The "Lounge"

[PatMan]

Does anyone know if the club sold all/any of the "CENTRE MAIN STAND + LOUNGE" Season Tickets? They seemed a bit pricey at

[Graham S]

I was a centre stand ticket holder for decades & have it on good authority that the change was only done to price me out, because some of the guests sitting around & below me had been too fragile for my twin brother's rather robust comments, which would be frequently & extremely loudly directed at sundry very annoying opposition players & infinitely more annoying match officials. With his favourite target Graham W returning, they knew they had just better not take any risks.

 

So the wing stand it is for us, with knees up either side of our ears if we can't get out the bar in time for the front row.

 

Graham S

[rsheard]

I know it's been discussed somewhere before, and is far too early to be dreaming about it now, but if we were to get into the league next season, what will we have to do to make SR league compliant?

[PatMan]

Hopefully nothing - the new stadium should be more than just a dream by then, and there would be no point in spending money on San Stonebridge...

 

But, in all honesty - no idea what the League requirements are!

[Special K]

I was told that all that is needed to make SR meet the Football League requirement was CCTV, A room for the CCTV, Electronic Turnstiles and more police presence. Wherever that is all I do not know truly.

[rsheard]

OK, so no outrageous modifications to the ground itself in terms of number of seats, then? That would be great. Pat, that's what made me ask. I would hate to see us be forced to sink a small fortune into a ground we're planning to leave shortly.

[PatMan]

Dont clubs qualify for a grant to assist with some works after promotion? And I am correct in thinking that, apart from safety issues, most of the modifications do not have to be done immediately, but have a season or two in which to be completed?

[Dave EUFC]

if accy stanley can get in the league then so can we

[Jeff]

Exactly Dave EUFC. Barnet is also a shithole and they are OK.

[PatMan]

How Barnet ever get away with that sloping pitch is beyond me. Slope? Its a fecking mountain to run up in the second half, esp when wet!

[Special K]

Yeah I suppose when you look at Barnet and Accy Stanley's grounds you do feel that SR should be ok as far as League standards go.

[eufckev]

The Football League were going to accept Histon (!!!) entry if they were to be promoted last season.

[Harry J Allstars]

Good lord!

 

Histon's ground has everything wrong that can possibly be wrong in a ground.

 

They have an unlit wooded area near by.

The entrance to the ground is dangerously situated on a main road.

There is only one entrance.

If you don't stand in the front row then you don't see anything as there are no steps as the gound goes back. Oh there are at the home end.

A blind woman with a dog sells the programmes, I could have just took one and walked off (not really, I'm making it up but I'm sure there was something funny about their programme seller.)

Allstars Tours get lost in the woods.

[Jeff]

Weirdest programme seller I have seen was some mad old crone at Stevenage last season who wanted to kiss me.

 

I have a pic of her with Dave.

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=680433&l=3c9fe&id=647255667

 

[PatMan]

Was a cold night tho Jeff, she just wanted to share body heat!

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted By: Jeff

Weirdest programme seller I have seen was some mad old crone at Stevenage last season who wanted to kiss me.

I have a pic of her with Dave.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=680433&l=3c9fe&id=647255667

Is Dave the one on the left Jeff?

[Jeff]

Haha, yeah. That would be him.

He doesn't post on here.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

I think it's a pity the Club can't buy Stonebridge Road and develop it!

At least that would show some continuance in the Club!

[rsheard]

I wonder how much that would cost? Both the purchase, and then the redevelopment.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

I have no idea, but it should be considered. Buying the ground and developing it, when they can afford to do it, would seem preferable to me, than sinking money into a ground they might never be able to afford! The cost of a new ground, or the financing of building a new ground, has never been revealed on here, and as the Club is now losing more money than ever by increasing the playing budget, with little or no guarantee that revenue is going to increase!

With the carparking at Ebbsfleet Station, it now has the best parking facilities ever, and doesn't cost the club anything(except lost revenue that it gave away/gained years ago in becoming a Bus Graveyard anyway).