Sandhills station

[Joey66]

Yes, as we all know Bill Kenwright handled all of the public transport provision under his remit as guy in charge of Merseytravel.

Any business would sort transport out from day one in a contract - BK was just habitual as a chairman for making a mess of everything - any business that does not have an annual AGM with its shareholders - says it all really ....
Crying now about lack of parking, transport of any form should have been agreed from day one in a contract between our club & the city council transport department in the whole region & area of travel when planning was applied for .....
Business cannot be carried out under a nod wink basis as BK was known to do = e.g. the Kirkby debacle ..... was a prime example did the fans ever find out how much that cost the club ? {a lot of fans were against that move anyway} -

If a business does not have AGMs for shareholders - these problems in advance cannot be debated & sorted ....

Another mess left for the new owners to sort out, perhaps ?

I heard about all the double yellow lines around BMD being put down just 2 weeks ago ....

 

[Charlie Sweet]

The restrictions are draconian and illogical anyway, regardless of the new ground, they make zero sense for the businesses who were already there, and no economic sense for the area that will be under massive redevelopment. Rotherham needs sacking tbh.

There is no way after last night that the restrictions can stand, particularly as there are no suitable pubic transport options available for the foreseeable. Add thousands more Evertonians and a few thousand away supporters into the mix and it’s a recipe for disaster.

I was planning on using the soccerbus from commutation row after parking the car in lime street, but I ended up late, so parked and jumped into a taxi. Cost me a tenner to get to regent Road and jump out near the Costco, due to the road closures, so had to walk most of the way. Ridiculous - the taxi driver was going mad as well to be fair to him.

Leaving the ground, I had an idea that Sandhills would be a mess, so I made the kids walk ball along regent road back to town. Took me a little longer than if I was on my own, but it wasn’t too bad tbh, bit nippy weather wise and the kids moaning didn’t help!

Nothing but positive things to say about our new home, it’s a magnificent football ground, we were awe struck, and the concourses and food were great.

It’s World class.

The transport and draconian road closures are the only issue and need addressing quickly, hopefully the feedback from the test event will drive the changes needed.

For the first time ever I agree with you on every word. It felt last night like the test event preparing for a Euros semi final. Am sure something will get sorted or its going to be an early arrival / late exit every game and simply get a cab as best I can

 

[Terrarian]

I use Northern on a regular basis and that is also a terrible service, yes.

The forgotten people us up in the NW, everything is catered for London, even HS2 stops at Manchester, the journey on Northern through Lancaster and Cumbria is a disgrace and the prices are scandalous.

Sorry off topic. Sandhills won't cope with full matchday crowd and the City have only 6 months to sort it out.