North Stand Expansion

[wolfie1988]

Can see the crane locations on here. This was before Sisk took over the whole thing.

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Think the one that is going up today is the 2nd BIG one on the east side of the North stand parallel to the other BIG one

 

[spinney]

@jrb photos and experience confirms what we knew.

The development of Anfield mirrors what happened with the Old Trafford expansion decades ago. It is hard to see the PL being so amenable to accepting shortcomings of developments at the grounds of “lesser” clubs eg, a basic modern expectation of screens in an age of VAR being sacrificed for more seats or restricted views.

Most PL grounds have a standard pitch size of 105x68 metres. Liverpools 101x68 metres may not sound much different but is 272 sq m less which is significant at the top levels of football. When coupled with the closeness of fans to the pitch, it makes for a tighter, more claustrophobic space that suits Klopps style rather than Peps.

I would put a lot of the hype surrounding the atmosphere and excitement at Anfield down to this. Their owners have cashed in for a maximum ROI with the expansion in capacity rather than a new ground. Corners will have been cut. As the rags have found, it is a short term fix but with the quick, big returns their USA owners demand eager to cash in. It is clear they are not in it long term.

This will become more apparent once our North Stand development is complete. I think it will change expectations from stadiums for newer generations of fans. Like it or not, times are changing. The old days at Maine Road where toilets were an open outside area pissing against a wall collected by a gutter are long gone or even worse when urine flowed down the terraces at big games.

Ice been banging on about their pitch size for ages

Is this why VAR doesn't work at that end of the ground?


it is why their ground was not picked by UEFA for intl tournament so how can they are allowed to play UEFA club tournaments there ?

 

[pride in battle]

Ice been banging on about their pitch size for ages

Is this why VAR doesn't work at that end of the ground?


it is why their ground was not picked by UEFA for intl tournament so how can they are allowed to play UEFA club tournaments there ?

I thought all Premier League pitches had to be the same size ?

 

[supercity88]

I thought all Premier League pitches had to be the same size ?

There are minimum sizes and certain rules and regulations but they don't apply to red shirts.

 

[blueparrot]

I thought all Premier League pitches had to be the same size ?

Think all new grounds do but older grounds have parameters because they haven't got room.

 

[Danny Hoekman]

There are 648 GA+ seats on the plan.

As a current NS2 dweller, can somebody point me to this plan? It must have passed me by.

 

[nmc]

There are minimum sizes and certain rules and regulations but they don't apply to red shirts.

How can they be allowed to rebuild two sides of the ground and still not have large screens for VAR but promoted clubs must install big screens. One rule for red shirts and another for the rest.

 

[Keeper!]

Ice been banging on about their pitch size for ages

Is this why VAR doesn't work at that end of the ground?


it is why their ground was not picked by UEFA for intl tournament so how can they are allowed to play UEFA club tournaments there ?

How big is the Luton pitch it looks very small?

 

[eyalluvitt]

How big is the Luton pitch it looks very small?

And a real tight entrance

 

[spinney]

I thought all Premier League pitches had to be the same size ?

They have to be within a range

Liverpool is 101x68
Luton is 101x64 - but not in Europe

I'm not googling any others thank you !