New Everton Stadium

[bluesteak]

I'll have to root out the specific book, however off the top of my head I recollect that their introduction was linked with the 1966 World Cup games.

Yeah Fifa had a ruling,that spectators had to be a certain distance away from the goal,thus the semi circle,sorry I don't have proof,but I have definitely read it somewhere

 

[allezlesbleus]

Im

I'm certain that pic of the guy with the dart in his nose was an away fan in the Anny Road end at the pit.

Yeah late 70s iirc

I could be getting that picture mixed up with the main story.
If it was at the Pit it must have been thrown by a Chelsea fan then haha.
Back on topic I am pretty sure the half circles were the result of crowd behaviour and we accepted them pretty willingly, possibly linked to protecting our desire to have World Cup matches.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Looks like most on there are using movable seating and steep stands. Looking forward to see how it's done.

Certainly will be. My theory on it is that the council would not agree to the SPV arrangement unless the design incorporated a temporary track.

The club/architect are spinning the line that there is no compromise for athletics and the design would be the same CWG or no CWG.

The evidence however does not support this as the new stadiums that are maximising the regs in terms of stand steepness and proximity to the pitch like the New white hart lane could not come close to accommodating a temporary track on a raised platform above their first tier.

A solution could be movable stands but are surely to expensive or alternatively 1 end not being completed until after the CWG. I would be happy with this approach and it would surely make it easier for them to assemble and remove the track but all public comments suggest a fully complete stadium for the season before the CWG.

Don't get me wrong I am sure we will end up with a decent stadium that won't be anything like the London stadium but it will be compromised. I expect it will be more Emirates/Ethihad then the New White Hart Lane but with some nice Everton touches and to be fair if someone had offered us that on the North Docks 5 years ago most of us would have bitten their hand off.

 

[maccavennie]

Im

I'm certain that pic of the guy with the dart in his nose was an away fan in the Anny Road end at the pit.

Yeah it was a utd fan at the rs crap hole. I remember seeing that pic last year.

 

[beachy]

Certainly will be. My theory on it is that the council would not agree to the SPV arrangement unless the design incorporated a temporary track.

The club/architect are spinning the line that there is no compromise for athletics and the design would be the same CWG or no CWG.

The evidence however does not support this as the new stadiums that are maximising the regs in terms of stand steepness and proximity to the pitch like the New white hart lane could not come close to accommodating a temporary track on a raised platform above their first tier.

A solution could be movable stands but are surely to expensive or alternatively 1 end not being completed until after the CWG. I would be happy with this approach and it would surely make it easier for them to assemble and remove the track but all public comments suggest a fully complete stadium for the season before the CWG.

Don't get me wrong I am sure we will end up with a decent stadium that won't be anything like the London stadium but it will be compromised. I expect it will be more Emirates/Ethihad then the New White Hart Lane but with some nice Everton touches and to be fair if someone had offered us that on the North Docks 5 years ago most of us would have bitten their hand off.

The more I think about it the more I think we wont get the games.
-There will be no athletics legacy.
-There's potential for chaos with the very tight time schedule to convert the stadium.
-The organisers wont want uncertainty after Durban already pulling out.

Is Meis therefore planning 2 separate stadium plans depending on whether we get the games or not?
Anyone know the timeline? I'd have thought we have to submit the stadium plans before the bid decision is made. What happens then if we dont win the bid? Scrap all those plans and make new ones?

 

[Jokerdan]

Yeah it was a utd fan at the rs crap hole. I remember seeing that pic last year.

This. And the goalie who was hit by the bottle was in the Cup -v- Altrincham in 1975, when we went to a replay at Old Trafford.

 

[toffeejack]

Remember seeing one goalie hit by a bottle , despite the half circle and the goal net. Hell of shot.

any keeper worth their salt would save a bottle, tbf.

 

[jonnyboy316]

The more I think about it the more I think we wont get the games.
-There will be no athletics legacy.
-There's potential for chaos with the very tight time schedule to convert the stadium.
-The organisers wont want uncertainty after Durban already pulling out.

Is Meis therefore planning 2 separate stadium plans depending on whether we get the games or not?
Anyone know the timeline? I'd have thought we have to submit the stadium plans before the bid decision is made. What happens then if we dont win the bid? Scrap all those plans and make new ones?

I believe it is September for the decision but stand to be corrected. Hopefully there are 2 designs but fear that is not the case

 

[MickA]

The more I think about it the more I think we wont get the games.
-There will be no athletics legacy.
-There's potential for chaos with the very tight time schedule to convert the stadium.
-The organisers wont want uncertainty after Durban already pulling out.

Is Meis therefore planning 2 separate stadium plans depending on whether we get the games or not?
Anyone know the timeline? I'd have thought we have to submit the stadium plans before the bid decision is made. What happens then if we dont win the bid? Scrap all those plans and make new ones?

Hopefully he's just planning the one with the inside knowledge that we won't get the games.

 

[peteblue]

Im

I'm certain that pic of the guy with the dart in his nose was an away fan in the Anny Road end at the pit.

 

[royalblue66]

When I used mine at G P I always had blue flights, so reckon it's the pit.

 

[GwladysBlue]

To think, the nutcase that threw that dart is probably a little old man going the match now.

 

[peteblue]

To think, the nutcase that threw that dart is probably a little old man going the match now.

Aldo?......

 

[Bluerover]

Aldo?......

well it's a Manc and the terracing barrier is red so not guilty mlord from an Everton point of view.

 

[James Patrick]

Iirc the two issues were linked. We had a run of dodgy incidents in early 60s including a graphic one of a guy with a dart in his nose and had to accept the half circles as a way to do something serious in order to preserve our status as the main ground apart from Wembley because of the relatively high proportion(or number) of seats compared with most. Relying on memory though, not 100% certain.

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