vikingTON Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/3/2019 at 11:12, Falcor Roar said: I notice that the Reebok/Macron Stadium is miles outside Bolton - nearly in Wigan infact. At least this stadium won't be closer to a town with their own team. The Reebok has a train station right next to it though and so is only ten minutes from the town centre. It'll probably be the 22nd Century by the time such innovative forms of transport catch on in Aberdeenshire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTheDuck Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 58 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: They do but it's important not to confuse correlation with causality The Reebok and Pride Park both opened in 1997 when the game all over England was fast emerging from the doldrums. Euro '96 was still fresh in the memory, Baddiel and Skinner were still funny, Alan Shearer had hair. By the end of the '90s almost everybody's attendances were higher than they had been in 1990 whether they'd moved to an out of town new build or redeveloped their existing site. Spot on The 1990 average in the English top league was just over 20,000 - 10 years later it was over 30,000 and it was The Baseball Ground, the County Ground is the cricket ground in Derby isn't it? Wasn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTheDuck Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The protesters aren't taking their protest any further. Run oot o' siller I imagine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47652424 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Quote The group said the decision was taken with "considerable regret". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, virginton said: The Reebok has a train station right next to it though and so is only ten minutes from the town centre. It'll probably be the 22nd Century by the time such innovative forms of transport catch on in Aberdeenshire. It's also in the outlying town of Horwich Which may not be a great metropolis but it is bigger than Peterhead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTheDuck Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Ken Fitlike said: Shepherd’s Rest, Holiday Inn, Key West, Broadstraik Inn, Four Mile House. I’m not sure how any of them would adapt to the 2 hour match day spike The Shepherd's Rest is a Harvester/Beefeater "family" restaurant, not a pub & Broadstraik Inn is another "family" restaurant and so is the Four Mile The Holiday Inn public bar might hold a hundred, Key West a couple of hundred max They're all OK but they are not and never will be fitba pubs. There's no Pittodrie Bar/Scotia/Red Lion/Bobbin type pubs. The only hope is that these pubs will run coaches (hopefilly with integrated pishers on board) out to the boondocks on match days, like The Spiders Web in Dyce, for example, used to do so to Pittodrie - don't know if they still do... That Christmas temp 'bier kellar' place they put up outside Union Square would work at Kingsford? On their fan zone bitty? No? Probably not, Plod's head would explode.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshaft Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, COYR said: Which 5 'pubs' are these? Westhill Inn; Broadstraik; Shepherds Rest; 4 Mile & Key West edit: plus Village Hotel Edited March 21, 2019 by fatshaft 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Spiders Web will still run a bus As will the Masada Pittodrie Bar will also Obviously you’ve got a stadium bar to consider as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Spiders Web will still run a bus As will the Masada Pittodrie Bar will also Obviously you’ve got a stadium bar to consider as well Presumably one of you could inaugurate the P&B Dons bus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Presumably one of you could inaugurate the P&B Dons bus @jamamafegan will organise that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Assume this won't get built now that McKenna won't be fetching 10 million. Ah well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 10 hours ago, EdTheDuck said: The Shepherd's Rest is a Harvester/Beefeater "family" restaurant, not a pub & Broadstraik Inn is another "family" restaurant and so is the Four Mile The Holiday Inn public bar might hold a hundred, Key West a couple of hundred max They're all OK but they are not and never will be fitba pubs. There's no Pittodrie Bar/Scotia/Red Lion/Bobbin type pubs. The only hope is that these pubs will run coaches (hopefilly with integrated pishers on board) out to the boondocks on match days, like The Spiders Web in Dyce, for example, used to do so to Pittodrie - don't know if they still do... The Bobbin is a fucking woeful ‘pub’ and the Broadstraik is far better than it. Agree with the rest though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 6 hours ago, resk said: Assume this won't get built now that McKenna won't be fetching 10 million. Ah well. He might help out with the labouring though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 20 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Spiders Web will still run a bus As will the Masada Pittodrie Bar will also Obviously you’ve got a stadium bar to consider as well The stadium bar will most likely be an overcrowded shite hole that sells pints of Carling in plastic glasses for £5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 33 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: The stadium bar will most likely be an overcrowded shite hole that sells pints of Carling in plastic glasses for £5 Based on absolutely nothing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Based on absolutely nothing That's what stadium bars do. I don't imagine wiggy and sodhexo (if it is still them) will be selling real ales and a wide range of single malts at a knock down price. Wiggy will auction the rights and the catering arm of a hedge fund will minimise costs and maximise income. But it will fund the Dons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 13 hours ago, coprolite said: That's what stadium bars do. I don't imagine wiggy and sodhexo (if it is still them) will be selling real ales and a wide range of single malts at a knock down price. Wiggy will auction the rights and the catering arm of a hedge fund will minimise costs and maximise income. But it will fund the Dons. ^ never been to a stadium bar. Muirton Suite sells a range if drinks cheaper than pubs and provides stovies. Braw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 40 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: ^ never been to a stadium bar. Muirton Suite sells a range if drinks cheaper than pubs and provides stovies. Braw. Alright Roy, let's not spill the secrets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 ..and it only takes you an hour to buy a round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 5 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: ^ never been to a stadium bar. Muirton Suite sells a range if drinks cheaper than pubs and provides stovies. Braw. Sounds good. I would like to think that afc would prioritise matchday experience over the quick buck. They might, but I don't have high hopes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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