Ground Share - Is it Sensible?

[MickaelMadarsponytail]

Yeah the San Siro is owned by the council. One end is red the other is blue so the Milan fans have curva nord (north end) and Inter curva sud as there graffitti. Mainly because the ultras inhabit that end and its where the noise comes from.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

If you look at the happenings of all the shared stadia, there are problems between the teams.

 

[StDomingosGringo]

One of the comments from that McNulty blog I thought was worth posting on this thread. Step up LCC, you said you'd withdraw their permission to build on Stanley if there was no progress and yet...

93. At 9:50pm on 26 Nov 2009, DixieandPele wrote:
I must confess that I am not apprised of what UK government stimulus plans there are over there to combat the recent economic turndown, but I would have thought right off the bat that the shared ground proposal would have been just what the doctor ordered. Despite the fact that the Liverpool City Council approved the Stanley Park site for their red taxpayers while denying equal favouritism towards their blue taxpayers, it should therefore be deemed appropriate that here would be an opportunity for them to shed any vestiges of guilt for past misdemeanours and straighten the whole matter out once and for all.

What better way to provide stimulus to a sagging economy than to sanction and subsidise a project that would provide benefit to thousands of job seekers, create a stadium not only for football but for other types of entertainment that would be the envy of Mancunians if not the entire UK, and have it all centred in a parklike setting that would become the centrepiece of what the City of Liverpool was all about. A city of vision that possesses the wherewithal to put aside bitter rivalry by cultivating co-operation and cordiality by sharing the fruits of their efforts to want the best for both sides, who after all are Liverpudlians both.

When you're thousand of miles distant from your birthplace, you take interest in the well-being of both teams that can claim the same heritage as yourself. I'm a third generation Evertonian, but I also take pride in the fortunes of both teams and I become concerned when one is treated less favourably than the other for whatever political reason. Sport is all about contesting against an opponent on equal terms, take that equal terms out of the equation and you no longer in my opinion have a sport, but the fact that it has now become more a business doesn't have to mean that the respect for one another has to inevitably go by the wayside.

Come on, show the same kind of grit and consideration for each other that was evident during the Blitz, which is why Churchill claimed it was Our Finest Hour. You all deserve better, but you won't be able to achieve it with this dog-in-the-manger stance.

 

[TX Bill]

Can you imagine it...a shared stadium and you were a season ticket holder....Then we play Liverpool in an "away" fixture and there's some red-fecker sittin in your seat!!!

Its just so wierdly mind-bending.

There will be one sitting in "your" seat every other weekend. The away ticket allocation would be given to Everton supporters to sit in the away section for that weekend.

 

[Danny Vermin]

Groundshare?Never happen.

I agree, for many reasons.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

Maybe but what are you? A question for all, are you an Everton Fan or a Liverpool fan and a Liverpudlian second or is it the reverse?

Well I am goodness knows how many generations an Everton fan but I still think first and foremost of being a Liverpudlian, a true Scouse. I realise this may not go down too well with some members for obvious reasons, I cannot help that.

But it means so much to me that I was born in Liverpool, yes I am proud of that and I support Everton.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Maybe but what are you? A question for all, are you an Everton Fan or a Liverpool fan and a Liverpudlian second or is it the reverse?

Well I am goodness knows how many generations an Eveon fan but I still think first anf foremost of being a Liverpud;ian, a true Scouse. I realise this may not go down too well with some members for obvious reasons, I cannot help that.

But it means so much to me that I was born in Liverpool, yes I am proud of that and I support Everton.

Exactly, it's pathetic.

 

[StDomingosGringo]

I have never had a problem with the idea of a ground share, but I am severely outnumbered by most of my fellow supporters who do not approve of the idea.

Seems a silly question, but what colour would the seats be?

Hi and welcome Danny. I recognise your username from other places and you'll be fine here even with the heat of the Derby coming.

In answer to your question I'd say black for simplicity but we could get all inventive and have lighting change the colour perhaps. I'm sure the technology is there.

Do you feel the majority of the opposition on your side comes from younger "out of towners"? They seem to make up the majority of your posting online fanbase and are obviously vocal if not always the best informed. What about the Reds in the city? Do they feel so strongly opposed given both our current financial situations?

 

[Goat]

The seats would be white surely? Both teams have this colour or even some yellow ones, green is also a neutral colour, as would be any colour other than red or blue.

 

[Robert Jarvis]

Not sure Ghost what you mean it is pathetic, is it because I make my feelings clear???

About the seat colour I made that plain in an earlier post. The bits you sit should be red and the back support blue. That way you can always feel like you are crapping on a red??? Only a joke now.

As for a previous post by Ghost yes there ar some on both sides who dislike each other but the majority of fans are not that entrenched in hatred.

 

[Danny Vermin]

Judging by the poll in this thread, it seems that most blues would be in favoour of a ground share.

Despite the fact that I myself am hopeful of a ground share, most reds sadly aren't.

Ground share rears its ugly head again

 

[StDomingosGringo]

Maybe but what are you? A question for all, are you an Everton Fan or a Liverpool fan and a Liverpudlian second or is it the reverse?

Well I am goodness knows how many generations an Everton fan but I still think first and foremost of being a Liverpudlian, a true Scouse. I realise this may not go down too well with some members for obvious reasons, I cannot help that.

But it means so much to me that I was born in Liverpool, yes I am proud of that and I support Everton.

Well said Rob I'm not true scouse at all being from The Port, don't claim to be either but I'm more Liverpudlian than anything else and as part of that whole I support Everton. Other members of my family support Liverpool, thats just the way it is. They would not object to a groundshare project that benefitted the communities that created the two clubs in the first place and nor do I.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Not sure Ghost what you mean it is pathetic, is it because I make my feelings clear???

About the seat colour I made that plain in an earlier post. The bits you sit should be red and the back support blue. That way you can always feel like you are crapping on a red??? Only a joke now.

As for a previous post by Ghost yes there ar some on both sides who dislike each other but the majority of fans are not that entrenched in hatred.

No no no, that the city which prides itself on community spirit is so divided.

 

[Danny Vermin]

As for a previous post by Ghost yes there ar some on both sides who dislike each other but the majority of fans are not that entrenched in hatred.

Unfortunately however, the hatred you speak of has become enormous. Financially it would be ideal for both clubs but in terms of supporters, I don't think it will work.

 

[Goat]

Unfortunately however, the hatred you speak of has become enormous. Financially it would be ideal for both clubs but in terms of supporters, I don't think it will work.

Thats cos you are bitter reds.