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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: AltyTunnelSteward on January 15, 2008, 03:26:19 PM
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If somebody gave you say £15,000,000 and told you that you now had total control of Alty FC what, if anything would you change or do differently to how things are now?
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build a new ground or at least bring moss lane into the 21st century. then i'd hire a secutery, i'm thinking blonde early 20's.
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Spend about £1000000 on the ground but keeping its character (no lego stands) take us full time but keeping the right people involved to run it professionally, hopefully these two main adjustments would attract 1500 home fans to Moss Lane and see us with a chance of competing at the top half of the Conf Prem.
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Put 10million in bank ... tell them the interest it incurs per week is the wages and then if we get successul use the money to upgrade the ground. ..
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I would appoint a very experienced commercial manager to relieve the pressure on Barry Pond
Then I would appoint a marketing and PR manager with a huge budget for tram advertising, poster campaigns, radio adverts.
These two could mean that the money stayed untouched for a while
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sack Phil Taylor with immediate effect
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Create a five year plan to establish the club as full time and then eventually challenge for the conference, slowly piece by piece I would build the infrastructure to sustain full time football. Cut gate prices to £5 and seat the middle section of the popular side. Invest in youth training and build an education centre in the ground. Sign lots of promising young players with the plan of creating a long term stable side (like histon) who have played together for years. Once in the football league try to establish the club as a top div2 or low div1 team, then look for a further investor as 15M probably wont go too far beyond div 1.
Oh and change the kit back to black and red stripes
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Thought about this much Toffee ??? ... he he
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buy faustino asprilla, maradona, gazza, and put them all on 5 mil a year job done.
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Of course is it only me that has spent my lottery winnings before the draw, every week, my master plan used to involve rotating the ground by 90 degrees so that larger seating stands could be built however I have had to revise this dream after the sale of the carpark.
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And the fact that there's a brook behind the popular side ???
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i'd buy the girl in the burger van a new solid gold van.
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Id agree with an earlier post, put 10m in the bank and use the interest as wages, then i would look at signing some players on as full time. I would then leave that lot for a year, while bringing in quality young players to replace old ones. Then, I would let this squad gel and rise up the table, thus increasing fans and lining my pockets. As a fan, i would drop prices to 9 and 3(pounds), and, also for the benefit of some, hire gemma atkinson for the burger van.
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I would appoint a very experienced commercial manager to relieve the pressure on Barry Pond
Then I would appoint a marketing and PR manager with a huge budget for tram advertising, poster campaigns, radio adverts.
These two could mean that the money stayed untouched for a while
Nail Hit firmly on the head this club needs someone with some PR Savvy to push the club forward.
being serious i would drop the money into a high interest account 15 mil makes £19,903 a week on a 6.9% intrest account. that is the sort of budget that pays for your dobsons your fleetwoods and leave funds for your peytons and your lawtons to build a squad loyalty. i would make all the terraces like the popular sides middle bit. if we start to see success and promotion i would re-locate us. not far but there are a few locations within a 3 mile radius of ML which would work. oh and i'd look into buying the VS, just cause i could!
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I would appoint a very experienced commercial manager to relieve the pressure on Barry Pond
Then I would appoint a marketing and PR manager with a huge budget for tram advertising, poster campaigns, radio adverts.
These two could mean that the money stayed untouched for a while
Nail Hit firmly on the head this club needs someone with some PR Savvy to push the club forward.
being serious i would drop the money into a high interest account 15 mil makes £19,903 a week on a 6.9% intrest account. that is the sort of budget that pays for your dobsons your fleetwoods and leave funds for your peytons and your lawtons to build a squad loyalty. i would make all the terraces like the popular sides middle bit. if we start to see success and promotion i would re-locate us. not far but there are a few locations within a 3 mile radius of ML which would work. oh and i'd look into buying the VS, just cause i could!
Why would you give Connett any of your money?
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sack Phil Taylor with immediate effect
To be sacked one has first to be employed - I'm a volunteer....sorry about that :) :) :)
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I would appoint a very experienced commercial manager to relieve the pressure on Barry Pond
Then I would appoint a marketing and PR manager with a huge budget for tram advertising, poster campaigns, radio adverts.
These two could mean that the money stayed untouched for a while
Nail Hit firmly on the head this club needs someone with some PR Savvy to push the club forward.
being serious i would drop the money into a high interest account 15 mil makes £19,903 a week on a 6.9% intrest account. that is the sort of budget that pays for your dobsons your fleetwoods and leave funds for your peytons and your lawtons to build a squad loyalty. i would make all the terraces like the popular sides middle bit. if we start to see success and promotion i would re-locate us. not far but there are a few locations within a 3 mile radius of ML which would work. oh and i'd look into buying the VS, just cause i could!
Why would you give Connett any of your money?
its not to give connet my money its just to be able to re-locate the danebank for sh*ts and giggles might put it by the side of the m56 just near lymm interchange.
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sack Phil Taylor with immediate effect
To be sacked one has first to be employed - I'm a volunteer....sorry about that :) :) :)
I would employ you then pay you then put you on car parking duty ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I would appoint a very experienced commercial manager to relieve the pressure on Barry Pond
Then I would appoint a marketing and PR manager with a huge budget for tram advertising, poster campaigns, radio adverts.
These two could mean that the money stayed untouched for a while
Nail Hit firmly on the head this club needs someone with some PR Savvy to push the club forward.
being serious i would drop the money into a high interest account 15 mil makes £19,903 a week on a 6.9% intrest account. that is the sort of budget that pays for your dobsons your fleetwoods and leave funds for your peytons and your lawtons to build a squad loyalty. i would make all the terraces like the popular sides middle bit. if we start to see success and promotion i would re-locate us. not far but there are a few locations within a 3 mile radius of ML which would work. oh and i'd look into buying the VS, just cause i could!
Why would you give Connett any of your money?
its not to give connet my money its just to be able to re-locate the danebank for sh*ts and giggles might put it by the side of the m56 just near lymm interchange.
I'd put it on top of the popular side. And sray "We've got your Dane Bank" across the back of it.
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mabe i would put it at shawe view then the vics fans could stand under it atleast once a season when they finaly go bump next year
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I'd buy a big boat and give the keys to alty back to Mr Goodwin. Ahoy.......
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Reclad the Popular Side and Golf Road end. Rebuild the Chequers End as a tidy covered terrace. In the corners put toilet and catering blocks.
Flatten the Main Stand, Family Stand and club shop. Build a new stand running the length of the pitch, with lounges, conference suites, offices and club shop.
Get a full time, top class Marketing, Lottery and Commercial department set up. Get a full time community officer in place.
When that is all done, you can worry about the players. Bank what is left, and use the interest as a transfer fund.
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make entry free for as long as the money could cover the loss. it would be worth it to see Moss Lane packed to the rafters. And we might even retain some when it did run out.
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I would go to south trafford college and do a cookery course, make sure I was the match day chef and run off with £15,000,000.
JOB DONE
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And the fact that there's a brook behind the popular side ???
The current chequeres end when turned 90 degrees would then be installed on a vey wide but short bridge, similar to the one which runs under rochdale town centre, expensive but worth it.
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I would go to south trafford college and do a cookery course, make sure I was the match day chef and run off with £15,000,000.
JOB DONE
You could team up with James Black he's doing the same course
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Id sell the remainder of the lease on moss lane for a sh*t load of money,then I would re-locate the club at the now empty silver wings club on clay lane,I would use the already standing social club as the "Altrincham FC Sports & Social Club" with this having training pitches around it,it would be ideal for the many junior sides the club now has,i would have a n astro turf full sized pitch,some decent tennis courts and a number of 5-a-side pitches.Then I would build a new stadium, making the two ends behind the goals of simliar style to burton albion, complete with areas underneath with bar and cateing facilities at both ends.It would have two 2,500 seater stands on either side of the pitch, one with hospitality boxes and conference/function facilities underneath it,and the other with a bowling alley, gym for public use complete with squash courts and a sports eduction centre underneath.
There wold be a sizeable car park for matches days and for 7 days a week use by visitors to the other sports facilities on offer, and also a huge well advertised car boot sale on a sunday morning.And if there was any room left I'd put in a cricket pitch and practise nets and form "altrincham cricket club" in direct competition to timperley cricket club. If we could do that, then we truely would be a community club, and the club would be a place a lot of local people spent their leisure and socialising time,even before a football had been kicked.
And it would cost a damn site less than £15 million quid
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This is an interesting proposal that has been floating around for a few years, how much do you think the land would be at Clay Lane,who owns it?
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British Airways own it,and due to green belt restrictions Im sure it would be a non starter, but what a truely fantastic site it could be for "altrincham" as a town, all under the banner of the towns football club. I often gaze across at timperley cricket club and think you could tuck a nice 7.500 capacity stadium on a little corner of the golf course next to the hockey pitches,and have that as the towns "sports club" and that a trick was missed with that many many years ago.I would be 100% something like that at clay lane which would see club self sustaining for many years,and novelty factor would bring punters across from the timperley pitches and save others the drive to the JJB through the trafford centre traffic and the smell of poo from davyhulme sewage farm on summer evevings. Just need to find about £3 mil to bribe the council,build the ground and pitches and redecorate the huge social club thats already there!
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Yeah Timperley cricket would have been ideal for the whole facility and not to far from the station, town center pubs etc... Think Moss Lane must be worth around £6 mill ? Could be a long term plan for the club to aim for either Clay Lane or Broadheath.... a few years back I wouldnt even entertain the idea of leaving Moss Lane but having seen how tough it is in the conference the last few years if its whats needed to ensure long term future then I would support a move. Those investors that are so shy to invest could be tempted with a deal on Moss Lane and a new site.
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BA want to sell it for housing. its prime land 10 acres or so i would say. its the spot i had banked on. i would however buy into the rugby club next door for the extra land and keep the cricket pitch where it is but build the stadium where pitch 3 is at bowdon. keep pitch 1&2 for the rugby club and and use the club house as the robins Retreat i would knowc down the BA club and build a new all purpose Community Sports club with Gym Changing Rooms for sports teams swimming, club fitness Centre and Youth Centre for promising local talent. any young players get free access for as long as they are signed to the club and continue in education. all the rest is bang on what hughsey has put down
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With the building of the Station Location, Altrincham will be at the forefront of ice-rink & extreme sports in the north west. How I would love to see Trafford cater for more conventional sports with a state of the art modern stadium and all weather pitches catering for football, rugby, cricket, hockey and British Bulldog as well as covering commercial interests.
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- extend the bar and have it open during the whole of the match
- get cheer leaders which large breasts
- put a roof on the away end
- put a new roof around the ground with no pillers obscuring views
- get everyone on full time contracts
- hire a full time press agent / PR guy
- girl the burger van girl a george forman grill
- SHEARER!!!!!!!
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British Airways own it,and due to green belt restrictions Im sure it would be a non starter, but what a truely fantastic site it could be for "altrincham" as a town, all under the banner of the towns football club. I often gaze across at timperley cricket club and think you could tuck a nice 7.500 capacity stadium on a little corner of the golf course next to the hockey pitches,and have that as the towns "sports club" and that a trick was missed with that many many years ago.I would be 100% something like that at clay lane which would see club self sustaining for many years,and novelty factor would bring punters across from the timperley pitches and save others the drive to the JJB through the trafford centre traffic and the smell of poo from davyhulme sewage farm on summer evevings. Just need to find about £3 mil to bribe the council,build the ground and pitches and redecorate the huge social club thats already there!
I'll tell you where would have been perfect. The Aimson Road developments (near Borroklands roundabout) not too far from Alty and Timperley, good transport, excellent location.
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British Airways own it,and due to green belt restrictions Im sure it would be a non starter, but what a truely fantastic site it could be for "altrincham" as a town, all under the banner of the towns football club. I often gaze across at timperley cricket club and think you could tuck a nice 7.500 capacity stadium on a little corner of the golf course next to the hockey pitches,and have that as the towns "sports club" and that a trick was missed with that many many years ago.I would be 100% something like that at clay lane which would see club self sustaining for many years,and novelty factor would bring punters across from the timperley pitches and save others the drive to the JJB through the trafford centre traffic and the smell of poo from davyhulme sewage farm on summer evevings. Just need to find about £3 mil to bribe the council,build the ground and pitches and redecorate the huge social club thats already there!
I'll tell you where would have been perfect. The Aimson Road developments (near Borroklands roundabout) not too far from Alty and Timperley, good transport, excellent location.
I reckon the area next to Sinderlad Road would have been ideal too.
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what about sale rugby club?
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And the fact that there's a brook behind the popular side ???
That would be the drainage for the Gents under the new home end (I too have dallied with the 90 degree rotation thingy!) ::)
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what about sale rugby club?
What about Sale Rugby Club ??? - Sale Rugby Club still play Rugby there !!!
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what about sale rugby club?
Its in Sale
I would quite simply spend a million on the ground re-designed by frosty, 2 million on a training complex including all the clobber hughesy mentioned with him as site manager, hire ecky to hire the people ecky said he'd hire. Spend a million on developing the youth structure that attracts the best kids in Cheshire/South Manchester to our 2 million hughesycamp. A million in the coffers to cover wages, transfers and expenses for 1st 2 years. Then stick 10 mil in the bank with GW as fund manager to run the club off the interest after the 2 years.
Id have to keep GH/GB/GG involved. Id want the club to be run with the same values. We'd go full-time but try to keep an average age of 23 for the squad. If the club ever made a loss we would look at ways to reduce the budget (sack ecky).
Isnt Alty365 a taxman or similar? id give him a job so we never repeat our past tax payment issues.
Id also revert to black and red stripes.
Finally I would employ Phil...................and then fire him ;D ;D ;D
The point is, by employing all the best suggestions with true alty fans managing them we become a community business with a secure future.
Keep playing the euromillions lads!
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what about sale rugby club?
What about Sale Rugby Club ??? - Sale Rugby Club still play Rugby there !!!
Sale play at Stockport now. I think their old Heywood Road ground is used by Sale FC (I think) :)
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Sale Rugby Club still play at Sale Rugby Club. Sale Sharks was a franchise that played there.
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- extend the bar and have it open during the whole of the match
- get cheer leaders which large breasts
- put a roof on the away end
- put a new roof around the ground with no pillers obscuring views
- get everyone on full time contracts
- hire a full time press agent / PR guy
- girl the burger van girl a george forman grill
- SHEARER!!!!!!!
Re extending the bar.
I'm sure there are licensing restrictions (apart from at Droylesden of course) but this is something I have often put forward. The mass scrummage and 4 deep at the bar at half time puts many off from even wanting to buy a drink.
The fact that the numbers in the stands may be down by about 200-300 in the second half (based on most first half performances !!!!) can be counter balanced with money over the bar.
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I think every self respecting Alty fan has always dreamed and considered this possibility..here's my well thought out plan;
I'd put a new covered terrace on the 20/20/ carol nash(Chequers end) and call it the Jackie Swindells Chequers End.....£1.5m
I'd replace the main stand with a new cantilever construction that runs the length of the ground with no pillars and put in new offices and bar/restaurant complex below and sponsors boxes at the back..............£2m
I'd take down the old floodlights and replace with huge 4th division type square things...£100k.
I'd do a deal with man U or City to use their training complexes.
All advertising hoardings would carry the name of an Alty legend.
I'd put the rest into the bank as a trust fund and use the interest as playing/staff budget.
I'd put in Dave Tracey, Brian Flynn, the Gazelle and Mark Ecky as directors (no disrespect to the current board) (they'd implement all the tram advertising, admission reductions, commercial manager side) and then I'd enjoy watching us shoot into the premiership within 10 years with growing attendances averaging 20k by the year 2017.
The money would probably go to my head and I'd build a marina on the brook and employ a harbourmaster to retrieve lost balls.
I'd also remain as an anonymous benefactor and let the players, management and directors take the credit.
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PS I'd put the 'cote, Kingy and Mark Maddox in charge of the Alty former players social society and reserve free seats and hospitaility to any former alty legends.
A museum would be included in the new main stand complex.
Far too often legends are forgotten about and never seen again at moss lane..we are a family who should look after and stay in contact with all former idols.
and I'd get bernard down to moss lane as guest of honour one match soon.
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£15m you say? I'd buy the freehold, sell it for housing, move the club out to some godforsaken wasteland, sell naming rights to a beer company, move in a premier league reserve team and give them priority over Altrincham, keep all the hospitality revenue, and sell the playing side to some mug punter. Pretty soon my £15m would be £25m. And I want my own parking space.
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Jezza,
Would the 1.5 million quid chequers end have gold plated toilets? You could build a ground for that?
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An idea for the bar as it is now is to deignate a corner for a bottle bar; you could have a small fridge and table with 50 bottles in and throw them out at £2.50 a pop. ???
As for the ground I would extend the middle roof on the popular side to the whole length, re develop the Golf Road making it slightly deeper and steeper with new no pillar roof made to enhance acoustics, leave the chequers end, build a similar family stand next to the main stand with a small terrace /walk way at the front, and if there is room another bar in the corner of the Golf/popular side.
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if i were given this i would build a site on the BA complex that was similar to the princess park site in dartford (see below) which would cater for other local sports and encourage children to use the facilities like 5 a side pitches (because if they play 5 a side next to altys ground they might just pop in to watch a match or two - then there hooked) i would have a social buil into the ground that would be big enought to cater for weddings and other functions like buisness confrences etc. then i would put money into an acadamy type set up where the newly formed altrincham fc junior teams could play and train on high quality pitches with the hope of finding a gem from somewhere, and the possibilty of a set up like ajax (where the kids are taugh technique over flair and are taught how to be a good all round player which will mean a better standard of player when they reach the first team) then i would get a set up similer to that at bolton where they have the neutritionists and pycologists to look after the players off the pitch. i would have a statue of Jackie Swindells built and place it outside the main stand and have have a similer list of legends names on plaques in a corner section of the ground which is dedicated to the past greats (like they do in america at yankee stadium) and along with that a museum to show this clubs proud history for all to see.
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PS I'd put the 'cote, Kingy and Mark Maddox in charge of the Alty former players social society and reserve free seats and hospitaility to any former alty legends.
A museum would be included in the new main stand complex.
Far too often legends are forgotten about and never seen again at moss lane..we are a family who should look after and stay in contact with all former idols.
and I'd get bernard down to moss lane as guest of honour one match soon.
Hello Alty former players society
Hi Kingy Ian Tunnicliffe here...
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Nice ground that, I would defiantly keep three sides covered terracing with a top main stand of about 2000 seats, no need for more seating and its good to give non league fans two different areas of terrace to choose from we could split on end in two and give half to away fans and still let home fans move to the corner of the pop side.....
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sorry forgot to mention that i would have 3 sides of standing and seating in the main stand. but the above general lay out
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Requiem is sh*t Duke just off the back don't waste your time seeing it!
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i'd put the club photographer on a £1 million contract per season, it would be a win / win situation!!!
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Requiem is sh*t Duke just off the back don't waste your time seeing it!
noted will wait till i get a pirate dvd copy of the released version when it comes out at discount price
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I think whats interested me on this thread is that 'football fans' (ie: us) realise that throwing money at a football club is not an option ... You have to build slowly and carefully..
So why do Chairman feel the need to do it the silly way ??
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it's an ego thing
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Hello Alty former players society
Hi Kingy Ian Tunnicliffe here...
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Hello er Hello????????
Oi.
Leave it out!
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if i were given this i would build a site on the BA complex that was similar to the princess park site in dartford (see below) which would cater for other local sports and encourage children to use the facilities like 5 a side pitches (because if they play 5 a side next to altys ground they might just pop in to watch a match or two - then there hooked) i would have a social buil into the ground that would be big enought to cater for weddings and other functions like buisness confrences etc. then i would put money into an acadamy type set up where the newly formed altrincham fc junior teams could play and train on high quality pitches with the hope of finding a gem from somewhere, and the possibilty of a set up like ajax (where the kids are taugh technique over flair and are taught how to be a good all round player which will mean a better standard of player when they reach the first team) then i would get a set up similer to that at bolton where they have the neutritionists and pycologists to look after the players off the pitch. i would have a statue of Jackie Swindells built and place it outside the main stand and have have a similer list of legends names on plaques in a corner section of the ground which is dedicated to the past greats (like they do in america at yankee stadium) and along with that a museum to show this clubs proud history for all to see.
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I dont like dartfords new ground, its made of tofu and lentils or summat gay like that with grass on the roof, and it will look terrible in ten years when its rotted, much like the romana sq development on park road timperley!
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isn't it nearly easter?
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This weeks euro jackpot estimated £41m. 1 pint less on friday night will pay for a ticket.who knows could be altys lucky day :o
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Firstly make it well known that a very rich man had taken over the helms and drum up some interest in the club. Although i'm confident we will stay up this year i would immediately bring in a few players to make sure of that.
Long term plans are fine but if the club was to gain and keep new fans then it would have to make some initial progress and keep up the hype to keep the numbers coming through the gates. I would have a busy '08 and look to bring in players capable of competing for the conference, knowing that initial success is vital if this was to work. I'd immediately start re-doing Moss Lane, not much, just a new fascia if you like and pave over the cracks (not over doing it because it would be done with a view to moving to a new ground) as people expect proper facilities regardless of where they are going these days. If new fans turned up at Moss Lane and thought it was a right dump it could potentially put them off wanting to go again.
I'd get the numbers in by giving away 500 or so tickets to local schools and aim to start building a new ground as soon as we reached the football league, probably a couple of miles north to increase the catchment area of people who consider it their "local club" that they can maybe support as a 2nd team to start with. The interest off the money alone would easily pay the wages, if somebody out their had £15mil then Alty could move forward so quickly.
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Id sell the remainder of the lease on moss lane for a sh*t load of money,then I would re-locate the club at the now empty silver wings club on clay lane,I would use the already standing social club as the "Altrincham FC Sports & Social Club" with this having training pitches around it,it would be ideal for the many junior sides the club now has,i would have a n astro turf full sized pitch,some decent tennis courts and a number of 5-a-side pitches.Then I would build a new stadium, making the two ends behind the goals of simliar style to burton albion, complete with areas underneath with bar and cateing facilities at both ends.It would have two 2,500 seater stands on either side of the pitch, one with hospitality boxes and conference/function facilities underneath it,and the other with a bowling alley, gym for public use complete with squash courts and a sports eduction centre underneath.
There wold be a sizeable car park for matches days and for 7 days a week use by visitors to the other sports facilities on offer, and also a huge well advertised car boot sale on a sunday morning.And if there was any room left I'd put in a cricket pitch and practise nets and form "altrincham cricket club" in direct competition to timperley cricket club. If we could do that, then we truely would be a community club, and the club would be a place a lot of local people spent their leisure and socialising time,even before a football had been kicked.
And it would cost a damn site less than £15 million quid
Looks like it wouldn't of happened.
Timperley residents slam sports complex decision
Comment
PLANNING chiefs have backed a scheme to open a new sports complex on Green Belt land in Timperley.
Members of the planning committee agreed they were 'minded to grant' a development that is earmarked for the site of the former British Airways-owned sports club on Clay Lane.
Residents who opposed the scheme have slammed the decision.
Now the application will go to the Secretary of State for a final decision.
The BA club closed down in May 2006 and has suffered from extensive vandalism since. The site was acquired by the Sports Development Group (SDG) in August 2006.
Plans for the new facility include the demolition of the existing single-storey building and the erection of a two-storey health and fitness club with a swimming pool, gym, treatment rooms and changing rooms. There will also be additional car parking and a cycle storage area.
Existing access to the club will be closed and the new access will be shared with the adjoining Bowdon rugby club.
Objections to the plans have included an increase in traffic on Clay Lane leading to fatal accidents, that a two-storey building would be out of keeping with the area and an eyesore and that it was contrary to Green Belt policy.
Speaking on behalf of the SDG, Roberta Cameron, claimed that the building will be attractive, create new jobs and contribute towards the increasing problem of obesity as well as providing facilities for disabled members.
Councillor Ken Weston supported the plans. He said: "It's a good proposition and although it's Green Belt land sports facilities are welcome in those areas."
He went on to raise concerns about increased amounts of traffic on Clay Lane and the upheaval that may cause for residents nearby.
In spite of grave doubts surrounding the Green Belt land Cllr Phillip Gratrix expressed support for the application and said: "It is designed with sympathy for the area. The officers have made a good case as to why we should view the plans as acceptable in this location."
Cllr Tony Fishwick said that although the club would bring more people into the area this might lead to more accidents on Clay Lane.
A spokeswoman for the Ridgeway Residents' Group, which is fighting the scheme, said: "We can't understand how they can approve this as it goes against the council's own development plan.
"If this is what Trafford thinks of the countryside, then it is a disgrace.
"This type of development should be in an urban area and not the Green Belt."
Peter Noble, regeneration manager for the Altrincham town centre partnership, also objected to the plan. He said: "Clearly I'm supporting retail in Altrincham and don't want to see this competition from the Timperley area. The development is out of town and I support Total Fitness in the town centre, Trafford Community Leisure Trust and a new centre we're building within Altair. To have competition so nearby is a bit worrying."
12:00pm today
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Ive lived on ridgeway all my life and know that half the people against this are just snobs who will go against what could even slightly threaten the patch of land they've got to view at the back of their garden and have always wondered what it would be like to let there countless dogs xxxx all over it.
ITS A PEICE OF LAND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IDEAL FOR A SPORTS COMLEX FOR CHRIST SAKE, hence the reason BA was there for so long,
Theyve not even got to worry about traffic becuese it's on clay lane and theres already a decent car park in place!
they could complain about the traffic and chaos the church causes but these do gooders would'nt dare would they :-*
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From experience I can tell you that the level of objections here will be smoothed over quite easily. They stand no chance.
On the plus side it will become a fantastic training facility for Altrincham FC, especially if we ever went full-time or increased training, in return for some sponsorship.
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To AltyTunnellSteward who started this thread: Are you actually offering the cash or not because I'm getting my hopes up....! ;D
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To AltyTunnellSteward who started this thread: Are you actually offering the cash or not because I'm getting my hopes up....! ;D
Don't get your hopes up he is as tight as a ducks arxe
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To AltyTunnellSteward who started this thread: Are you actually offering the cash or not because I'm getting my hopes up....! ;D
Sadly, even if I had £150 Million I don't think that my money would be welcomed in certain quarters >:( >:( >:(