| A Vetch to be Proud of 16:25 - Sep 6 with 3662 views | SpringHeeledJack |
Just found this image from 1980(?) online, can anyone shed any light as to what happened with this scheme, and why the expansion didn't go ahead? (I wasn't born until 1987).
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 16:45 - Sep 6 with 3600 views | monmouth |
Did the first bit (East Stand) then ran out of money as financial truths came home to roost. |  |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 20:44 - Sep 6 with 3350 views | jandyt |
Yup, ran out of money. The £100 bonds were repayable, but the £25 and £600 bonds weren't. Depending on which one you had gave you the right to buy season tickets, and if you had the £100 or £600 bonds, you had a small plastic plaque with your name on your seat (if you were sitting) for either ten years or life from memory.
The stadium would have been fantastic if it had gone ahead, but it all went pear shaped. |  |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 22:16 - Sep 6 with 3236 views | canhecatchit |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 20:44 - Sep 6 by jandyt |
Yup, ran out of money. The £100 bonds were repayable, but the £25 and £600 bonds weren't. Depending on which one you had gave you the right to buy season tickets, and if you had the £100 or £600 bonds, you had a small plastic plaque with your name on your seat (if you were sitting) for either ten years or life from memory.
The stadium would have been fantastic if it had gone ahead, but it all went pear shaped. |
If I remember rightly, the company building the East Stand went bust because the Swans never paid for it . |  |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 15:08 - Sep 7 with 2946 views | Belfast |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 22:16 - Sep 6 by canhecatchit |
If I remember rightly, the company building the East Stand went bust because the Swans never paid for it . |
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The company went bust whilst building it ? |  |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 18:29 - Sep 7 with 2869 views | somersetsimon |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 22:16 - Sep 6 by canhecatchit |
If I remember rightly, the company building the East Stand went bust because the Swans never paid for it . |
I remember my dad buying some of those £100 bonds for each of us (mum, dad & myself had vice-president season tickets through the late 70s and 80s). Even though they might have been sold as repayable, the club soon ran out of money and he decided that the club needed the money more than he did! When he died in 94, I found the bonds still in his desk drawer. |  | | |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 20:35 - Sep 7 with 2808 views | jandyt |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 18:29 - Sep 7 by somersetsimon |
I remember my dad buying some of those £100 bonds for each of us (mum, dad & myself had vice-president season tickets through the late 70s and 80s). Even though they might have been sold as repayable, the club soon ran out of money and he decided that the club needed the money more than he did! When he died in 94, I found the bonds still in his desk drawer. |
Same happened with us as well | |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 21:10 - Sep 7 with 2776 views | Jackfath |
They must be worth tens of thousands now, cash in! |  |
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| A Vetch to be Proud of on 21:44 - Sep 7 with 2744 views | GeoffThom |
| A Vetch to be Proud of on 22:16 - Sep 6 by canhecatchit |
If I remember rightly, the company building the East Stand went bust because the Swans never paid for it . |
East stand built by Rees+Kirkby very big employer and company in its day did go bust but not because of building east stand , gwillym Joseph was chairman and I think still a director of the swans |  | | |
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