If planning permission is granted early in the new year, then the club intends to start the demolition of the current stand at the end of this current season. A nice feature is that the stand will also include a Club Museum as well as a new Club Shop.
This all seated, three-tiered stand will also have a number of executive boxes and other corporate facilities, plus new changing rooms and press facilities. The Club announced in December 2019 that it is seeking planning permission to build a new 10,000 capacity Peter Taylor (Main) Stand, along one side of the ground, replacing the existing stand which dates back to the 1950s. In the City Centre in the old Market Square is a bronze statue of the legendary Brian Clough. Facing this is a smaller and much older Peter Taylor Main Stand (built in the late 1960’s) that now looks quite tired in the company of its shiny new neighbours. Once called the Executive Stand, it was recently renamed the Brian Clough Stand in honour of their greatest manager. On one side there is a similarly impressive two-tiered stand, with executive boxes in between, which was built in 1980. One unusual feature of the stand is that running across the middle are a number of rows of seating enclosed within a covered shaded glass area. It is a large two-tiered stand that looks quite smart. Opposite, the Trent End, is the most recent addition to the ground. At one end, the Bridgford Stand houses away fans in the lower tier it is odd because one-third of this stand was built lower than the rest, due to a local Council planning requirement to allow sunlight through to the houses in nearby Colwick Road. Both ends were re-developed during the 1990’s, much improving the overall appearance. My only question re Cooper yesterday is why not start a recognised striker against a team that the week before conceded 9! Seems odd to me.Īnyway Leeds next and hopefully some lessons learned and a better result.The ground from a distance looks quite picturesque sitting on the banks of the River Trent. I think yesterday 2-0 up at HT you have to look at the 11 players on the pitch and they need to take ownership of that second half performance. a season of playing as we did yesterday won’t be (and shouldn’t be) tolerated. I think some of the signings were none Cooper driven but some most certainly were and the owner and his son (along with Murphy) got those done too. I think a lot will though and I think that recruitment has been done hoping for the best whilst preparing for the worst and we need some high profile and ego driven individuals if we are to have any chance of staying up. Some of our new additions certainly won’t be with us if we go down. Hopefully once the squad gel and are all are fit (how did we used to manage with a squad of 15?! ) it’ll be onwards and upwards!Īgain I agree with a lot of what you say.
Full marks to the owner too for the hefty investment. I think Copper should be given the season to keep us progressing - even if we need a backward step. I do think Forest should be a top flight club but again agree that Clough and Taylor got us unexpected success. I guess the main issue is it’s still prone to human interpretation and error unlike other sports - Cricket (ball tracking/ ultra edge etc) and Tennis (Hawkeye) both of which are not only accurate but fairly quick. Personally I am still on the fence re VAR, I’m not totally convinced it’s as accurate as it’s meant to be and certainly breaks up the natural flow of the game but have seen it work well too.
Football is certainly a totally different entity now.