Safe standing

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by Micky Finn, Sep 22, 2021.

  1. Micky Finn

    Micky Finn Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 2, 2005
    Messages:
    15,238
    Likes Received:
    11,668
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Light bender
    Location:
    It depends who's asking...
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Getting the go ahead for PL & Champ. From January, subject to case-by-case approval. Would the club invest in a safe standing area? Stating the bleedin' obvious, but something tied in with redevelopment of the West Stand would make sense, but well.....y'know....
     
    Dalestykes, churtonred and Jimmy viz like this.
  2. Stephen Dawson

    Stephen Dawson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2018
    Messages:
    31,129
    Likes Received:
    27,234
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Bring it in up in top corner of Ponte End.
     
  3. Jimmy viz

    Jimmy viz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2012
    Messages:
    28,244
    Likes Received:
    17,432
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballet Dancer
    Location:
    Hiding under the bed
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Guess ground ownership would be the issue.
     
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  4. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    26,403
    Likes Received:
    19,046
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    As it seems, many problems will be. Growing increasingly concerned with how this Mexican stand-off is gonna pan out
     
  5. Jimmy viz

    Jimmy viz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2012
    Messages:
    28,244
    Likes Received:
    17,432
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballet Dancer
    Location:
    Hiding under the bed
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Yeah difficult to see a way out.

    The ground either decays around is and is never improved.

    The current owners improve it despite not owning it.

    We leave Oakwell and ground share. Whether temp or permanent. - seems increasingly likely.

    We build a new ground. - seems unlikely against a backdrop of inflation.
     
    Donny-Red likes this.
  6. ley

    leythtyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2019
    Messages:
    8,135
    Likes Received:
    12,015
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Unfortunately I can see oakwell becoming as much of a hindrance to Barnsley as Odsal has been to Bradford Bulls rugby league
     
  7. Red

    RedVesp Guest

    Stop you right there. It's a no. As others have said, there'll be zero major investment in the stadium untill the ownership situation is sorted.
     
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  8. onemickybutler

    onemickybutler Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2007
    Messages:
    7,287
    Likes Received:
    7,734
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    No chance they’ll invest in anything. Scoreboard doesn’t even work. Can see the ground falling into decay sadly.
     
    dreamboy3000 likes this.
  9. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2005
    Messages:
    53,975
    Likes Received:
    21,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    DB3K Towers
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    We won't pay for a new scoreboard so have no chance of paying out the cost of safe standing.
     
  10. Red

    RedVesp Guest

    Not sadly for me, I hope we move asap. Oakwell is fast becoming (has already become?) an embarrassment. No time for sentimentality.
     
  11. Andy Mac

    Andy Mac Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2006
    Messages:
    10,194
    Likes Received:
    9,222
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    IT
    Location:
    Sweet Home Bingley.
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    I sometimes pine for the halcyon days of standing on the corner of Ponty and West (to give it it's American localisation) but realistically I'm not sure if my knees would take 90+ minutes of standing even if they did re-locate my favourite red crash barrier.



    Ponty and West would have been an ace name for a social club on the corner, thinking about it. Sorry, slow day at work.
     
  12. George Kerr

    George Kerr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2016
    Messages:
    1,483
    Likes Received:
    2,244
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Hoyland
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Who will pay for the installation? If the Club don’t own the ground, should Ocal pay or the Club.?
     
  13. nezbfc

    nezbfc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2005
    Messages:
    10,414
    Likes Received:
    5,755
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I think it's far from an embarrassment. Many fans of other teams love coming to oakwell. Loads mention it as their favourite away day, and a good old fashioned but modernish development.

    The bit that is embarrassing (my opinion) which many of our home fans are against redevelopment, is the west stand. I do however, get the sentiment....

    But as alluded to, zero will change whilst ownership is resolved
     
  14. Red

    RedVesp Guest

    The embarrassing bit for me is:

    We have two sides of the stadium we can't fill on safety grounds

    The awful red wall that greets you as you walk down to the ground

    No reason for anyone to go the ground and spend any time or money other than on matchdays (proper social club would be a start)

    It looks tinpot (it really does), rubbish advertising hoardings, tHe BiG sCrEeN, even the dugouts are worse than some Sunday league teams

    The more I think about Oakwell, the more it gets me down.

    I get that most people look on Oakwell with reverence and it holds a load of memories (it does for me too), but it either needs an extraordinary amount of money spending on it or we need to move.
     
  15. Gordon Owen

    Gordon Owen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2009
    Messages:
    19,785
    Likes Received:
    9,859
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Tarn, sithi
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Stephen Dawson and RedVesp like this.
  16. Stephen Dawson

    Stephen Dawson Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2018
    Messages:
    31,129
    Likes Received:
    27,234
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
  17. dreamboy3000

    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2005
    Messages:
    53,975
    Likes Received:
    21,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    DB3K Towers
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I don't want us to move from Oakwell but it needs serious cash spent to get up to date. Our newest stand that was built to be split for over 5000 is now for 4000 people and not split. It was noticeable at the weekend with the sun shining on the North Stand just how many seats have been replaced so it looks patchy alongside thousands of really faded seats. The West Stand needs bulldozing even if a new stand isn't built there because Oakwell would look better three sided. Look at MK Dons who have never played in the top two leagues.....

    https://www.stadiummk.com/

    https://populous.com/project/stadiummk

    It can do music concerts, has corners filled in, multiple scoreboards, padded seats, on site hotel and many more features.
     
    TonyTyke and RedVesp like this.
  18. Mid

    Mido Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2006
    Messages:
    11,569
    Likes Received:
    6,759
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    MK Dons have played in the Championship.
     
  19. Wuz1964

    Wuz1964 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2021
    Messages:
    868
    Likes Received:
    949
    Trophy Points:
    93
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Huddersfield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I love that "awful red wall"... that wall is steeped in history !
     
  20. Red

    RedVesp Guest

    It's steeped in wazz cos its been the splashback for the west stand bogs for a million years ;)
     
    Wuz1964 and churtonred like this.

Share This Page