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Ticket prices are out Donny & not too bad I think, about normal for this league. Boxing day matches at home generally are larger crowds for us.
https://www.wiganathletic.com/news/2017/november/ticket-news-shrewsbury-town-home-on-sale/
When you see grounds like that with steep stands that have no width to them it just shows how pathetic Wigan Council were standing in the way of developing Springfield Park. With the land there was at Springfield there could have been a bigger Stadium than The New York with increased car parking and entrances and exits on four sides.
Nah, we had to move. There was a severe lack of access at Springfield. No way could we have had Premier League crowds there. Access and parking problems galore.[/quote]
But no less access etc than at Anfield, Goodison, Ewood, Deepdale, Turf Moor, Gigg Lane, Spotland, Boundary Park, Gresty Road,Bloomfield,Prenton,Oakwell, St James Park and more. But agree where we are is much better than what we could have ever wished for.[/quote]Well, er, yeah, Springfield had FAR less access than those grounds. St Andrews drive and behind the Shevvy end were ko access, town end was limited too. All access was at main stand side.
We could never have progressed at that ground. Council restricted that last game against City to about 7000 or so.
Hold on a minute. Anfield has 50k crowds on and Goodison has 34k crowds. Its a bit different. None of those grounds are penned in anything like Springfield was.
I understand what you mean but we had so much land at Springfield and with some help rather than hindrance from the council (The Devil Incarnate) access and further parking could have been made on four sides quite easily. We could have fit The New York Stadium in there no problem with plenty more car parking spaces available behind the Shevvy and Town ends.
Not much point in talking about it now though as we moved to and contributed to the development of New Springfield with the sale of Springy and the grants we received from the football trust.I understand what you mean but we had so much land at Springfield and with some help rather than hindrance from the council (The Devil Incarnate) access and further parking could have been made on four sides quite easily. We could have fit The New York Stadium in there no problem with plenty more car parking spaces available behind the Shevvy and Town ends.
Not much point in talking about it now though as we moved to and contributed to the development of New Springfield with the sale of Springy and the grants we received from the football trust.I don’t understand your gripe with the council don, they always wanted it to go to Robin Park and the ground was given planning permission and built in pretty quick time. Pompey and Brighton spent donkeys years wrangling with their councils over sites and Wimbledon ended up being franchised away from their manor because a location couldn’t be sorted. I thought that between Wigan MBC and Mr Whelan they made our move away from dear Springy a cake walk.
with the sale of Springy and the grants we received from the football trust.I was up visiting last week and took my dog for a walk on the field behind the ex ground. I was very surprised to see the old concrete fence from the Shevvy end was still up in parts.
with the sale of Springy and the grants we received from the football trust.
I was up visiting last week and took my dog for a walk on the field behind the ex ground. I was very surprised to see the old concrete fence from the Shevvy end was still up in parts.[/quote]
A walk? Dont you mean a shit?
My memory is going back to pre Whelan days regarding the Council DJ.Like yourself I believe a new smaller ground could have been built on the old site but the club would never have been able to fund it. Moving to RP was always the best option with Springy being prime for housing development and the council made it happen
I understand what you mean but we had so much land at Springfield and with some help rather than hindrance from the council (The Devil Incarnate) access and further parking could have been made on four sides quite easily. We could have fit The New York Stadium in there no problem with plenty more car parking spaces available behind the Shevvy and Town ends.
Not much point in talking about it now though as we moved to and contributed to the development of New Springfield with the sale of Springy and the grants we received from the football trust.We couldn’t put turnstiles on the St Andrew’s Side, nor could the height of the stand s be increased & we didn’t own the land behind the town end. To have made a bigger stadium would either have involved buying up all the surrounding houses (as Liverpool did) &/or moving the pitch – getting planning permission to develop Springfield Park when all the houses were already in situ would have been nigh on impossible
I’m aware of some alleged shenanigans involving the council & the town’s sporting sides but I do know that they were helpful with pushing the JJB through. They even broke their own planning regulations to do it which I think came to light when that scrap yard owner took them to court
And for what it’s worth, the sale of Springfield Park did not fund the building of the JJB in any way, shape or form
Our fanbase is the same as it was the last time we were in this league. You could give tickets away with packs of crisps and we will still get the same amount of fans.So lets just fleece the non ST holders that do come eh?…….Brilliant,
Our fanbase is the same as it was the last time we were in this league. You could give tickets away with packs of crisps and we will still get the same amount of fans.
So lets just fleece the non ST holders that do come eh?…….Brilliant,[/quote]
Well if you’re expecting me, as an upfront paying season ticket holder to subsidise the once in a blue moon merchants you can think again. Stuff them. If they don’t want to pay £24 for a top of the table Boxing Day game then balls to them.
Our ground isnt perfect, id have preferred closed corners and lower stands up to an 18k capacity. The open corners can let in some pretty freezing winds at times. And a more closed stadium wouldve given us tye ability to host concerts and things like that, where the open corners fall short with the noise volume regulations. I think that was a mistake.
But its pretty good, central, has decent road links (as decent as you can get in Wigan) and is something a lot of clubs can only dream of.
Oh and the catering has imoroved. Those Balti pies are bang on!
Our fanbase is the same as it was the last time we were in this league. You could give tickets away with packs of crisps and we will still get the same amount of fans.
So lets just fleece the non ST holders that do come eh?…….Brilliant,[/quote]
There aren’t any that’s the point. If there were then prices could afford to be lower.
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