The Big Reset

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree completely we should be looking at other clubs and where income generation and community programs are concerned other sports.

Kind of related but I think it’s barmy that the authorities don’t let lower league clubs have 5G pitches, no postponed games, can be used every day of the week by the community and other sports to generate income and surely has to be better for the passing game than a lot of the poor surfaces we see.

If more money filtered down the pyramid we could have mandatory under soil heating at every EFL grounds. That's a better solution than 5G match pitches in my opinion.

Under soil heating is compulsory in the Championship isn't it?

Preston might have got an NHS health centre as a stakeholder.  Good for them.  This NHS business arrangement with a football club is not standard across the board.  It is also public money,  which with the new Government funding and Covid, should be in place long term.

I was referring to the far more common retail and hospitality commercial partnerships with football clubs.  With Covid very high rents over the longterm for retailers etc are no longer viable.

Golly,  my comments relate to mainstream issues, so we have to agree to disagree. We are both probably right, for different reasons.  😉

Quoted from GollyGTFC

If more money filtered down the pyramid we could have mandatory under soil heating at every EFL grounds. That's a better solution than 5G match pitches in my opinion.

Under soil heating is compulsory in the Championship isn't it?

Completely.....

I guess my point was more around that the pitch could be used by anyone which would be massive for the community and local engagement. Saracens (though cheating f****rs) do it really well on the morning of a game they get loads of kids teams down to play a mini tournament, once done the kids, coaches and parents stick around for the game.

Small clubs need everything they can get to drive revenue and grow their fan bases do both in the right way and you become more and more self sustainable long term.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

No reason why the new stadium can’t be delivered quicker than that. The land is available and the deal is agreed in principle. Can’t see why it can’t be ready by August 2024.

Oh really? Shutes has agreed a deal with ABP for the fish dock? I must have missed that announcement.

Of course, it's not actually 'land' that is available at the moment, is it? It's water.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

As sombody who doesn’t live in Grimsby (and never has) can I just point out what a terrible location the Freeman Street site is.

Why is Freemo a terrible location? It's only 300 metres away from the fish dock.

Quoted from DB

Don't know how to tell you this but school children have brains that absorb information and enhance their knowledge. Unfortunately the others you mention totally lack anything between the top of their heads and soles of their feet.

They get their kicks out of red cross's which seems to enlarge their ego in the cavity left empty by the brain and fulfil their empty destiny in life.

Fair point.