Triple.H. Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, MattK said: Can you provide one example of where this has happened? Stadium didnt get shut down but there was a case at Mildenhall a few years ago that if my memory is correct affected times stadium could be used and a sound barrier had to be built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, adonis said: The Surrey Vaults, Stag and Hounds and the Kingsdown Wine Vaults shut down last year alone, while the future of The Fleece, Fiddlers and the Brunswick Club remain insecure for the same reasons. These never happened i wrote that article because I have some hidden agenda Kingsdown Wine Vaults back running as a music venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, adonis said: it never got shut down I made it up K.D.V. did shut down for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Another article on Torquay from the BBC who actually managed to interview Clarke Osborne - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43814387 Has a brief mention of both Reading and Swindon with Osborne quoted as saying " that both speedway stadium issues were down to elements beyond his control " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, The Cheese said: Another article on Torquay from the BBC who actually managed to interview Clarke Osborne - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43814387 Has a brief mention of both Reading and Swindon with Osborne quoted as saying " that both speedway stadium issues were down to elements beyond his control " ...now that doesn't surprise me! Wouldn't trust him as far as one could throw him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, The Cheese said: Another article on Torquay from the BBC who actually managed to interview Clarke Osborne - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43814387 Has a brief mention of both Reading and Swindon with Osborne quoted as saying " that both speedway stadium issues were down to elements beyond his control " Yea he will staying at Torquay intill his houses are built on the football ground ...and then of course the new stadium won't be built due to elements beyond his control ..the same plot and outcome every time ...he always get's away with it you just wonder how people are in his back pocket ...will anyone ever take him to task and stop him ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Not to mention Eastville, former home of the Bristol Bulldogs and Bristol Rovers. This makes interesting reading: http://torquayfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=8858 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 58 minutes ago, a4poster said: Not to mention Eastville, former home of the Bristol Bulldogs and Bristol Rovers. This makes interesting reading: http://torquayfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=8858 ...or Cowley Stadium in 1975/76! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4poster Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Has Milton Keynes been mentioned? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Greyhound_Stadium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) I visit Devon frequently and the plight of Torquay United obviously gets a great deal of media coverage there. For those who don't follow the lower reaches of football Osborne runs that unfortunate football club which has during most of its existence played in the bottom tier of the Football League. For the first time in its modern history they are on the brink of relegation to their lowest status, National League South, two tiers below their traditional level in the Football Lleague. All kinds of promises have been made which will sound familiar to speedway supporters. There's the purchase or lease of a stadium in a prime development area, the running-down of the venue amidst talk of a shiny new replacement stadium. Recently his business has taken back control of the pub adjoining the ground. The newspaper report refers to Stadia UK's 'record in running leisure facilities'. Funny, to the outsider it would seem their principal activity, rather like the GRA is to groom stadia for highly lucrative redevelopment. One of the promises is to sort out the Gulls' training ground, which apparently is literally bogged down by poor drainage, again a familiar concept to those familiar with the tattier end of the Abbey Stadium car park, once also a planned site for development.The football club itself is supposed to move from residential Plainmoor to a new site further out of town. People are getting a touch suspicious in Torbay. In some ways I'd respect them if Stadia UK came out and admitted that they simply want to redevelop stadia and stop putting up smokescreens. Hopefully Torquay United will prove to be a step too far. Despite their status football matters to communities, and not just the local market and will get noticed well, outside their area in a way that speedway has never been able to. I suspect that serious journalists, and not from the sports desk, will be taking an interest in the business as the situation in Torbay worsens. Edited April 21, 2018 by RobMcCaffery 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I live within a 10 minute level walk to Torquay United. I warned my friends about Osborne right from the off. There is a very strong element that want only one thing....Osborne out! There has been talk about a takeover from the Truro City owner. Sooner the better. The council are being very objective to Osbornes plans. Thankfully, they can see straight through him. The suggested site for a new ground is pure pie in the sky. The ground there is swampy and will never drain properly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 21/04/2018 at 12:01 PM, RobMcCaffery said: I visit Devon frequently and the plight of Torquay United obviously gets a great deal of media coverage there. For those who don't follow the lower reaches of football Osborne runs that unfortunate football club which has during most of its existence played in the bottom tier of the Football League. For the first time in its modern history they are on the brink of relegation to their lowest status, National League South, two tiers below their traditional level in the Football Lleague. All kinds of promises have been made which will sound familiar to speedway supporters. There's the purchase or lease of a stadium in a prime development area, the running-down of the venue amidst talk of a shiny new replacement stadium. Recently his business has taken back control of the pub adjoining the ground. The newspaper report refers to Stadia UK's 'record in running leisure facilities'. Funny, to the outsider it would seem their principal activity, rather like the GRA is to groom stadia for highly lucrative redevelopment. One of the promises is to sort out the Gulls' training ground, which apparently is literally bogged down by poor drainage, again a familiar concept to those familiar with the tattier end of the Abbey Stadium car park, once also a planned site for development.The football club itself is supposed to move from residential Plainmoor to a new site further out of town. People are getting a touch suspicious in Torbay. In some ways I'd respect them if Stadia UK came out and admitted that they simply want to redevelop stadia and stop putting up smokescreens. Hopefully Torquay United will prove to be a step too far. Despite their status football matters to communities, and not just the local market and will get noticed well, outside their area in a way that speedway has never been able to. I suspect that serious journalists, and not from the sports desk, will be taking an interest in the business as the situation in Torbay worsens. No longer on the brink. They are relegated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 6 hours ago, StevePark said: No longer on the brink. They are relegated. I wrote it on the morning of the decisive match. There was only a slim mathematical possibility but if I'd said they were already down the usual suspects would have hijacked the thread. The Gulls' supporters now face more balls in the media than they ever saw on the pitch..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 New £40m stadium for Torquay United! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44952076 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 That car park in Wales is going to get very busy.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Man Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Will the flat pack speedway stadium convert to football stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, The Third Man said: Will the flat pack speedway stadium convert to football stadium? Only on Saturday afternoons at 3 o'clock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 could someone let me know when Rossitor is officially going to open the new stadium at Swindon please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Odds On said: could someone let me know when Rossitor is officially going to open the new stadium at Swindon please? In a "far off future" a long way away from The Abbey. Maybe. Why disturb a happy suburb of new homes, for a few hundred followers of a semi-defunct sport ( OK let's be kind, a sport in decline )? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuxtonTiger Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 OK, time to get this one running again. Have the bulldozers moved in yet, is the new track built yet to allow it to settle over the winter. Are the new porta stadium parts on site yet and can they be errected without planning permission? If not, has the relevant permission been obtained? Will Swindon run in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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