| Places for a new ground 09:52 - Feb 26 with 3450 views | dannyblue |
I was just musing that there would be sufficient space for a new ground at the Willesden Sports Centre.
In the middle of Willesden Green, Willesden Junction, Kensal Rise, and Kensal Green for dissipating crowds and transport links.
Close to our origin story.
I haven't heard this mentioned before so thought I'd add it here.
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| Places for a new ground on 10:00 - Feb 26 with 2400 views | GaryHaddock |
Not big enough, unless you mean the park which they'll never build on.
Used to play football here as a nipper. They had a scheme where ex prisoners held coaching sessions.
Will never forget this gold toothed geezer who used to scare the shit out of me. |  | | |
| Places for a new ground on 10:01 - Feb 26 with 2387 views | TheChef |
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| Places for a new ground on 10:02 - Feb 26 with 2390 views | connell10 |
| Places for a new ground on 10:00 - Feb 26 by GaryHaddock |
Not big enough, unless you mean the park which they'll never build on.
Used to play football here as a nipper. They had a scheme where ex prisoners held coaching sessions.
Will never forget this gold toothed geezer who used to scare the shit out of me. |
That was Stainrods Elbow he ain't changed mate  |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 10:04 - Feb 26 with 2378 views | W7Ranger |
dannyblue mussed, and then replied...
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| Places for a new ground on 10:06 - Feb 26 with 2359 views | CamberleyR |
Are you just talking about the athletics stadium or the whole site? Are Brent council looking to offload it then? |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 10:16 - Feb 26 with 2307 views | Juzzie |
Yay! A new 'new stadium' thread! Haven't had one of those for a few weeks. |  | | |
| Places for a new ground on 10:24 - Feb 26 with 2251 views | dannyblue |
Just measured it out. You're right. Not any bigger than Loftus Road.
Beating a hasty retreat. My eyeball assessment is evidently rubbish. | | | |
| Places for a new ground on 11:09 - Feb 26 with 2052 views | BAWHoops |
I think give up on the new ground pipe dream.
Would rather they worked out something at Loftus Road.
Still convinced the way forward is a smaller ground with larger corporate areas.
Turn 3/4 of the Upper Bhatia stand into a corporate area (reduce the capacity) Make the whole Lower Loft Safe Standing. Make Lower School Safe Standing |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 11:13 - Feb 26 with 2024 views | KensalT |
Never going to happen at WSC.
It's a residential area that has been gentrified beyond recognition.
And there's not many pubs around there. |  | | |
| Places for a new ground on 11:35 - Feb 26 with 1924 views | connell10 |
| Places for a new ground on 11:09 - Feb 26 by BAWHoops |
I think give up on the new ground pipe dream.
Would rather they worked out something at Loftus Road.
Still convinced the way forward is a smaller ground with larger corporate areas.
Turn 3/4 of the Upper Bhatia stand into a corporate area (reduce the capacity) Make the whole Lower Loft Safe Standing. Make Lower School Safe Standing |
Then we dig down......mole man style !! | |
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| Places for a new ground on 11:40 - Feb 26 with 1893 views | kensalriser |
No new ground is going to get planning permission in a largely residential area or on existing green space. That's why all new stadiums are on existing sites, ex-industrial sites or out of town. |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 11:59 - Feb 26 with 1823 views | bosh67 |
| Places for a new ground on 11:40 - Feb 26 by kensalriser |
No new ground is going to get planning permission in a largely residential area or on existing green space. That's why all new stadiums are on existing sites, ex-industrial sites or out of town. |
Yes I think the idea of redesigning LR to possibly accommodate say 20,000 is perhaps the best we will do for the next few decades without leaving the area.
I worked in New Zealand and there is plenty of room there but the rail links from west London are shite. |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 12:24 - Feb 26 with 1719 views | E15Hoop |
| Places for a new ground on 11:59 - Feb 26 by bosh67 |
Yes I think the idea of redesigning LR to possibly accommodate say 20,000 is perhaps the best we will do for the next few decades without leaving the area.
I worked in New Zealand and there is plenty of room there but the rail links from west London are shite. |
The commute time of several days probably won't help much either, Bosh.
I'd discounted Canada for the same reason. Even northern Sweden is probably a bit too far for most people to manage for a 7.45pm mid-week kick-off. | | | |
| Places for a new ground on 13:07 - Feb 26 with 1559 views | Juzzie |
| Places for a new ground on 11:59 - Feb 26 by bosh67 |
Yes I think the idea of redesigning LR to possibly accommodate say 20,000 is perhaps the best we will do for the next few decades without leaving the area.
I worked in New Zealand and there is plenty of room there but the rail links from west London are shite. |
It won't be 20k, more like 15/16k. The footprint is just not big enough to meet all the modern day requirements of a new stadium, or revamp of the existing stadium, to be able to hit 20k.
All: please use the search facility, this topic has been done to death and every avenue explored, questioned, answered etc. including digging down, buying the school, buying all the Ellerslie Road houses (yeah, dead easy that), building over South Africa Road and so on.
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| Places for a new ground on 13:08 - Feb 26 with 1561 views | willesdenr |
My Grandad used to take me to see Willesden FC at the stadium (mid 50s). Seem to recall there was talk years ago (60s?) about moving there but, if memory serves, it was dropped as there were no proper transport links. Probably many other reasons too. In any case King Eddies has been completely remodelled since then. | | | |
| Places for a new ground on 13:16 - Feb 26 with 1501 views | hantssi |
Used to play the schools Brent Cup Final there back in the day, won it there in 78 & 79! | | | |
| Places for a new ground on 14:27 - Feb 26 with 1224 views | bosh67 |
| Places for a new ground on 13:07 - Feb 26 by Juzzie |
It won't be 20k, more like 15/16k. The footprint is just not big enough to meet all the modern day requirements of a new stadium, or revamp of the existing stadium, to be able to hit 20k.
All: please use the search facility, this topic has been done to death and every avenue explored, questioned, answered etc. including digging down, buying the school, buying all the Ellerslie Road houses (yeah, dead easy that), building over South Africa Road and so on.
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No no I think we need at least another 50 pages on this subject here as well. :) | |
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| Places for a new ground on 14:28 - Feb 26 with 1213 views | Juzzie |
| Places for a new ground on 14:27 - Feb 26 by bosh67 |
No no I think we need at least another 50 pages on this subject here as well. :) |
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| Places for a new ground on 14:29 - Feb 26 with 1200 views | QPRConor2000 |
Councils will almost certainly refuse planning permission for things like what your proposing.
Its difficult to see us moving at least in the short term tbh. The only way we do find somewhere to build a new stadium is if we move outside the borough and thats something the fanbase will find difficult to accept. [Post edited 26 Feb 14:34]
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| Places for a new ground on 14:30 - Feb 26 with 1197 views | dmm |
King Edward's was my local park back in the day. My school used the old stadium for it's sports day in which I took part in the 440 yards race. Non of your 400 metres nonsense. |  | | |
| Places for a new ground on 14:39 - Feb 26 with 1150 views | dmm |
Duplicate post [Post edited 26 Feb 14:44]
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| Places for a new ground on 14:45 - Feb 26 with 1109 views | QPRConor2000 |
| Places for a new ground on 11:09 - Feb 26 by BAWHoops |
I think give up on the new ground pipe dream.
Would rather they worked out something at Loftus Road.
Still convinced the way forward is a smaller ground with larger corporate areas.
Turn 3/4 of the Upper Bhatia stand into a corporate area (reduce the capacity) Make the whole Lower Loft Safe Standing. Make Lower School Safe Standing |
I think thats probably where were heading down. [Post edited 26 Feb 15:25]
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| Places for a new ground on 14:50 - Feb 26 with 1065 views | Juzzie |
| Places for a new ground on 14:45 - Feb 26 by QPRConor2000 |
I think thats probably where were heading down. [Post edited 26 Feb 15:25]
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What larger footprint???
With respect, you have had this conversation so many times on other threads, why keep bringing it up again and again?
(and yes, I'm grumpy today 'cos some dimwit Gen Z at work expected me, in front of an audience, to do their job for them so I had to 'remind' them that it is their role to do what was being asked) [Post edited 26 Feb 14:54]
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| Places for a new ground on 14:52 - Feb 26 with 1046 views | hubble |
There is a fairly realistic site and that's the Old Oak Common redevelopment area. The new station, part of HS2, will offer (allegedly) fantastic transport links. It's a brownfield site and I think if our owners were serious about a new stadium, this would be the place to look. |  |
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| Places for a new ground on 15:13 - Feb 26 with 865 views | QPRConor2000 |
| Places for a new ground on 14:50 - Feb 26 by Juzzie |
What larger footprint???
With respect, you have had this conversation so many times on other threads, why keep bringing it up again and again?
(and yes, I'm grumpy today 'cos some dimwit Gen Z at work expected me, in front of an audience, to do their job for them so I had to 'remind' them that it is their role to do what was being asked) [Post edited 26 Feb 14:54]
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I bring it up because I believe it's important and worth considering. I understand that you may not see it in the same way, and that's completely fine.
I'll leave it at that. | | | |
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