Going to need a bigger ground.

[leic white 63]

now sold out for bristol a week before !! if and if we got promoted to the premiership we are surely going to need to redevelop elland rd to increase the capacity . another ground on another site would be unthinkable for me . probably knock down the now ageing west stand and build the equivalent to the east stand. the south stand also imo needs redevelopments imo. ....... thoughts ???

[1964white]

West Stand will be the first redevelopment project

No need to worry about that this season '63

We need to concentrate on building the team before we go down that road

[leic white 63]

West Stand will be the first redevelopment project

No need to worry about that this season '63

We need to concentrate on building the team before we go down that road

yep afraid so !
at times i think it probably would have been better spending the 20 mill on the team instead of buying the ground back. the ground could have probably waited untill we got out of this league. i suppose thats why im a fan and not a business man .

[1964white]

yep afraid so !
at times i think it probably would have been better spending the 20 mill on the team instead of buying the ground back. the ground could have probably waited untill we got out of this league. i suppose thats why im a fan and not a business man .

Owning the ground won't get us up

Just makes Leeds United more of a selling asset when Radz is ready to sell

[gessa]

Leeds United don't own the ground.

[1964white]

Leeds United don't own the ground.

Parent company of Leeds United owns it

[Cjay]

Radz could keep the ground, no obligation to sell it even if he sells the club.

Its clever PR but we have no more right to the ground then we did before, just not paying rent which was a pittance compared to the £20mil Radz paid for it.

Radz didnt need to buy the ground back, PR and an asset.

The ambitious thing to do was to spend the money on the squad

[leic white 63]

Radz could keep the ground, no obligation to sell it even if he sells the club.

Its clever PR but we have no more right to the ground then we did before, just not paying rent which was a pittance compared to the £20mil Radz paid for it.

Radz didnt need to buy the ground back, PR and an asset.

The ambitious thing to do was to spend the money on the squad

exactly.

[Muppet the Cat]

I can remember back in the early/mid 90's when I was still the holder of a 'Leeds United Premier Card' getting the circular letter (I recall it came in a yellow envelope) from Ridsdale outlining the club's ambition to build a new stadium on one of the Junctions on the M62 (A1 or M1 ?? - I can't recall now).

But given the absolute lack of appetite from fans for a move from Elland Road, as far as I know those plans melted away and there hasn't been a plan to move away since.

[gessa]

I can remember back in the early/mid 90's when I was still the holder of a 'Leeds United Premier Card' getting the circular letter (I recall it came in a yellow envelope) from Ridsdale outlining the club's ambition to build a new stadium on one of the Junctions on the M62 (A1 or M1 ?? - I can't recall now).

But given the absolute lack of appetite from fans for a move from Elland Road, as far as I know those plans melted away and there hasn't been a plan to move away since.

Got one of those too, somewhere around Pontefract if my memory serves me right

[rich_leeds64]

I can remember back in the early/mid 90's when I was still the holder of a 'Leeds United Premier Card' getting the circular letter (I recall it came in a yellow envelope) from Ridsdale outlining the club's ambition to build a new stadium on one of the Junctions on the M62 (A1 or M1 ?? - I can't recall now).

But given the absolute lack of appetite from fans for a move from Elland Road, as far as I know those plans melted away and there hasn't been a plan to move away since.

The proposed ground was near junction 44 on the M1, Miles from the centre and IMO would have been the biggest mistake in our history. I was in favour of redeveloping ER but the South stand would have been problematic due to it being on the main road and the only way would have been to make it a cantilever stand, anyway I don’t think we need worry about that just yet...