Another team who has somehow found space to build a new ground in London (40 Viewers)

[fernandopartridge]

Well done AFC Wimbledon!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/10/afc-wimbledon-new-stadium-plough-lane

What with Brentford also building a new ground, you do wonder how thoroughly Wasps searched....

 

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[stupot07]

Remarkable


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[Otis]

Yep , but there's so much more free space in London isn't there.

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[Grendel]

What a surprise. Still better to mug a children's charity and get a distressed cheap business.

Classic hedge fund behaviour.

 

[Nick]

Maybe sisu could have a look down there?

Fair play to Wimbledon though!

 

[Monners]

As a point of trivia; the first ever goal for AFC Wimbledon was scored by Glenn Mulcaire, the News of the World/Sun phone hacker.

 

[Captain Dart]

Yep , but there's so much more free space in London isn't there.

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I was just looking at google maps for plough lane and there is a lot of open space round the existing greyhound stadium, mostly cemeterys!

 

[fernandopartridge]

As a point of trivia; the first ever goal for AFC Wimbledon was scored by Glenn Mulcaire, the News of the World/Sun phone hacker.

Great work, I bet he slipped in under the radar so to speak.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Maybe sisu could have a look down there?

Fair play to Wimbledon though!

SISU can look there and proclaim that they want CCFC to be the biggest club in Europe, that'll win the naysayers round.

 

[italiahorse]

The Ricoh must be a goldmine for Wasps to choose Coventry over London.
Did Sisu miss something ?

 

[Otis]

The Ricoh must be a goldmine for Wasps to choose Coventry over London.
Did Sisu miss something ?

Yep, rent payments.

 

[skybluetony176]

It's a shame for oval motorsport. Plough lane stadium has been a great place to watch motorsport over the decade's and currently the only motorsport venue in London. I went for the first time in 1989 and always enjoyed watching racing in a fully enclosed stadium. Still, it won't take long to knock the old stadium down, it's already falling down and only a third of the stadium is open for spectating.

Still, fair play to AFC. Pretty much next door to their old Plough lane stadium so they'll definitely be returning home.

 

[chiefdave]

Well done AFC Wimbledon!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/10/afc-wimbledon-new-stadium-plough-lane

What with Brentford also building a new ground, you do wonder how thoroughly Wasps searched....

Can't possibly be true. Everyone knows its impossible to build a new stadium in London.

 

[chiefdave]

Interestingly this new ground for AFC Wimbledon is only 6.5 miles from Wasps traditional Sudbury home. Doesn't seem like Wasps look too hard to find a London ground.

Just realised that its less than 3 miles from their old ground to Wembley. Saracens now play some of their games at Wembley (they also play some at Twickenham), don't see why Wasps couldn't have done the same.

 

[Otis]

Interestingly this new ground for AFC Wimbledon is only 6.5 miles from Wasps traditional Sudbury home. Doesn't seem like Wasps look too hard to find a London ground.

Just realised that its less than 3 miles from their old ground to Wembley. Saracens now play some of their games at Wembley (they also play some at Twickenham), don't see why Wasps couldn't have done the same.

Could Wasps not share the ground with Wimbledon?

 

[chiefdave]

Could Wasps not share the ground with Wimbledon?

Don't see why not, there's several top level rugby sides who share with football clubs without having issues. Plus by reamining in London they get the benefit of Twickenham and Wembley games.

I think we can put to bed the idea that Wasps put any serious effort into staying in London.

 

[chiefdave]

Could Wasps not share the ground with Wimbledon?

Or this one, brentfordcommunitystadium.com, less than 1.5 miles from their traditional home.

They should have employed me as a consultant as that's taken about 5 mins on google yet we're supposed to believe they couldn't find anywhere after spending years looking.

 

[mechaishida]

All these viable stadiums in the proximity of Wasps' original home turf just shows what a bunch of loathsome vultures they are; business is business I suppose, but their complete disregard for CCFC is sickening.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

They would have no interest in the ground in Wimbeldon as it is to big for them, if they did move back home how many of their new found fans would travel to watch them?

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Well done AFC Wimbledon!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/10/afc-wimbledon-new-stadium-plough-lane

What with Brentford also building a new ground, you do wonder how thoroughly Wasps searched....

Yea but Wasps had no choice remember.

 

[stupot07]

Yea but Wasps had no choice remember.

To be fair they would have gone out of existence....


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[cloughie]

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

What a surprise. Still better to mug a children's charity and get a distressed cheap business.

Classic hedge fund behaviour.

Oh if only Sisu had have thought of that

 

[Grendel]

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

Oh if only Sisu had have thought of that

This place would have gone into meltdown. The children! The children!

Oddly when wasps partake in such behaviour it's fine and dandy.

 

[Sick Boy]

The silence of the idiotic duo is interesting.

 

[Grendel]

The silence of the idiotic duo is interesting.

I think the duo has doubled in the last 24 hours.

 

[henry the wasp]

Happy for Afc Wimbledon. Feel very sorry for kingstonian who will be thrown out of the ground by Chelsea.

 

[italiahorse]

What a surprise. Still better to mug a children's charity and get a distressed cheap business.

Classic hedge fund behaviour.

Distressed by an amateur hedge fund and nicked by a professional hedge fund.
We could have had it all for less than the cost of a 12,000 seater stadium.
Time to go Tim.

 

[Otis]

Yea but Wasps had no choice remember.

Errr ... Wasps SAID they had no choice.

 

[italiahorse]

Errr ... Wasps SAID they had no choice.

We will need to wait a few more years to see whether the £2M a year losses pre Ricoh, near miss on administration in 2012 and associated close call on relegation in the same year is better than their current position. :thinking about:

 

[stupot07]

We will need to wait a few more years to see whether the £2M a year losses pre Ricoh, near miss on administration in 2012 and associated close call on relegation in the same year is better than their current position. :thinking about:

......now they are £42m in debt.


And isn't this thread more about the fact wasps lied about there being no land in London to built a ground?

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[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Errr ... Wasps SAID they had no choice.

My reply was sarcastic as that line was the default response on here by people lapping up and defending the Wasps move.

 

[torchomatic]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e-to-send-themselves-to-coventry-9789348.html

Errr ... Wasps SAID they had no choice.

 

[hutch1972]

At the time of the sale, Brian Moore who has a show on talksport told everyone that Saracens rfc had located 3 pieces of land to build on before making a decision to use the one Which they currently play on.
His question was " why didn't Wasps just ask where the other 2 were "

 

[Nick]

The telegraph could have looked into it couldn't they? Send some fois out to prove them wrong?

 

[stupot07]

I think it's clear wasps didn't have the money to build a ground. Much cheaper to buy a distressed arena, move 90 miles and then slap a load of debt on it.


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