Skircoat Stand : Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:24 am  

I know we've waited forever for the East stand....but how about a new roof for the Skircoat??? The builders are in afterall...I know i'm dreamin,but it would tie it together and look the biz!!

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:30 am  

I think, once the East Stand is opened the Skircoat stand will become redundant, and eventually be demolished.

No chance of a new roof on it, and having the broken seats fixed is a slim chance too.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:17 am  

I think that it's a perfect side to build a new stand on. You could enter the stand directly from the road side & then the seats would be below you (like at Don Valley).

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:20 am  

griffax wrote:

I think that it's a perfect side to build a new stand on. You could enter the stand directly from the road side & then the seats would be below you (like at Don Valley).

years ago you could enter the ground from the road side, i used to go in through those gates to watch the speedway

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:22 pm  

Once the East Stand is open it would be better to take the seats out of the Skircoat and return it to a Standing terrace again. It would generate more noise and would look better on TV assuming cameras will be placed on the East Stand side.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:53 pm  

seanfax wrote:

years ago you could enter the ground from the road side, i used to go in through those gates to watch the speedway

I used to get into the speedway free through the tunnel under the road from Well Head fields. I often wonder if it still exists or has been filled in or blocked off. Anyone know?

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:51 pm  

Brew wrote:

I think, once the East Stand is opened the Skircoat stand will become redundant, and eventually be demolished.

................. and replaced with what?

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:03 pm  

littlerich wrote:

................. and replaced with what?

Don't you know...?

Bouncy castles and face painting stalls, ready for our assault on SL in three years time.


TBH, when the new East stand is completed, we will have a stadium better than a number of those currently in SL. To suggest demolishing the Skircoat is a little silly.

All we need to worry about is getting bums on seats!!

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:20 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

I used to get into the speedway free through the tunnel under the road from Well Head fields. I often wonder if it still exists or has been filled in or blocked off. Anyone know?

The entrance is still there, assuming you mean the bit that looks like a small railway tunnel at the bottom of the estate. Not been in to see if it's been sealed but I imagine it has given that they built a housing estate down there. Would be like gold dust to the kids if it wasn't

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:36 pm  

seanfax wrote:

years ago you could enter the ground from the road side, i used to go in through those gates to watch the speedway

I was a good girl and I paid in............ 15 pence junior and 30 pence adult. OMG, I am getting old. Ian Cartwright - the Martin Pearson of speedway.