Aren't basically all stadiums in Italy in need of knocking down? A lot of them weren't up to scratch during Italia '90 and there's been very little redevelopment since. It's not so much about needing more capacity and rather requiring a ground that isn't falling to pieces and dangerous.
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That's probably true ... they did ithis one up in the 90's ... took out the running track and new roof ... still it's an old, old stadium .... just don't see how a club with so few fans can afford a 700m stadium ....
imagine that at millwall
Mestalla in the 1930's had chairs!!!!
State subsidies through the back door to pump the local economy. Very common in Southern Europe where a lot of clubs don’t own the stadium they play in
Yup. Their current stadium is owned by the city/municipality so the rent is probably very high. Espanyol built their own, smaller stadium for this reason. It was long term cheaper to buy land and build their own stadium than paying the rent
A lot of Italian clubs are trying to follow the juventus and Torino model and move to their own purpose built stadium, it has helped juve to move to another level in financial clout and other big clubs in Italy are waking up to this.
AC Milan, under Chinese investment owners, are keen to leave the San siro, as are Roma who want out of the stadio olimpico.
AC Milan, under Chinese investment owners, are keen to leave the San siro, as are Roma who want out of the stadio olimpico.
added to the fact thay were playing in an athletics stadium, which afforded shite views and a shite atmosphere
I understand your point.
But this is the PL. Awash with money. Gold and Sullivan invest in West Ham supposedly. Claim they are the second biggest club in London becuase of thier capacity. The Academy of football
Yet they have a training complex worse than most championship teams. Totally unacceptable for a PL club. Look at Burnley, league two 1995-2000,league one until 2004, championship until 2009. I season back down until 2014. Been down and back up again since then and even they have splashed more cash on, and have a superior training facility to West Ham.
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Come on leaps and bounds since I used to play there.Hackney Marsh's have better facilities than West Ham!!....
Especially The changing rooms
It's unrecognisable from what it was in the 90s, couldn't remember a cafe but can't forget the clogged showers and seemingly always damp changing rooms.
Pitches are fairly decent too, those close to the road are now half size pitches, which is fantastic for kids, no longer are 10yrs olds playing of full size pitches. As I'm knocking on a bit I prefer to play on these too, grass is excellent and even. All in all the whole place is unrecognisable, the full size pitches are also much better, although I'd argue there is more dog shit on them than ever before.
No mention of a cheese room or weekly videos by Chris Cowlin. Total amateurs.
Leicester new training ground
- it's gonna be expensive to run this when they're back in league 1
That’s quite nice, to be fair to the dopers.
What up with all the golf sections?Leicester new training ground
- it's gonna be expensive to run this when they're back in league 1