Boothferry Park

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C'mon ref said:
My views are well known on this, we should have stayed at Boothferry Park and developed, KC is a modern but soulless stadium and it is in the middle of a not particularity picturesque area.
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Can't agree with this. KC is a million times better to access, 15 mins from town and a great drinking and eating area on its doorstep. Boothferry was in a much worse area that was much harder to get to.
 
The North Stand was knocked down to make way for a supermarket, rebuild the stand (seating). The East Stand (railway line end) could have been totally rebuilt, the corners were all open so covered areas there. The total capacity would not have been far off what was generated during the Premiereship days and talking of the railway line, the station could have been restored so any supporters travelling from town could have ready access instead of clogging up the roads. And don't tell me that the KC's parking is a doddle, during City's night match with Spurs I think it was, I was sat on a bus for 25 minutes whilst the police let the Spurs team and supporters coaches direct access on to Clive Sullivan Way without impediment. Sod us who actually have to get home from work, then of course the bus was overwhelmed when we got to the Walton Street bus stop, utter farce.

And this wasn't the only occasion when chaos ensued due to crowds leaving KC which of course happened at BP but at least it was well away from the city centre and as I have already mentioned, a railway was handy and with reasonable priced tickets a perfect solution for people beyond West Hull.
 
I can't see how access or location is really a pro argument for the kc considering booth ferry was a stones throw away. No wonder there's so many obese bastards in this country....
 
The Bull**** Man said:
I can't see how access or location is really a pro argument for the kc considering booth ferry was a stones throw away. No wonder there's so many obese bastards in this country....
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Its takes 15 mins to walk from town to the KC. BP was a good 30 min walk. That's a big difference in pissing rain.
 
Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
Its takes 15 mins to walk from town to the KC. BP was a good 30 min walk. That's a big difference in pissing rain.
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We park at booth ferry and walk to the kc takes 10 minutes max. Wear a coat if its raining, it's hardly like its the other side of town. Allah gave us legs, why not use them?
 
Anyone know if the lamp posts in the park were deliberately ungalvanised to give them the rust look or if the cheap bastards just cut corners?
 
Boothferry Park was simply too small a site for an all-seater stadium, the entire site was less than a third of the size of the current KC, redevelopment was never a serious option.
 
C'mon ref said:
My views are well known on this, we should have stayed at Boothferry Park and developed, KC is a modern but soulless stadium and it is in the middle of a not particularity picturesque area.
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Developed with what?
We should all be pressing the council to sell the Allams a 199 year lease of the KC and develop that.
I loved Boothferry Park when it was in its heyday, which was 1966-1970 IMO.
But it became a millstone around our necks when Harold Needler died.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Boothferry Park was simply too small a site for an all-seater stadium, the entire site was less than a third of the size of the current KC, redevelopment was never a serious option.
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Agree - loved BP in its time but the footprint of the site was totally inadequate for a new stadium. I don't see the KC as soulless - in fact I fooking love it. In a park setting with room for further expansion - compare it to say St Marys hemmed it with a gasometer near by and Leicester's King Prawn in a ****e area of town.

Recall APs first interview on buying City in 2001 and when asked about the then new stadium he said if if didn't get the go ahead it would take us that much longer to get where he wants us to be - fooking prophetic words if you ask me.

I don't know what some people want on this board..
 
suttontiger said:
Agree - loved BP in its time but the footprint of the site was totally inadequate for a new stadium. I don't see the KC as soulless - in fact I fooking love it. In a park setting with room for further expansion - compare it to say St Marys hemmed it with a gasometer near by and Leicester's King Prawn in a ****e area of town.

Recall APs first interview on buying City in 2001 and when asked about the then new stadium he said if if didn't get the go ahead it would take us that much longer to get where he wants us to be - fooking prophetic words if you ask me.

I don't know what some people want on this board..
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I thought AP had said he wasn't getting involved unless he was certain we were getting the Stadium?
 
suttontiger said:
I recall he had meetings with Pat Doyle at the Council before 'his' bid went in and he was therefore pretty sure the then superstadium project was going to go ahead - with of course as City as the senior partner.
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My understanding is, it was no stadium = No AP = No City.
 
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