Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[DiscoSteve]

Mary D's ?

so that'd go down like a lead balloon with the city fans packed in there... !?

 

[squirtyflower]

so that'd go down like a lead balloon with the city fans packed in there... !?

It may well do, but it's a shithole IMO

I'd rather we built something akin to city square at the south stand, then there'd be more room for us at the north

 

[DiscoSteve]

It may well do, but it's a shithole IMO

I'd rather we built something akin to city square at the south stand, then there'd be more room for us at the north

I don't know... it's quiet pleasant upstairs drinking bitter in the Supporters Club room - could do with the six-pint-at-once pumps though based on the rate at which some branch members throw the piss down their necks

 

[squirtyflower]

I've never been upstairs, so it could remain there for the SC members but downstairs is disgusting.

 

[SilverFox2]

This type of thing is resolved by putting more men on the job, not extending the timescales & City wouldn't have sold season tickets if they had any doubt what so ever that the stand wouldn't be finished for the first home game.

There will be an open training session at the ground in the week of the Chelsea game.

Much the same as City going off the boil last season and slipping to fourth until the original players bonus spread was adjusted to allow for a better second place incentive (it is alleged).

 

[HelloCity]

Much the same as City going off the boil last season and slipping to fourth until the original players bonus spread was adjusted to allow for a better second place incentive (it is alleged).

We had already secured 2nd by the time we played Southampton on the last game and still put in a very good performance. So yeah, I'm not falling for the whole 'they only tried for the money' hint.

 

[Why Always Ste]

I don't know... it's quiet pleasant upstairs drinking bitter in the Supporters Club room - could do with the six-pint-at-once pumps though based on the rate at which some branch members throw the piss down their necks

Every time I've been upstairs in the SC room it's been dead. hundreds of people usually downstairs and a few people upstairs.

I don't like Mary D's tbh, reminds me of the dark gloomy pubs my Dad frequented in the 80's... plus with the amount of chavs in there it sometimes feels more intimidating than being amongst away fans.

Regards to City Square, I feel integrating amongst away fans is better than dividing us. if there was one place specifically for them and one place for us, I feel this could create tension and at the current CitySquare I've regularly been amongst away fans and never once felt threatened or seen any bad behaviour.
Usually just friendly banter - sharing drinks etc.

 

[blue mash up]

I remember the restaurant above the mega store back in the day i enjoyed a few lovely meals up there.

 

[SilverFox2]

We had already secured 2nd by the time we played Southampton on the last game and still put in a very good performance. So yeah, I'm not falling for the whole 'they only tried for the money' hint.

Actually meant as a joke against construction projects where flooding the site with 'hours' is often necessary to avoid financial penalties unless bonuses for early completion are negotiated.

I'm sure our already extremely highly paid stars would not combine to manipulate their pay after seeing CL and PL incentive payments evaporate, it would be wrong of me to infer that the new pay structure could possibly affect the way our players perform.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Fuck Mary D's...Corner Shop or Townley is where it's at

 

[Dodge]

Fuck Mary D's...Corner Shop or Townley is where it's at

Amen brother..

 

[SWP's back]

Every time I've been upstairs in the SC room it's been dead. hundreds of people usually downstairs and a few people upstairs.

I don't like Mary D's tbh, reminds me of the dark gloomy pubs my Dad frequented in the 80's... plus with the amount of chavs in there it sometimes feels more intimidating than being amongst away fans.

Regards to City Square, I feel integrating amongst away fans is better than dividing us. if there was one place specifically for them and one place for us, I feel this could create tension and at the current CitySquare I've regularly been amongst away fans and never once felt threatened or seen any bad behaviour.
Usually just friendly banter - sharing drinks etc.

Haha bollocks mate. I know you and you aren't intimidated by anyone. :-)

 

[FanchesterCity]

Probably City circle, they might have scribbled the remaining names on the project on a single plaque and stuck it on a grassy knoll !

It looked like a milestone, but with a City emblem on (what looked like a City emblem). About 2ft high at the most. I'll have a look next home game as I park just behind the chippy anyway

 

[whp.blue]

Fuck Mary D's...Corner Shop or Townley is where it's at

I never use the Corner Shop was told it is a rag pub and the landlord is a rag to boot?

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

I never use the Corner Shop was told it is a rag pub and the landlord is a rag to boot?

Don't know who told you that but it's bollocks

 

[Why Always Ste]

For a Boozer I've always liked The Vic but I've never been in Townley, only ever wondered past it.
Would love an indoors type city square with heating for those winter night games... And a cafe style outdoor part for the summer

 

[Why Always Ste]

Haha bollocks mate. I know you and you aren't intimidated by anyone. :-)

I'm a "big girls blouse" according to an ex of mine...

 

[DiscoSteve]

On pubs round the Etihad The Clockface was epic back in the day - the worst most miserable run down 60's pub in the world but a belter on match day

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

As long as the seats and toilets are in for the Chelsea game then i'm sure people could do without a pie and pint for one game if the full internal fit out isn't complete. Really cant wait to see the finished stand in the flesh so to speak....

You could do without a pie and a pint? Are you feeling alright, mate? ;-)

 

[Leveblue]

Wonder if we will build an area for the away fans to have a drink, might as well get what money we can out of them!!

It was rumoured that the academy stadium was going to include a fan zone type area on match days many years ago, which would pick up all the support coming down Ashton New Road across from ASDA.

I would have thought the area underneath the end stand, which is quite large and has nothing in it, would have been ideal for this, plus it is indoors so if it was raining it wouldn’t be a problem.

I’m sure it would do well on match days as a few of the pubs in this area have already disappeared, (the Derby, the Queens Head & the North Street Club). It could also be used as an area for the away fans as well.