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Life before Pyke's Lane.

Post by TANGODANCER » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:51 pm

Although not strictly Trotter only related, in fairness to LLS's efforts I'm moving this here from Other Footy as I'm not sure how many read there.

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Post by Enoch » Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:15 pm

Having read through that, I concur.

I'm off down the boozer!

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Re: Life before Pyke's Lane.

Post by Bruce Rioja » Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:46 pm

Great piece, Spotty. I love stuff like that. My crin is blithered here though: And what’s more, Wolverhampton Wanderers have a four-phase plan in place to redevelop their other three stands. Really? They've only just been bloody well built?! :shock:

Therefor I hereby nominate Moulinex as being home to the shortest-lived redevelopment. Unless, of course, you know different. :?
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Post by William the White » Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:56 pm

i haven't been to the new Leicester and cardiff stadia, but have to all the othernew ones in this division.

No doubt in my mind that still the most aesthetically pleasing is the Reebok...

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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:06 pm

Good stuff, Spotty. However, as one pedant to another one can slip a disk but surely not a mortal coil - that has to be shuffled off. :wink:
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Re: Life before Pyke's Lane.

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:51 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:Great piece, Spotty. I love stuff like that. My crin is blithered here though: And what’s more, Wolverhampton Wanderers have a four-phase plan in place to redevelop their other three stands. Really? They've only just been bloody well built?! :shock:

Therefor I hereby nominate Moulinex as being home to the shortest-lived redevelopment. Unless, of course, you know different. :?

Apparently so Bruce…
http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands- ... -26540839/
Phase 1 was the rebuilt Stan Cullis stand.
Phase 2 will be the rebuilding of the Steve Bull Stand over a two-season period. Work was initially set to begin in summer 2012 but has since been postponed with no revised start date yet set.
Phase 3 is planned to be the construction of a new top-tier on the Jack Harris Stand, that will connect it to the new Steve Bull Stand.
And Phase 4 is a tentative plan to completely redevelop the Billy Wright Stand in a move that would bring capacity to 50,000
So yep, it would undoubtedly have been the shortest lived redevelopment ever, but by the looks of things they've ground to a halt on phase 2. I think they were still hoping to be in another league...
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Re: Life before Pyke's Lane.

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:52 am

William the White wrote:i haven't been to the new Leicester and cardiff stadia, but have to all the othernew ones in this division.

No doubt in my mind that still the most aesthetically pleasing is the Reebok...
It's certainly the prettiest.
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:53 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:Good stuff, Spotty. However, as one pedant to another one can slip a disk but surely not a mortal coil - that has to be shuffled off. :wink:
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