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Post by blueridge on Feb 25, 2024 9:10:16 GMT
Go onto Google Maps and put in Hortham Lane Almondsbury and you’ll get a good idea of the layout - it includes a large (irrigation) lake behind the club house - I believe the site in total is around 23 acres. Looking at that they could just about fit in a pitch on the barren land next to the motorway, presuming they can’t go too close as flying balls onto the motorway itself isn’t a good idea! Lots of land behind the club house but guessing that’s not too flat ? It’s all flat but pretty rough. If you look at the two existing training pitches & the goalkeeper training area, the area would fit into the land to the east of the car park. |
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Post by DrFaustus on Feb 25, 2024 9:54:23 GMT
40-50 young uns in the South Stand again outsinging the North enclosure yesterday. Good work chaps and chapesses.🏴☠️
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Post by supergas on Feb 25, 2024 10:51:27 GMT
There have been concerns raised on here regarding, the lack of facilities installed under the South stand. The club planned to put toilets and concessions (granted facilities) under the stand , but fire safety officers have refused this. So the club is now planning on putting facilites in the south east and south west corners of the South stand , but they are still hoping to put bar(s) along the back of the concourse, although why bars are allowed but not other facilities seams a bit weird to me. Anyway that is what the club have told me. I can confirm werton is telling the truth. I have also been told this but added that once erected it was established that the rear of the stand wasn't how it was first envisaged/ or built incorrectly which has meant the convenience stalls they had arranged to fit under the stand no longer fit and have to be redesigned. Then surely we have some kind of legal case against the surveyors, the designers or the builders? I know many will just dismiss it as a 'Rovers' failure but TG wasn't out there with a measuring tape, he wasn't in an office planning the steel structure and he wasn't on-site driving the diggers or the crane.... |
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Post by bidefordgas on Feb 25, 2024 11:01:49 GMT
I can confirm werton is telling the truth. I have also been told this but added that once erected it was established that the rear of the stand wasn't how it was first envisaged/ or built incorrectly which has meant the convenience stalls they had arranged to fit under the stand no longer fit and have to be redesigned. Then surely we have some kind of legal case against the surveyors, the designers or the builders? I know many will just dismiss it as a 'Rovers' failure but TG wasn't out there with a measuring tape, he wasn't in an office planning the steel structure and he wasn't on-site driving the diggers or the crane.... I’m told by a member of the groundstaff that you have to have a 5 metre wide area free of any structures in the concourse. Hence the need for narrower kiosks/bar. So that means a 5 metre wide walkway against the seating /stairway side of the concourse. |
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Post by supergas on Feb 25, 2024 11:04:30 GMT
Then surely we have some kind of legal case against the surveyors, the designers or the builders? I know many will just dismiss it as a 'Rovers' failure but TG wasn't out there with a measuring tape, he wasn't in an office planning the steel structure and he wasn't on-site driving the diggers or the crane.... I’m told by a member of the groundstaff that you have to have a 5 metre wide area free of any structures in the concourse. Hence the need for narrower kiosks/bar. So that means a 5 metre wide walkway against the seating /stairway side of the concourse. ...so did the designers not plan it wide enough (they have plenty of experience with the various rules and regulations) or did the builders somehow build it narrower than the plans...? |
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Post by yattongas on Feb 25, 2024 11:36:50 GMT
I’m told by a member of the groundstaff that you have to have a 5 metre wide area free of any structures in the concourse. Hence the need for narrower kiosks/bar. So that means a 5 metre wide walkway against the seating /stairway side of the concourse. ...so did the designers not plan it wide enough (they have plenty of experience with the various rules and regulations) or did the builders somehow build it narrower than the plans...? Probably something really stupid like measuring the area using the plans and thinking the concourse was 8 metres wide , but not realising you lose 3-4 metres due to the rake of the stand above ! |
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Post by Colyton Gas on Feb 25, 2024 11:41:37 GMT
 Refereed at Gresley Rovers -Derbyshire- now Northern Prem league.They opened their then new stand but the roof overhung the pitch so if the ball hit it,the game had to be stopped and re started with a drop ball!!! Don't think the problems with our new stand included that!!!!! |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2024 11:54:17 GMT
I’m told by a member of the groundstaff that you have to have a 5 metre wide area free of any structures in the concourse. Hence the need for narrower kiosks/bar. So that means a 5 metre wide walkway against the seating /stairway side of the concourse. ...so did the designers not plan it wide enough (they have plenty of experience with the various rules and regulations) or did the builders somehow build it narrower than the plans...? Were the designers of the stand, Arena?, also responsible for fitting out the concourse area, or did TG decide to outsource that to another company? It seems a common theme lately of messing everything up. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 25, 2024 12:02:33 GMT
...so did the designers not plan it wide enough (they have plenty of experience with the various rules and regulations) or did the builders somehow build it narrower than the plans...? Were the designers of the stand, Arena?, also responsible for fitting out the concourse area, or did TG decide to outsource that to another company? It seems a common theme lately of messing everything up. Careful Topper, you don't want to join my one person crusade against TG now, do you? |
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Post by Smithy Gas on Feb 25, 2024 13:50:36 GMT
...so did the designers not plan it wide enough (they have plenty of experience with the various rules and regulations) or did the builders somehow build it narrower than the plans...? Probably something really stupid like measuring the area using the plans and thinking the concourse was 8 metres wide , but not realising you lose 3-4 metres due to the rake of the stand above ! Looking at the submitted plans:   The stand has been designed with a 5M access and WCs in the concourse (which have enough head height). For whatever reason this isn’t the case on site. Unless anyone gets a tape out to work out whether it’s been built to plan it’s just speculation - the stand certainly looks like the planned structure and Arena would certainly know the regulations so… |
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Post by bristolbluegas on Feb 25, 2024 17:55:29 GMT
It's all well and good selling cheap tickets but a lot of fans like myself that can't make every game have mates in other areas of the ground and don't want to move. Bet next year it will be used much more. I know of two already that have swapped their North Terrace season ticket of 20+years for the South Stand next season. Absolutely I agree. Who isn't going to go in the south stand when it is £10 and the Thatchers end double? Flipside I know people who have tried the South stand. There is no toilets, no bar and no food. I just want to see us playing in a proper ground. Surely we all want that. Questions should be asked why the owners aren't delivering it not just accepting bolt on to already unfit for purpose stands relying on a pipe dream that we somehow end up in Championship. That's not true. I was in the South stand yesterday and there are now several bars and a burger van. Toilets are lacking though admittedly. |
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Post by dudelebowski on Feb 25, 2024 18:11:13 GMT
Absolutely I agree. Who isn't going to go in the south stand when it is £10 and the Thatchers end double? Flipside I know people who have tried the South stand. There is no toilets, no bar and no food. I just want to see us playing in a proper ground. Surely we all want that. Questions should be asked why the owners aren't delivering it not just accepting bolt on to already unfit for purpose stands relying on a pipe dream that we somehow end up in Championship. That's not true. I was in the South stand yesterday and there are now several bars and a burger van. Toilets are lacking though admittedly. As there was against Exeter, Oxford and every other game it’s been open for?🙃strange |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 25, 2024 18:27:49 GMT
A couple of interesting bits . Reading allocation the same as Derby 1350 . It seems this is standard now and a continuation of the tents which was 1350 . Also stand tickets only £15 for Reading which is becoming a bargain. Anyone buying south stand tickets on a match by match basis is having a pretty good deal !. www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/25/Ticket-Details-Bristol-Rovers-A/£ 15 BARGIN SOUTH STAND TICKETS COMING .. |
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Post by clockendgas on Feb 25, 2024 18:50:45 GMT
£15 to sit under a roof, or £26 to chance the rain,now let me have a think..........🤔
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 25, 2024 19:05:05 GMT
It makes you wonder if the club needs to do ' test events ' at full capacity with extra facilities being added. I suppose it makes sense to do it all this season and have the flexibility of increasing away fans next season.
Long term it makes no economic sense to have empty terracing : very limited away fans and cheap seating which inevitability will be sold out. As stated it is a no brainer between £26 in the wet and £15 in a seat with a roof .
Maybe next season to balanced away support and home seating is to make the 'family terrace' all seated ?.
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Post by percy on Feb 25, 2024 19:11:16 GMT
A couple of interesting bits . Reading allocation the same as Derby 1350 . It seems this is standard now and a continuation of the tents which was 1350 . Also stand tickets only £15 for Reading which is becoming a bargain. Anyone buying south stand tickets on a match by match basis is having a pretty good deal !. www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/25/Ticket-Details-Bristol-Rovers-A/£ 15 BARGIN SOUTH STAND TICKETS COMING .. Sell as much as possible before inevitable postponement due to international call ups This has to change. Weekend off for all or change the rules so loans and/or U21s don’t count. |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Feb 25, 2024 19:20:06 GMT
A couple of interesting bits . Reading allocation the same as Derby 1350 . It seems this is standard now and a continuation of the tents which was 1350 . Also stand tickets only £15 for Reading which is becoming a bargain. Anyone buying south stand tickets on a match by match basis is having a pretty good deal !. www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2024/february/25/Ticket-Details-Bristol-Rovers-A/£ 15 BARGIN SOUTH STAND TICKETS COMING .. Sell as much as possible before inevitable postponement due to international call ups This has to change. Weekend off for all or change the rules so loans and/or U21s don’t count. Well spotted !. So you think it be off ? |
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Post by percy on Feb 25, 2024 19:22:34 GMT
Sell as much as possible before inevitable postponement due to international call ups This has to change. Weekend off for all or change the rules so loans and/or U21s don’t count. Well spotted !. So you think it be off ? I’m banking on it. Think they called it off last time. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2024 19:32:53 GMT
We've also signed two more internationals since the previous ganme and Vaughan has also played for Ireland's U19's in the past.
Assuming nothing changes next season you do have to wonder how many Saturday 3pm games will take place when the new Sky Sorts deal commences when they are going to show 5(?) L1 games every weekend, which will all have to be moved from a 3pm kick off.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Feb 25, 2024 23:28:54 GMT
The terracing is starting to look much quieter. Will be interesting to see if this persists past initial interest & cheaper tickets.
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