limeburner 0 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Dundee only needs one stadiumAyrshire (Ayr & Killie) only needs one stadium Glasgow has too many Edinburgh only needs one stadium (use Murrayfield instead of both Tynecastle & Easter Road) But history and rivalry would never allow the above to happen, even though it would mean better stadia and better facilities, plus the costs of such being split between more than one team. I think this may happen Craig,just not in our lifetimes. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 take it you're in favour of the improvements Glasgow Council have made in infrastructure around Parkhead then ? I'd say that's a different subject altogether. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I don't think that football matches bring that much more into local economies - I bet not much was added to the Ayrshire economy last night. There was about 5000 Rangers fans going to Somerset Park last night, so quite a lot of the pubs and local fast food places will have made a lot more money than a normal Wednesday night. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 There was about 5000 Rangers fans going to Somerset Park last night, so quite a lot of the pubs and local fast food places will have made a lot more money than a normal Wednesday night. I'm not as convinced as you are that this adds a lot to the local economy. But we will never know I guess. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinstein 294 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I'd say that's a different subject altogether. yes I agree. What you said about councils supporting local teams is quite right 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germinal 27 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Even more weirdly, unless my memory is worse than I thought when many clubs around Scotland were throwing up lego stadia to comply with the Taylor report back in the day, one of the main builders to benefit was Barr's, the company of Ayr Utd chair or owner or something, George (?) Barr. You'd have thought he'd have done them a good deal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Even more weirdly, unless my memory is worse than I thought when many clubs around Scotland were throwing up lego stadia to comply with the Taylor report back in the day, one of the main builders to benefit was Barr's, the company of Ayr Utd chair or owner or something, George (?) Barr. You'd have thought he'd have done them a good deal. You are correct. Barr owned Ayr and his construction company was one of the largest companies in Scotland at the time. Shame he never put much of that wealth into Ayr Utd. Another useless fact.... when we had the Scotland v England annual games the English always trained on Somerset Park as they felt it was the closest pitch in terms of condition to Wembley. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,795 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 With football matches bringing so much money into local economies it should really be the responsibility of local councils to invest in improvements to stadium infrastructure, especially with small clubs which can't afford it themselves. The goverment and local councils frittter away and waste vast amounts of money every year on all sorts of initiatives, many of which are a load of shite. It's time they started getting their priorities sorted out. Yes, and football clubs are not a priority. I don't want a penny of my tax to go to football clubs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,795 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Dundee only needs one stadiumAyrshire (Ayr & Killie) only needs one stadium Glasgow has too many Edinburgh only needs one stadium (use Murrayfield instead of both Tynecastle & Easter Road) But history and rivalry would never allow the above to happen, even though it would mean better stadia and better facilities, plus the costs of such being split between more than one team. Better for who? Let clubs and fans decide what to do for themselves. Also, Ayr and Killie need two stadiums. Edited August 20, 2015 by ranger_syntax 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 3,795 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Can I be the only football fan who thinks that Somerset Park is great? How would you improve it? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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