the new ground will be a bland copy of other projects..
Sabes wrote:As this is a discussion board... i am just offering my opinion about the whole moving ground saga and how i feel that it has and will have a negative impact on the town. I wasn't aware that the club could sell ground bequived to the town, not to the club but to the town. it sums up every that is wrong with morecambe town, and the people that run it.
why move to make more money? we can't successfully manage the budget we have at the moment as the recent transfer embargo as shown.
if we do move, the ground should go back to playing feilds as stated when it was left to the club. that is my biggest dissapointment. a promise now means nothing. except making space for another supermarket in a town that doesn't need it. if the town is desperate for jobs and a community spirit keep the dome open spend money on the winter gardens. build real facilities for the children of the town.
Christie park is a great reflection of the history of the club each part of it built to mark a triumph, each blade of grass, looked after so that the pitch is a brilliant surface to play football. the new ground will be a bland copy of other projects.. we announced it before we kicked a ball in the league and it has overshadowed every day of our life in league 2. we don't even look like a team good enough for the league at the moment....
maybe we can't as a club live in the past but we shouldn't forget how it started and the basis for christie park.
that is my view i am aware that it is the minority.. but i feel strong enough to voice it because i love morecambe football club and all its history.
Sabes wrote:I wasn't aware that the club could sell ground bequived to the town, not to the club but to the town. it sums up every that is wrong with morecambe town, and the people that run it.
Gnasher wrote:The deal could only be done with the consent of the trustees of the JB Christie legacy. Each one of them took their own independent legal advice and every one of them agreed with the proposal. The Trust also transfers to the new ground, so really nothing changes.
I thought the deal looked at years ago, when they were trying to move and re-develop CP as a trading estate, fell through because the deeds did identify a specific piece of land and it couldn't be moved? The deeds do include a map of the land.
Just asking questions, I'm in favour of the deal.
Posh wrote:Gnasher wrote:The deal could only be done with the consent of the trustees of the JB Christie legacy. Each one of them took their own independent legal advice and every one of them agreed with the proposal. The Trust also transfers to the new ground, so really nothing changes.
I thought the deal looked at years ago, when they were trying to move and re-develop CP as a trading estate, fell through because the deeds did identify a specific piece of land and it couldn't be moved? The deeds do include a map of the land.
Just asking questions, I'm in favour of the deal.
As I understand it the purpose of the legacy was to secure the future of Morecambe Football Club not the land on which it played. Effectively this deal moves that legacy to the new ground. So in the unlikely event that MFC folds then the ground and land at Westgate will revert to a play area for the town. Thankfully any prospect of that happening have disappeared as a result of this deal.
The original would never gone through not just because of the issues surrounding it but because the thought, care and due diligence necessary would not have been done, as it has so well in this case.
Christie Park itself raises revenue on about 30 times a year. The rest of the time, it doesn't bring money in.
glagys wrote:and perhaps it might become a decent place to go and have a good night out with a comedy showband/group and decent sponsership from a brewery, it really is a chance for morecambe to be put on the map and capitalise on the lack of venues in the town
rant over LOL
Gnasher wrote:As the North Stand shouts What do you think of it so far Ned? He replies ......
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I thought the deal looked at years ago, when they were trying to move and re-develop CP as a trading estate, fell through because the deeds did identify a specific piece of land and it couldn't be moved? The deeds do include a map of the land.
Just asking questions, I'm in favour of the deal.
shrimper wrote:You only have to look at those old reports (which we repeated when the club announced the new stadium plans) to see just how passionately he felt for the club.
Keith wrote:shrimper wrote:You only have to look at those old reports (which we repeated when the club announced the new stadium plans) to see just how passionately he felt for the club.
Glen, how/where can the public view these? Are they available at the museum or are they in your own archive? Is there any chance of them being made available on line? Also, wouldn't they make a fantastic feature for the Visitor over the next couple of weeks? "What Would JB Think?" A great chance to tie nostalgia and history with the biggest story in the town for a long while! (Remember to send me a copy for the idea )
Mark S wrote:What a great idea!
Mark S wrote:Oh! wait! They did it back when the initial announcement was made
You really should get a subscription you know
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