Not due to open until next year. I’ve seen the plans for it and it will comfortably be the best single stand in English football. Looks incredible. A seven day a week venue, multiple floors with different reasons to visit on each. They’re even applying to TFL to make the Pier an official stop for the Clipper.
They battered Boro for 70 minutes. Warnock showed why he's a great manager with his sh!thousery. Fulham should have been 4-0 up at least. In the end they were lucky to get a draw.
From what I’ve seen you’ll be able to walk down that side of the Thames now, leading to a whole suite of coffee shops, boutique shops and restaurants. Will link nicely in with the rest of the ground which has easy access. There’s a private members club, swimming pool floor on the roof, some kind of chef partnership, hotel rooms, and then the match day bars. Becomes a little bit more exclusive the higher up you go, which in that part of South West London won’t be an issue as they’re too wealthy round there to just have Chelsea. Big open floored space during the week where you essentially flick a switch and it modifies in to being fit for football fans.
One of my best mates lives in Hammersmith. Believe it or not he is a Baptist Minister. Also also a Leeds fan despite growing up in tarn. He is part of the RSC & does press for loads of bands, including the Eagles, Frankie Valli, Gary Numan and a **** load more. Known him since going to Barnsley Sixth Form College. Quite like that bit of London.
I lived there for near on four years in my early twenties, running a pub called The White Horse on Parsons Green. Incredible place to live and an undiscovered area of London really.
Used to visit The White Horse regularly on a Thursday evening after a game of football on Eel Brook Common. Maybe you pulled me a pint!
I was there 2006-2010 ish? If I didn’t pull you a pint you almost definitely saw me kicking someone out!
The club have some good progress videos on YouTube, you might find them interesting. It looks very good and they have integrated into the existing ground and surrounding area well. I suspect it will cost more than £100million but will generate non football income,most of the time.
The Cottage is a cracking football ground and shows you it is more than possible to modernize a stadium while still maintaining its history and heritage. I hope we go the same route when we have to do something with the West Stand.
I must have met you then. I came in with my brother to pick up tickets from (someone who can no longer be named on here) for an upcoming Wembley game. There was a crowd of BBS contributors in that night, Friday I believe, but I can't remember who.
Probably all from the London Tykes? I probably forced them all to travel and meet up at The White Horse! I was likely stuck working and forcing the pub choice just to be part of the fun.
If it was before the FA Cup semi I was in with our kid and young uns , good night that , the chair shuffle race across Marco Pierre Whites Chelsea restaurant was a highlight
