Recent content by New-Ground

The council can get infrastructure money directed at the stadium (public money to build or extend stations), planning priorities, planning change of use, CPOs, etc.

Probably about right. The club should work from the top down. What is the ideal stadium: 65-70,000 Retractable roof Retractable pitch Adjacent rapid-transit rail station to shift half the capacity in one hour Park & Ride (works for both clubs). No nuisance to local residents Decent car...

What was going on in the the early 1960s in Liverpool was the same as what was happening in New Orleans in the early 1900s, except it was rock music not jazz. Bill Harry, a journo who founded the Mersey Beat music paper, was firm in that London sabotaged Liverpool. In those day Liverpool's...

Thatcher, as been said, put the dig in. You only scratched the surface. Liverpool was very innovative. A pity this is now lost on the population, who scream ant anything new or different. Liverpool was the most innovative city in rail alone. Liverpool has more railway first than any other...

The amount of times I have heard that one. :( Neither did MK Dons, who are in the running to stage the world cup. They were in administration when they built their stadium. No club has the full amount in their back pockets. They form partners, borrow, etc, as that is how business works.

What made Goodison Park possible in the first place was moving from Anfield. GP is a right off, and has been written off for 12 years. Staying there will be fixing the lid on the coffin of decline and ensure a second tier club. Everton need a high revenue earning stadium, that is not possible...

Let's not worry about the world cup as there are more important things to focus on. The rumoured Green Lane site is good. Conference facilities away from the waterfront will not work - sorry LFC. Who is going to go to Stanley Park when the waterfront facilities beckon? Peel do not want a...