WSDR 88 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Hi BoD fans, can you kindly confirm what the Spain Park capacity is; 876 or 2,300? Conflicting numbers on the Web… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 It is absolutely not 2.3k. There's a tiny stand and 2 tiny enclosures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie36 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, WSDR 88 said: Hi BoD fans, can you kindly confirm what the Spain Park capacity is; 876 or 2,300? Conflicting numbers on the Web… As I said in the Rovers page, it’s quite nice but very small. I would be astonished if you could fit more than 500-600 in. The stand holds around 100, then there’s just a narrow gap along the rest of the main stand side where maybe 75-100 could stand in total. I would guess you could perhaps squeeze 150 Max into each of the two covered standing areas and another 50 on that side. Aside from that, I can’t really see where you can stand. There’s nothing behind either goal, one end is literally 5 yards to a high fence then a steep embankment down to the River Dee. I suppose a few could maybe watch from behind the fence at the other end but no more than a couple of dozen. You’ve also got to factor in guests and officials from both sides so that leaves even fewer paying customers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Ideally it'll get moved to Cove. There should be a relatively decent interest with it being the Scottish Cup. I think the last time we had a non league side in the Scottish Cup away from home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 hours ago, WSDR 88 said: Hi BoD fans, can you kindly confirm what the Spain Park capacity is; 876 or 2,300? Conflicting numbers on the Web… Where are you seeing 2,300? This groundhopper's blog shows the 876 capacity: https://laurencereade.com/2021/08/26/the-bonny-banks/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser_soze Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: Ideally it'll get moved to Cove. There should be a relatively decent interest with it being the Scottish Cup. I think the last time we had a non league side in the Scottish Cup away from home. 2014/5 Linlithgow Rose A 2012/3 Deveronvale H 2007/8 Threave Rovers A Before that I reckon your going back 30 odd years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2014/5 Linlithgow Rose A 2012/3 Deveronvale H 2007/8 Threave Rovers A Before that I reckon your going back 30 odd yearsForgot about the game against Linlithgow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDR 88 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Ideally it'll get moved to Cove. There should be a relatively decent interest with it being the Scottish Cup. I think the last time we had a non league side in the Scottish Cup away from home. Anywhere except Cove [emoji23] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSDR 88 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Where are you seeing 2,300? This groundhopper's blog shows the 876 capacity: https://laurencereade.com/2021/08/26/the-bonny-banks/ Was on the transfer market page I think it was.Cheers for the confirmation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie36 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Ginaro said: Where are you seeing 2,300? This groundhopper's blog shows the 876 capacity: https://laurencereade.com/2021/08/26/the-bonny-banks/ I was pretty much spot in with my estimations but there is absolutely no way almost 300 fans could fit/watch/get any kind of decent view from behind that goal. That area is essentially a continuation of the playing surface, flat astroturf with a building taking up a third of the space, there is a raised, sloped walkway at the rear of it but I don’t know if that would be considered as an area you can spectate from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith_Raver Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Occaisionally teams expecting a much bigger crowd than their normal capacity have erected temporary stands. Is that possible at Spain Park? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Raith_Raver said: Occaisionally teams expecting a much bigger crowd than their normal capacity have erected temporary stands. Is that possible at Spain Park? Don't think so, the boundaries are incredibly tight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I’m not completely convinced that we’d break the Spain Park capacity if shifting the game to Cove. From a financial point of view I suspect Banks O Dee may well be better off not handing rent over to Cove and disappointing a couple of hundred Rovers fans. Not generally a fan of teams shifting matches. Would be a scramble for tickets but I hope we play it at their ground. This could all be moot of course if the BBC decide to ruin our fun and televise it on a Monday night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Isn't there a fence right behind each goal? So all fans will need to be at the sides. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Aye I reckon with 900 odd it will go ahead there. Thought it was 600 initially. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith_Raver Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I would expect BOD to want the game played at their own pitch. I had an online peek at the Aberdeen junior grounds but theyre more basic than BOD's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Enough of this "move it to Cove" malarkey. If their capacity is 876 they sell upto 876 tickets. You'll hardly find ticketless Lang Touners rioting outside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIT THE CHANNEL Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Aye, I’m one that is only interested if it’s a new ground for me. Been to Cove and it is brutal for watching a game. The other 4 in my group are the same. So it may be that the fans that would turn up for the game at Spain park will not necessarily all transfer over to a game at Cove. Big gamble then to move it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 BOD may well come to some arrangement with Raith TV to live stream the game , as I presume they dont have that facility ??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steakngravy Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Is the 2300 capacity not Cove Rangers ground so if it is somebodies getting confused. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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