Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
Licker, I know the area pretty well as I did some work for Barclaycard who have a big office over the road. It's a transport nightmare frankly as there's only one road in from either the East Lancs or M57 and there would be very little parking. If anyone's ever been to Reading in the car then it would be worse than that. They would need to set up huge park-and-rides around Kirby to make it viable. There's enough space for that.
There's a handful of pubs (three?) and a shopping precinct with a few places to eat but that's basically it. When I come over to Goodison, I usually meet up with some Toffee mates for a Chinese and we get the Soccerbus from Sandhills about three quarters of an hour before the kick-off. It would take far, far longer to get to Kirby from the city centre. So it would probably have a negative impact on the match-day experience.
You certainly need to do something to your ground but there's something comforting about going there as it's a "proper" ground, surrounded by terraced houses with loads of pubs and decent transport links.
There's a handful of pubs (three?) and a shopping precinct with a few places to eat but that's basically it. When I come over to Goodison, I usually meet up with some Toffee mates for a Chinese and we get the Soccerbus from Sandhills about three quarters of an hour before the kick-off. It would take far, far longer to get to Kirby from the city centre. So it would probably have a negative impact on the match-day experience.
You certainly need to do something to your ground but there's something comforting about going there as it's a "proper" ground, surrounded by terraced houses with loads of pubs and decent transport links.