Ground Info Needed

[Guest]

Hello,

 

I'm the author of the Internet Football Ground Guide, which can be found at: www.footballgroundguide.co.uk

 

I am currently putting a page together about your ground and wonder if you can give me a couple of bits of info:

 

1. Is there a car park at the ground? If so, roughly how large is it? and is there a charge for using it?

 

2. Recommendations for drinking? Club House (inside the ground?), pub near ground or railway station?

 

3. What is the name of the covered terrace which runs down one side of the ground?

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

Duncan

[Guest]

I cant answer all of your questions but here are some of the answers,

there is a pub inside the ground(recently refurbished and pretty good) and a opub just outside of the ground(the plough) which from sources i know is quite good. Many of your answers can be found at www.confguide.com/cgi-bin/index.mpl/gravesend , this will give you all of the information on travel, photos, location etc. Not sure about the size of the pitch though.

[David Holden]

There is a car park and the cost is £1.00. I'm not sure what the current capacity is I'm afraid.

 

None of our stands have names really they are a bit too old for that.

[Guest]

Shouldn't we propose some names for them then?

How does "The Portway Stand" grab you?

 

Jacko could also be in contention (certainly IF he can take the club appearances record)

 

 

In a similar vein......I'd personally like to rename the carpark "The Mal Watkins Carpark" for the amount of times he used to hit it...

 

[David Holden]

On that basis it will have to be the Colin Norman Car park then.

[Richard C]

Or Hamid Barr. one shot in 4/5 matches. One shot in the car park!!!!

[Ronnie]

Can we name something small and useless after Louis Affor?

 

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[David Holden]

The referee's changing room perhaps?

[Ronnie]

Yes I like that Dave. Disagree about the car park however. I think we should name the stretcher after Colin Norman.

 

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[Guest]

Perhaps the stretcher could be sponsored by (or in the honour of) Wayne Schweiso as I think he probably holds the record for putting most people on it! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/bounceblue.gif" alt="" />

[David Holden]

You are obviously a youngster.

 

The strectcher award will almost certainly go to Ray "Chopper" Corney.

 

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[David Holden]

I think the club bar can be renamed the Bostock/Woolfe bar!

[Ronnie]

Ah I forgot about Chopper. But it would still be a close thing between him and Colin. No disrespect but Wayne isn't in their league.

 

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[Ronnie]

And the side terrace could be the Paul Lamb stand as most of his passes went in there.

 

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[Guest]

Youngster....!!!???? Haven't been called that (or even felt like that) for ages now, cheers Dave.

S'pose I am really (in the whole Fleet scheme of things) 26 yrs old with 14 yrs service.

 

 

[David Holden]

Well that certainly puts "chopper" before your time. Infact before you were born probably <img src="/forums/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Jessica]

Also before you Dave seeing how you are only 39!!!

[David Holden]

I don't think Jessica after all i was watching the Fleet before I was born <img src="/forums/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Ronnie]

39 Dave ???????

 

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[David Holden]

You had to be at Nuneaton!