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I don't know about the rest of you but if be quite happy to spend to £50 million we apparently have on a "Angel of the North" style statue of Derek McInnes.

What happens to the statue when he inevitably goes to Rangers? Chop the wings off?
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The WECC published this...

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z4ywTPbD9sEJ:https://westhillelrick.org/2017/09/14/afc-stadium-hearing-weccs-case/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-ab

It has now been removed from their site after a number of people questioned their ability to come to such a statement while claiming...

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WECC would like to make it clear has never been affiliated to any organisation with regard to its stance on the stadium. In reaching a position, considerable time and effort was spent studying and discussing the proposal, weighing the advantages and disadvantages from a community perspective.  

and having two of their members listed as directors of the NKS group.

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19 minutes ago, Flybhoy said:

Reading today that some of the objectors are saying the new stadium development near to where they live could make them and the surrounding area a terror target.

That is equally crass as it is desperate.

Someone did a presentation about terrorism at a recent council meeting regarding the new stadium.  You can watch it here and it is worth a watch thats for sure -

 

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It's dependant on Aberdeenshire Council approving the footbridge and parking zone then. Their recommendation was that the plans should be refused (not that that meant anything at the time). Actually wouldn't be surprised if they rejected it over something trivial like this.
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To be fair they do say that Wick would pass only on the "Capacity test". I'm sure Pittodrie could continue to host European games even if it was in the midst of bring redeveloped but the demand would surely outstrip supply. Whether that means you'd have to play in Edinburgh or Glasgow is another matter entirely.

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48 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said:

To be fair they do say that Wick would pass only on the "Capacity test". I'm sure Pittodrie could continue to host European games even if it was in the midst of bring redeveloped but the demand would surely outstrip supply. Whether that means you'd have to play in Edinburgh or Glasgow is another matter entirely.

It doesn't even pass the "capacity test". UEFA state that a category 2 stadium requires a minimum seated capacity of 1500 and 0 standing allowed.  Wick has 300 seats.  Peterhead, Elgin City, Inverurie Locos and Fraserburgh who they also claim pass the "capacity test" for a category 2 stadium are all well short of 1500 seats.  They just looked at a list of stadium capacities on Wikipedia and that was it.

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