I’ll be honest I don’t think I did. I had a list but I did get a bit side tracked.

However from what I know, they will have to put some kind of facility in place. The law demands disabled facilities for a start.

JM was going to show me the full plans but we ran out of time. These apparently have detail on that those on the portal don’t. This is because they are replacing an existing structure and don’t require permission.

I’d assume a toilet block for the north-east corner was on them. But in all honesty I didn’t see them.

I’ll contact JM and ask as soon as possible.

You are the only person to say that, everyone else, myself included seem to think the opposite. Oh well.

If you look at Chris Kamara’s video and follow the roof line round you’ll see that the East stand is considerably higher than the North stand roof.

Double post

Too busy looking at the steelwork I never noticed the “Lawnmower man” cutting the grass, amazing how well it’s growing if it needs cutting this time of year.either that or Banksy been at the ground with a can of black spray paint

Regarding the grass. I'm finding that the section of the old pitch I took is growing 3 or 4 times faster than the rest of the lawn I planted it in. Weird.

Mines growing really well too. I wonder why.

Mine is the same.

Noticed when I dug it up the soil was very sandy.

May be a case that putting it in a better soil environment has seen it thrive.

The toilets aren't open yet though so if you’re desperate you’ll have to hold it for a while

Been past this morning in the car the steel erectors were on site, the middle section is looking good and stands much further back into the carpark than the section adjacent to the North Stand, its starting to really take shape.

Gates behind the Benidorm flats were open, as was one of the turnstiles, so had a peak.

And another.

I think the dog was excited about all that grass too

Looking good

From looking at the steel work, the actual gradient dosnt look as steep as other grounds . It may be that could be the reason why some have said the stand dosnt look as high as expected.looking at the Wigan ground it seems much steeper as an example.

Wigan is incredibly steep, the new stands rake looks fine to me.

Not suggesting it isnt. Just offering an explanation why others dont think the stand is that high, thats all.

Thanks for all the pics guys… brings a tear to an old trinity fan in far flung lands

Get a flight booked pal, you can kip at mine.

Thinking of a future West Stand development and the positives we could use to persuade the residents who live behind to allow a new stand to be built.

Surely if a new stand went up it would look significantly better than what they look out upon at the moment. Secondly it would clear up the alley way that is such a mess right now and there could be security lighting and cctv which would make it safer. Finally there’s the mitigation of sound from the games, crowd noise, music, Announcements and even the diffusion of light from the floodlights.

Food for thought going forward if we think we’ll face objections from the residents

Quote ="vastman"You are the only person to say that, everyone else, myself included seem to think the opposite. Oh well.'" Regarding the West Terrace, obviously we're not going to get anywhere near what we have on the East. But in reality all we need is decent terracing at pitch level and a roof. How feasible would it be to have something similar to the South Stand at Dewsbury? https://images.app.goo.gl/SWdxp19AraUGk1cG9 I don't mean exactly the same, something hopefully a bit better with no restricted views, quite basic but better than what we have?

Quote ="vastman"You are the only person to say that, everyone else, myself included seem to think the opposite. Oh well.'" Regarding the West Terrace, obviously we're not going to get anywhere near what we have on the East. But in reality all we need is decent terracing at pitch level and a roof. How feasible would it be to have something similar to the South Stand at Dewsbury? https://images.app.goo.gl/SWdxp19AraUGk1cG9 I don't mean exactly the same, something hopefully a bit better with no restricted views, quite basic but better than what we have?

Yes the middle section that extends further back is to accommodate the extra rooms such as conference rooms classrooms offices, reception area on the ground floor. The upper floor the extended area is for the hospitality section, staircases and lifts. We’ll see the shape better hopefully, when we get new drone photos in say a week’s time

Quote ="imwakefieldtillidie"Regarding the West Terrace, obviously we're not going to get anywhere near what we have on the East. But in reality all we need is decent terracing at pitch level and a roof. How feasible would it be to have something similar to the South Stand at Dewsbury? https://images.app.goo.gl/SWdxp19AraUGk1cG9 I don't mean exactly the same, something hopefully a bit better with no restricted views, quite basic but better than what we have?'" Agreed. Even something like one of those what Vasty mentioned a couple of years ago, and I think he pul the link up on here. They did a lot of stands for lower and non league football. Weren't they called Stadium Solutions or something. As for approval, there was a stand there before that stood for how how many years.

Quote ="imwakefieldtillidie"Regarding the West Terrace, obviously we're not going to get anywhere near what we have on the East. But in reality all we need is decent terracing at pitch level and a roof. How feasible would it be to have something similar to the South Stand at Dewsbury? https://images.app.goo.gl/SWdxp19AraUGk1cG9 I don't mean exactly the same, something hopefully a bit better with no restricted views, quite basic but better than what we have?'" Agreed. Even something like one of those what Vasty mentioned a couple of years ago, and I think he pul the link up on here. They did a lot of stands for lower and non league football. Weren't they called Stadium Solutions or something. As for approval, there was a stand there before that stood for how how many years.

A tent on the pitch to watch the stand grow would be enough…. But have you seen the cost of flights these days????!

Start walikng....
Youll be here in time for it opening......

We don’t need to pursued the residents behind. So long as the new stand was no higher than the old West stand there is a precedent set.

Also I know that the club put in planning in 2000 for a West stand replacement and that was passed provisionally.

However the simplest way around it is to build a terrace up to the height of the existing wall. Then put in a temporary roof requiring no planning permission. If you want to know roughly what that will look like see then existing west terrace roof, as that is a temp structure. It will look like that but will be exactly 8 feet taller, and yes that’s an exact figure.



But to answer everyone’s point, it’s still way more money than we have.

Actually no it’s not, we could afford to do it next close season but you can forget about keeping Murphy or signing top players.

It’s a very simple equation. The new East stand will give us full facilities at last. The ground will hold roughly 8000. At present we don’t get close to that in attendances. We won’t get close to that no matter how great the west terrace is without a good team playing good rugby.

So spend on players or carry on upgrading the stadium. Sadly we can’t do both on the short term. So I’m for players from now on, and that’s hard for me as I’m a stadium fanatic and would love nothing more.

One point of note. The west terrace is only an issue if it’s full, which it rarely is. It’s only the bottom few steps that offer unacceptable viewing. The terracing itself is in decent shape, unlike the North terrace there is no safety issue. It’s simply not a pressing issue until we really start to test the capacity more often.

Plans are in place, both simple and more elaborate but they are on hold unless we snag another 500k to upwards of 2 million depending on the plan used.

Hope that helps.

Let's be fair - anything done to the West terrace will improve it!
It was an absolute eyesore last season and will look even worse when the new stand takes shape.
I wander what the cost would be? (just in case I win the lottery!)