Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:50 am  

Have to agree with a lot of other posters.
The only positive spin you can put on this is if we are buying in, and therefore are finally getting what we have always needed, a long term home that we can't be evicted from on a whim.

If we are just tenants, then this tells me DH is ready to pull the plug. Especially considering the rumours of a long term deal at The Hive being turned down.
My real worry is team morale. What are the likes of Thacks going to be thinking when they rock up to play here?

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:01 am  

Jim Pooley wrote:

...It's a pretty nice area...

Belying your remoteness again. It's next to one of the worst estates in west London.

Orientwestsider wrote:

This place is soulless... ... there is not one buzz at all around ground...

If we turn up, we'll make the buzz. But given some of the coments on here, that's a big 'IF'.

itsmeagain wrote:

Shall we hold a wake at the last game.

Am I the only person on here starting to think that the 'Heritage Day' at the Hunslet game is looking more like a requiem than a celebration?

itsmeagain wrote:

If we need to move why not somewhere like buying in to Esher Rugby Club it seemed a neat ground when we played there, not difficult to get to as train is direct from Waterloo and direct buses from Kingston and they are looking to expand. There was plenty of parking. No pub on the corner but maybe a club bar in the ground would help produce more revenue to help run the club.

There is a nice bar in the clubhouse that served a decent pint. Agree that this would make a far better choice, unless we are actually bauying in at Ealing.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:47 am  

Perry wrote:

Am I the only person on here starting to think that the 'Heritage Day' at the Hunslet game is looking more like a requiem than a celebration?

No mate! If I'd known I'd have worn funereal attire and brought a wreath!

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:22 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

No mate! If I'd known I'd have worn funereal attire and brought a wreath!

I'd have worn that all black abomination of a shirt that Gus foisted upon us.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:36 pm  

itsmeagain wrote:

If we are going to Ealing this will end the support we have given over 25 years. It will be the death of the club. Shall we hold a wake at the last game. If we need to move why not somewhere like buying in to Esher Rugby Club it seemed a neat ground when we played there, not difficult to get to as train is direct from Waterloo and direct buses from Kingston and they are looking to expand. There was plenty of parking. No pub on the corner but maybe a club bar in the ground would help produce more revenue to help run the club. Maybe even Kingstonian are worth a look, I heard a rumour they are looking for a partner but dont know if it was true. It's in London area, good transport links and car parking.

Esher are building a new stand as far as I know they have planning and building should start imminently. AFC Wimbledon are hoping to move back to Plough Lane which means they will want to sell Kingsmedow I doubt if K's have the money to buy the stadium back as they sold to AFC because they had financial problems.
I do not think Kingsmedow could be developed into a 5000 seat stadium let alone 10,000 there is not much land around the pitch.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:55 pm  

People are forgetting that Hughes and Mackay carried out an exhaustive 2 year microscopic search for a new home from Gillingham to Orient and back.....before the RFL bribed......sorry paid a marketing stipend to the Hive at the 11th hour to ensure they got 2014 sorted.
Hughes has had enough, the majority of fans have left, the rfl don't care and in general, we are reaping the rewards of dire and in my opinion almost criminal neglect of one key area of business...... Wire-quin will tell you what that is

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:00 pm  

Kingstonian have already said the believe the way forward for them if Wimbledon do sell up is to leave Kingsmeadow.

It should be said Kingstonian did not sell the ground. An owner put the ground into another company and then sold the lease to Wimbledon. The 200% website carried an exhaustive feature on it as one of their writers is a well known K's fan.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:15 pm  

Perry wrote:

Belying your remoteness again. It's next to one of the worst estates in west London..

1. Actually, the estate is on the eastern side of the tracks, the ground is on the western side....,
2. RL has its roots in council estates and working class areas......or have you not been north of late
3. Everywhere in london is within a Driver and a wedge of a dodgy estate......even Twickenham had one, as did Brentford.
4. Remoteness? And you say you're not part of a clique?

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:04 pm  

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Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:33 pm  

Jim Pooley wrote:

1. Actually, the estate is on the eastern side of the tracks, the ground is on the western side....,
2. RL has its roots in council estates and working class areas......or have you not been north of late
3. Everywhere in london is within a Driver and a wedge of a dodgy estate......even Twickenham had one, as did Brentford.
4. Remoteness? And you say you're not part of a clique?

Yet again, twisting and mis-representing my words to suit your own agenda.