Quality! I've always had a problem with the iconography of the (overtly) faithful. Why, for instance, are all the animals pictured considered unclean - and why do they, almost without exception, just picture unclean animals. Very strange. One would almost be led to believe they hadn't read their own 'good book'. WRT the shared stadium, I'm not a fan of the idea, but the club comes first. If the club decide a shared stadium is the way to go I'll support them 100%. Who knows, it seems to work for AC / Inter.
Doctor Pedant here. It's not a fictional cartoon, we can see it. It's a real cartoon portraying an allegedly fictional event. Thank you for listening. Sorry, reading.
Billy, Sorry it took so long to reply. Why does the space between the two grounds have to be a football quarter? Yes it would be great to have an area between the 2 that was dedicated to football but the total area could be redeveloped with a whole variety of different facilities. In such an approach a proper transport link becomes more viable. You may however lose the park facility.
It doesn't have to be a football quarter mate but in a way the name "football quarter" would just be a marketing term to encourage development and wouldnt mean every development has to be football related. Its about connecting the area together, getting people to come to the area not just on match days and also to gather round the grounds earlier (spend more cash) and hang around after the game. The park can be used to aid that. Get some good facilities and the transport links are easily sorted from town. Never understood why Liverpools inner loop line still sits redundant me. The football quarter doesn't have to be the whole area in between but part of an overall plan for the wider area
Billy both of our ideas seem very close to Henry's vision in his latest tweet! If the Council are buying into that then we need a major developer to make it happen - simples!
Basically its quite a simple idea in theory Dave. The council is responsible for improving the area between and around the grounds, transport links etc and they then utilise the clubs contacts to help them develop things like the hotels, football themed sports bars and restaurants etc around the park and utilise the park for events on match days etc. Use it for concerts after the game for example. The council gets assurances that both clubs get involved much more heavily in local schools and youth projects etc, it gets increased employment and extra tax revenue and the clubs get a cut of the revenues and as part of the deal get extra land to develop the grounds. Obviously its a question of getting local people on side first and foremost but how many of them are going to complain about having the area regenerated? If its done in consultation with them then it's achievable and much more sustainable. This is a football mad city after all and the area is already famous for having two clubs so close together. Getting football mad people to come to a football area where you can spend a whole day wouldn't exactly be a tough idea to sell IMO
