'd shoot up the table.

in a few more years with the Humber zero project it will hopefully improve even further too,

Quoted from DB

It looks good but it is not what we have been led to believe. 1878 said they wanted a training ground in Grimsby. This would be for the club and community. This site is not within the Grimsby boundary and is a fair distance for Grimsby folk to travel. Also we we were led to believe that a Parish Council was holding the job up, Immingham has a Town Council.

If i'm honest, Grimsby doesn't need another hub for football. Bradley and Clee Fields will both serve a purpose for that within Grimsby. It's a training ground first and foremost and the primary target should be about the playing side and making it easier for players to travel to and maximising potential and facilities. Our academy uses Oasis Academy Wintringham for training and educational purposes.