Just to clarify a few things.



NM was actually a last ditch thing that Ted cobbled up, and to be fair he had very little option.



The original scheme was to have been Thornes Park. Forgetting the fact that it turned out that the Council didn’t own the land, i personally think that one would have been a total winner. In many ways Thornes is better placed than BV.



I was a fan of Thornes. I was not keen on NM. Ted was, but the SWAG group was split. Not bitterly, just in preference. I don’t know if NM would have worked, nobody does, but for me it was to far out. Had it been in Stanley proper then yeah it would have been ok. But it was effectively in the middle of nowhere.



In the intervening 20 years Salfords experience has proved that to be a bad thing, but at the time it was nowhere near as obvious as it is today. That said, HKR ground was once considered a white elephant, but it’s doing ok now.



Truth is that on field success is a huge part of the success of any stadium.

That West Stand did make a difference to the balance of the stadium. Hope we can get something back there one day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kL75M7tjR38

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kL75M7tjR38

Looking at that, it really looks like the terracing re-profiling will (certainly should), be extended and continue down the Western Terrace, when it is re-done. Fingers crossed.

Looking at that, it really looks like the terracing re-profiling will (certainly should), be extended and continue down the Western Terrace, when it is re-done. Fingers crossed.

dboy: Looking at that, it really looks like the terracing re-profiling will (certainly should), be extended and continue down the Western Terrace, when it is re-done. Fingers crossed. Would be nice, but it all depends whether or not the plans in place are a permanent fixture or not. Clearly the redesign of the roof is on the back of consultation with the LA, so what we are seeing on the portal is as much as we can do, subject to buying all the properties behind the WT and doing a full rebuild.

dboy: Looking at that, it really looks like the terracing re-profiling will (certainly should), be extended and continue down the Western Terrace, when it is re-done. Fingers crossed. Would be nice, but it all depends whether or not the plans in place are a permanent fixture or not. Clearly the redesign of the roof is on the back of consultation with the LA, so what we are seeing on the portal is as much as we can do, subject to buying all the properties behind the WT and doing a full rebuild.