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I rarely venture to the Anfield Road End, but did on Sunday for the blues in the family. It's not going to be easy to reroute Anfield Road around the proposed new stand. There's not much room at the 'corners'. It'll be interesting to see what they come up with, but cutting the road in two was never an option.
I bet you can squeal like a pig!
Need to continuing expanding Anfield and get it up to at least 70k capacity as soon as possible
"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”
After the first consultation, the locals have objected to dead end idea. The club have agreed to reroute it. From the article on the offal:
A small number of local residents raised concerns about the proposed closure of a section of Anfield Road. The revised plans, which will be available to the public in early February, will include a new proposal for Anfield Road to remain open with the road realigned around the footprint of the proposed expanded stand.
I bet you can squeal like a pig!
I’m not sure we’d get planning for 70,000, we would have to massively upgrade the whole transport infrastructure. Getting that many people in and out of the area would place real pressure on local roads, it’s bad enough now.
The area is desperate for public transport - this is the real issue. Once again it is the Liverpool city council making it almost impossible for the city to move forward. I have moaned at FSG over a lack of will to expand in the past and I was pointing the finger in the wrong direction - it’s about time the procrastinators at city hall saw fit to bring - fit for purpose - public transport to the Anfield area.. it’s a crying shame that in 2020 there is STILL no passenger train service within miles of Anfield or Goodison.
In my best Victor Meldrew voice - Unbelievable
Last edited by Steveo; 7th January 2020 at 07:33 PM.
Why stop at 70,000? Here’s some historical attendance records..
HAMPDEN PARK - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND (OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 136,505)
Celtic v Leeds, European Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg, 1970
HAMPDEN PARK - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND (OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 149,547)
Scotland v England, Home International Championship, 1937
HAMPDEN PARK - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND (OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 147,365)
Celtic v Aberdeen, Scottish Cup Final, 1937
MARACANA STADIUM - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 199,854)
Brazil v Uruguay, World Cup Final, 1950
WEMBLEY STADIUM - LONDON, ENGLAND (OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE: 126,047)
Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United, FA Cup Final, 1923
There used to be massive numbers attending big games many decades ago. Things have changed. There’s no real reason to favour 70,000 over 65,000 other than the pride of the competitive statistician. We need to have an amazing stadium with as good an atmosphere as possible. It has to work within the cramped setting that makes Anfield so special and it has to allow the turf to grow as it currently does, creating a small slice of heaven that flourishes right through the winter.
I was in Scotland for the old firm clash last week and Celtic have introduced standing sections for the ultras. They work really well. They looked like they can be expanded to
me too. I’d favour that kind of change if possible but not sure whether it’d ever happen for obvious reasons.
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