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Stadium Thread - ALL Kirkby/Stadium Discussion Here

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kenada_blue said:
Stop lying Davek.....it was all about the Cruise for you :)

On the subject of Demi Moore....must...find...Striptease.....
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You're a fan of the classics eh? :lol:

The allure of La belle Moore wore off for me after GI Jane. That skinheaded peformance was one 'woman in uniform' peformance too far for this fantasist. (y)
 
davek said:
You're a fan of the classics eh? :lol:

The allure of La belle Moore wore off for me after GI Jane. That skinheaded peformance was one 'woman in uniform' peformance too far for this fantasist. (y)
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Yeah...not very sexy when she's covered in mud and blood telling a marine to "suck my ****".

Disclosure.......she's naughty in that.
 
Had a brainwave. Everyone is saying one option we don't have is to do nothing - but what if we did precisely that. Or near as damn it.

How about keeping the stadium as is, and instead of doing it up, we retro fit it back to its original wooden seating.

we could have the first antique style classic stadium.

People would come to marvel and wonder at the orginal furnishings.

take out all that modern capitalist crap that detracts from the game - the computerised advertising hoardings, the plastic moulded seats, the tv showing an advert for soccerbus instead of the replay of the wonder goal you missed whilst in a queue for a microwaved meat pastie that only contains 28% "meat".

Hit the nostalgia market.

You may laugh but I remember pubs with all the brass fittings and books and carpets being ripped out as not being modern. Then they were modern and that was [Poor language removed]. Then they refitched them to look like they did when they had the brass fittings.

But they never could match what they ripped out, there an air of falsehood about one of those fake pubs. But an original old pub always feels dead comfy and lived in.

bring back an old school goodison park. It wouldn't be fake because part of the ground has never been really done up anyway.

As Qunetin Crisp once wrote,
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
 
they must allow wooden seating because they had them in the lower bullens not so long ago - unless something has changed.

Or am I wrong?

anyone in the lower bullens?

Has a modern stadium anything to offer us the consumer other than a more precise machine for getting our money from our wallets?

What about us the consumer?

I went to New Wembley. My seat was so high up I needed oxygen and spent the whole evening with my mind saying JUMP JUMP as I suffer from vertigo and the seats are that steep an incline it was like standing atop a three thousand foot mountain.

People on the pitch looked like ants. If you could see through the drizzle and low lying clouds from that far up (I kid you not) The queues for food and beer were still there and as badly managed, staffed and organised as you'd expect when you give english people minimum wage and expect them to take pride in their work. (e.g it took over 20 minutes to get served an expensive plastic pint of carling ([Poor language removed] carling!) then they ran out of beer and lager.

Sponsorship and advertisements were everywhere.

Plus I hate animated advertising boards. They are scientifically designed to attract your attention when you are trying to do something else.

Whoever designed these abominations, these affronts to the noble sport of football - I hope there are the same advertising boards on the walls of the operating theatre when they have to have an important operation.

sorry your triple heart by pass [Poor language removed] up, the surgeon got distracted at the last minute by an advert for the new lexus. [Poor language removed].

feel good after that rant.
 

GrandOldTeam said:
Security certificates etc wouldn't allow it I dont think leon.

Good idea though.
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what's a security certificate?

the installation of new wooden seats (ie, the replacing of plastic seats) wouldn't be allowed - keeping the old ones is fine though

it's been widely noted that there will be no problems getting a "safety certificate" in the foreseeable future though - mainly on the back of a well documented conversation with the person responsible for issuing them

we don't need to move though, what with the club making a profit already - so staying "as is" would be perfectly fine. We've made a profit and broken our transfer record again this year - so no problems with the finances at Goodison is there.
 
Si-NSNO said:
what's a security certificate?
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:lol: Doh

"Safety Certificate"

Si-NSNO said:
the installation of new wooden seats (ie, the replacing of plastic seats) wouldn't be allowed - keeping the old ones is fine though
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Which is why I said "wouldn't allow it"

Si-NSNO said:
it's been widely noted that there will be no problems getting a "safety certificate" in the foreseeable future though - mainly on the back of a well documented conversation with the person responsible for issuing them
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Hmm. Its also been widely noted that Goodison could struggle

Wyness: Why our out of date Goodison will only get worse - Liverpool Echo.co.uk


Si-NSNO said:
we don't need to move though, what with the club making a profit already - so staying "as is" would be perfectly fine. We've made a profit and broken our transfer record again this year - so no problems with the finances at Goodison is there.
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Ah, but the majority have spoken. The fans want to move, if the club fail this time then they will be letting the majority down :P *runs and hides*
 
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Why move? Goodisons fine. Fans dont mind paying £30+ quid for views like that. :P
 

It amuses me when people put pictures up showing restricted views...as if we didn't realise it. I'm convinced now, I hadn't noticed those pillars before.

If you were lucky enough to be in that stand in 1985 or 1987 seeing the League trophy paraded, where you arsed about the 'horrifying' conditions then?
 
So don't sit there then - my season ticket is right at the front of the Main Stand, no obstructed views, next to the end of an aisle....

The one time I've had a view that I thought was [Poor language removed] was when AJ scored the winner against Arsenal in the hail in the last minute - I was sat at the back of the Bullens Road with a lad from America (at his first Everton match) and two lads from down south. It was ace. We had a great time, and AJ even celebrated right infront of us. We saw the goal, we saw Fernandes rip the piss out of Arsenal's midfield, and some woman gave us some sweets. The American left with a smile on his face saying how great Goodison Park was...

All that AND Everton make a profit playing at Goodison mean Kirkby isn't needed - the fans love it and the money is rolling in.
 
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So don't sit there then - my season ticket is right at the front of the Main Stand, no obstructed views, next to the end of an aisle....

The one time I've had a view that I thought was [Poor language removed] was when AJ scored the winner against Arsenal in the hail in the last minute - I was sat at the back of the Bullens Road with a lad from America (at his first Everton match) and two lads from down south. It was ace. We had a great time, and AJ even celebrated right infront of us. We saw the goal, we saw Fernandes rip the piss out of Arsenal's midfield, and some woman gave us some sweets. The American left with a smile on his face saying how great Goodison Park was...

All that AND Everton make a profit playing at Goodison mean Kirkby isn't needed - the fans love it and the money is rolling in.
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Someone has to sit there so why not have a stadium with no restricted views making even more money
 
Si-NSNO said:
So don't sit there then - my season ticket is right at the front of the Main Stand, no obstructed views, next to the end of an aisle....

The one time I've had a view that I thought was [Poor language removed] was when AJ scored the winner against Arsenal in the hail in the last minute - I was sat at the back of the Bullens Road with a lad from America (at his first Everton match) and two lads from down south. It was ace. We had a great time, and AJ even celebrated right infront of us. We saw the goal, we saw Fernandes rip the piss out of Arsenal's midfield, and some woman gave us some sweets. The American left with a smile on his face saying how great Goodison Park was...

All that AND Everton make a profit playing at Goodison mean Kirkby isn't needed - the fans love it and the money is rolling in.
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I was in the same stand with a lad from Boston for the Coventry relegation game back in '98. He coldn't believe the atmosphere - he's a Red Sox fan and has never had a bigger buzz at a sports stadium than that 90 minutes. No one is saying we couldn't improve the situation but real fans appreciate the place.
 

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