Newbornbairn Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 We should send a few Quid to Sevco. Seen as we are so charitable and all that Don't give them ideas - seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny van Axeldongen Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 We've probably got enough in the kitty to buy Sevco. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yes I knew that I meant (ahem) he'll never play 51 Just signed a three year extension in the summer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonBairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Well done to the club for announcing the fantastic profits made last season. I appreciate that transfer fees, cup run etc. is a large portion of that but the point is the club is running extremely well just now. That may make some people sad I know and some who will still criticise but this is good news for the club moving forward 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'd heard some rumours they were going to use some of that money to build a new stand on the far side, my heart sank when I heard that, thankfully it doesn't seem to have been repeated by the suits anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Stadium completion was confirmed at last nights AGM. By all accounts it will be a stand, offices, hospitality suites and various facilities for the team and community teams. I believe the community side is funding a good percentage through grants. Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BountyBairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Stadium completion was confirmed at last nights AGM. By all accounts it will be a stand, offices, hospitality suites and various facilities for the team and community teams. I believe the community side is funding a good percentage through grants. Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril Any timescales given? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Any timescales given? None as far I'm aware. I had heard almost all of that months ago to be honest, assume the latest confirmation of progress last night is just that. Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Please tell me this is a wind up? We only fill about a 3rd of the existing capacity unless we give half the ground to the city teams. Please tell me how more empty seats will do us any good? It shouldn't even be considered until we're regularly getting 6000 + home fans and that will only happen when we're doing well in the top division playing nice football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Please tell me this is a wind up? We only fill about a 3rd of the existing capacity unless we give half the ground to the city teams. Please tell me how more empty seats will do us any good? It shouldn't even be considered until we're regularly getting 6000 + home fans and that will only happen when we're doing well in the top division playing nice football.To be honest, I'm in the "the stadium needs finished" camp. That open side is an eyesore. At least it's going to be more than just seats and sounds like it'll serve the team, fans and community. Re capacity versus crowds, we have a stadium that's too big (main stand anyway) and we'll never have 6000+ home fans (other than one off games, we didn't even get that at Brockville). At our peak a few years ago in the SPL we averaged about 4500 home fans, that's probably our whack. My only hope is the new stand has no more than 2000/2500 seats and is close to the pitch. Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril Edited November 20, 2015 by RC55 FFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I think it needs finished but I don't see the point of having a stadia with empty seats. Look at livi, raith, St Johnstone, killie (all off the top of my head) that have fully built stadiums which are empty. No point. Put terracing in if need be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 f**k that , no point in putting capacity there just for the sake of it, we've got to put the best time on the park for the money we've got, if we're going to spunk it on a useless vanity project then I'm finished, I thought people had learned from such mistakes made at clubs you mentioned, after all we've been through in the last few seasons we now want to waste what money we've got on a fuckin white elephant? Build the fence up to the height of the stand roof if need be and paint some murals or even just get one of those canvases of the Brooklyn bridge or something? This is a joke. If you put terracing there my guess is the south stand would almost empty into it . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Ahhh the 4th stand. A great way to start an argument with all Falkirk fans. We don't need it. Everyone knows this. With the next sentence someone tells you the ground is soulless and lacks atmosphere. The ground needs to be completed so people can enjoy visiting the ground without freezing their tits off and maybe keep some noise in the place. 4 corner pods and East stand will maybe see people who reckon we use to have an atmosphere at Brockville when we played Morton, QOS, Dumbarton etc shut the f**k up about it. I hope that any structure proposed for the East side will merge onto the North and South stands so we aren't left with 2 more gaping open corners. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'm to tired to give this serious thought at the moment and I don't really have enough info on what's being proposed. I'd like to see the stadium 'finished' but I'd also like to see us stay solvent - I also acknowledge that the stadium is already to big. Just think if they ran an exact copy of the Brockville enclosure down that side of the pitch though - complete with the gable end of a house - I guess even the away fans would like that!? We could move Falkirk telly into the middle of it and get Jock Brown to open it by means of a 'Falkirk on the rampage' style commentary. Is the old enclosure roof still at Ochilview? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Has there ever been a terracing proposed for the unfinished side? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 If only Jim Murphy had had his way we could have had a terraced beer garden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 The only good thing about a potential 4th stand is that if we had a capacity of say 11,000 then we would have the case to become more of a fixture in the Scotland U-21s circuit plus things like challenge cup finals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Even with the positives mentioned it is still a waste of money, get things right on the park and maybe we could get closer to filling the existing capacity, there will never be an atmosphere at TFS not unless its a sell out for us winning the league, its just to big and open and we are the most dour and miserable fans about ! nothing about this is good. When we're playing alloa or Dumbarton or even ross county or Hamilton or whoever, do we end up closing one end behind the goals just to keep that open? Nah we've got enough empty seats as it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BountyBairn Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 They should use cash to reduce capacity elsewhere in the stadium and spread out capacity more evenly round the pitch - safe standing may be more expensive but fans want it. The reduction in seats should allow for more office or leisure space that will increase footfall on non match days. (The above points were previously suggested by my mate to the club a couple of years ago - seems very sensible to me) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'd like to see the stadium 'finished' but I'd also like to see us stay solvent - I also acknowledge that the stadium is already to big. This is pretty much my view on it. We do need that area filled in, but we don't actually need more seats. I've always thought something similar to the 'small' stand at EEP (with some terracing) would be perfect. Albeit, with a smaller capacity. Closes the ground off somewhat, but doesn't take us too far beyond what we are at now. Again though, we don't really need it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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