ground idea vote

[a2b chris]

Danny can you make this into a vote?


if, in the proposed plans (as they stand now) for the new ground, it was announced that it would be in walton hall park, would you agree

simple yes or no

 

[a2b chris]

yes

 

[Bainsey]

I'd agree to a new stadium in the city, Yes.

 

[Cal]

Same^

 

[Robert Jarvis]

without a doubt, but LCC will not surrender any land with out it being paid for.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

What is this? Do we have a link to this idea?

 

[SuitsBlue]

yeah, but we will have to build it out of cardboard boxes we can collect from supermarkets, because all the free land in the world isnt going to conjure a new stadium.

scratch that... conjure a brand spanking new state of the art world class stadium*

 

[GhostOfDixie]

so its just a fake option?

 

[SuitsBlue]

well, unless LCC give tesco some ground as well, then i cant see how it could be an option.

staying at goodison is an option, the current board dont think its a good option, but are prepared to listen to the fans via a vote.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Bollocks, there is no way in hell that this vote is going to favour with Everton staying at Goodison. Its PR to the max, and is an operation to just prove how Everton are unique in how they treat their fans.

If the Bush administration can fake the Florida vote I am fairly confident that Wyness can fake the Stadium vote.

Think of it, why would any hardcore Evertonian want to leave Goodison Park? They wouldn't, so they would never vote in favour - and especially for a square ground with no character.

After listening to that interview I doubt even if the vote swings in favour of the fans that they are going to stay at Goodison. No way, not going to happen.

Where is Walton Hall Park?

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Were moving regardless. This is one way to smooth it over and extend a proverbial handshake to the fan and pat on the back and say lets move forward. It's the only option on the table and will be fastracked believe me.

 

[blaze]

Location : Walton Hall Park -> Goodison

The club wouldn't pay for the land though and the council wouldn't give it away to them

I'd be up for a move there - parking wouldn't be great though, they're stopping people parking around Walton without a permit within the next few months I think.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Welcome to the forum blaze

This is what annoys me, the likes of KEIOC should be pressuring LCC to find a solution, rather than constantly having a go at Everton.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

Ghost Wally Hall Park is on the East Lancs Road A580, about 1.5 miles from Gp and about 1 mile from Queens Drive. In fact it was just before where Littlewoods Pools used to be if you were travelling out of the city.

I mentioned this as a possible site yonks ago in some posts.

 

[blaze]

Welcome to the forum blaze

Thanks

This is what annoys me, the likes of KEIOC should be pressuring LCC to find a solution, rather than constantly having a go at Everton.

To an extent I agree, but the pressure should also be coming from Everton for a decent peice of land to build on somewhere in the city aswell, they're so focused on just moving to Kirkby that i get the impression they really aren't that bothered by any proposal being offered.

Liverpool got Stanley Park (not that I actually agree that they should be given that land - i'm not completely sure how it worked and whether any input was taken by the council by the surrounding residents or they just went ahead and gave the land up) - but they had to go through the same process of pressure to get it.

Walton Hall Park would actually be an excellent choice to move to IMO, it's a 5 minute walk from where Goodison currently is and there's plenty of space there to develop on. At least half of it would probably be unlikely to be sold or given away though as they've spend abit of money developing parts of the park anyway, so whats currently there would need relocating (it's probably not even half of it...1/4-1/3 of it has had sports stuff added there, it wouldnt be completely out of reach to do, i'm sure any costs would be minimal compared to stadium costs).

It would be large enough to build a pretty big stadium - money comes into it again though, even if the council did just give away the land, the club would just turn around and say they can't afford to build a stadium on it's own anyway.