Where would you put a new Gulls stadium?

[chunkygull]

i remember a few mentions of torbay united when the clennon rumours were around, blimey, definintely doesnt sound right.

i agree the club should always stay in torquay, i know i said the whole clennon valley thing was exciting when i was a kid, but the ground would have been less than 2 minutes away from my house. thinking about it now its a very bad idea. for a start a club should always remain in the town/city it is named after and where its origins are.

i cant see us ever leaving plainmoor and probably wouldnt want to. it seems like a lot of supporters never really want their club to move to a new ground even if it is going to be better. the men in suits never listen to the fans in these situations and they feel like they are forced into doing something they dont want to. west ham be warned.

tradition, history, identity, soul and a dislike of change all contribute to supporters not wanting to move.

[Yellow4life]

I expect us just to out build on to the houses surrounding plainmoor, that's one way we can increase the stadium

[WestLondonYellow]

The new ground will be between Edginswell and Kingskerswell by 2022, close to the railway line with a new station and excellent road links, also part of an entertainment, gym and hotel complex.

The stadium will be 20000 seater (with room for expansion), and depending on whether the league allows standing by then in the Championship, if it does it will have terracing behind the goals. We will be pulling crowds in and getting close to full, and playing in the Championship by 2023, looking to push in the the Premier League. Their will also be decent funds for players and wages.

Their is enough people in the area interested in football to fill a 60000 seater stadium, we'll blow Exeter out of the water and surpass Argyle, and playing at this level we'll be able to generate enough interest in TUFC, and momentum to grow sensibly. We'll put the town back on the map and attract a lot of visitors to the Bay.

For those who'll be sad or not relish leaving Plainmoor, completely understand, but it will be built with class not like a plastic stadium such as Cardiff and Southampton have. In order to progress, we have to leave Plainmoor.

It's going to happen, so think big.

[SuperNickyWroe]

The new ground will be between Edginswell and Kingskerswell by 2022, close to the railway line with a new station and excellent road links, also part of an entertainment, gym and hotel complex.

The stadium will be 20000 seater (with room for expansion), and depending on whether the league allows standing by then in the Championship, if it does it will have terracing behind the goals. We will be pulling crowds in and getting close to full, and playing in the Championship by 2023, looking to push in the the Premier League. Their will also be decent funds for players and wages.

Their is enough people in the area interested in football to fill a 60000 seater stadium, we'll blow Exeter out of the water and surpass Argyle, and playing at this level we'll be able to generate enough interest in TUFC, and momentum to grow sensibly. We'll put the town back on the map and attract a lot of visitors to the Bay.

For those who'll be sad or not relish leaving Plainmoor, completely understand, but it will be built with class not like a plastic stadium such as Cardiff and Southampton have. In order to progress, we have to leave Plainmoor.

It's going to happen, so think big.

thanks for the info Lord Sugar.

[WestLondonYellow]

thanks for the info Lord Sugar.

Hey, I don't expect a soul to believe word, I believe it though.

[gullno4]

that is the funniest post I have ever read

[happytorq]

couldnt think of any reason why we'd ever need to move from out lovely little ground to some soulless new thing, yak!!

good job its hypothetical, plainmoors perfect, easy to reach, decent pubs and food shops, why would we ever need to do that?

Plainmoor is far from perfect. Nowhere to park, well out of town, and public transport to get there is pretty terrible. If, hypothetically, we were to find ourselves in the Championship - unlikely, I know - Plainmoor is plainly unfit for purpose.

although you're right in that moving somewhere soulless would be a bad idea. if it ever were to happen, they'd really need to try something something with the stadium design because of the recent one look they just pick one out of a catalogue and change the seat colours.

[Gullscorer]

We've been in the Football League for many decades. Then those young Yeovil upstarts come in from non-League with a new stadium and shoot up as high as the Championship, a feat we've never accomplished! Good luck to them, but who do we blame for Torquay's mediocre record?

[yellowmonkey]

The ideal place for the new stadium would be directly on top of Hele Village(Hell Village to some.) The work shy would be moved out to either Kingskerswell were they could help out on the bypass or Buckland. Then again I hear Kabul is nice this time of year not been there for a while so cant vouch for it, but they love single mothers and wide boys with those stupid dogs.
Anyways back on topic, it would be ideally situated for all transport links and the hospital and crematorium are both not far for referee's and their assistants that dont go to spec savers.

[chunkygull]

right, so, if we are never to move from plainmoor and by some miracle somebody cracks the enigma that is torquay united and suddenly we have a successful team that plays free flowing, beautiful football, achieves a promotion and dares to dream of, or has potential of another, and hoardes of football fans in the area want to come and watch this team but cannot get in because games are always sold out, what can we do to increase plainmoor?

apart from bristows bench, each time we have rebuilt a section of the ground i have always been a bit surprised because i was expecting us to go bigger.

when the old mini stand went and that whole end was rebuilt into the family stand and all the rest of it i thought at the time we should have bought the swimming pool, and that bit of land around it and gone back further and higher. apparently we were'nt allowed to. we probably couldnt have afforded it anyway. could we add another tier one day if it was needed? i doubt it.

same as the popside, is it me or did the old one hold a lot more supporters. it definitely doesnt have as much depth.the way the new one was built hasnt really left much you can add in or change.

the away end is ok, but, a few have said there is a bit more room behind it. could a bit of this been used so that end could have gone back further and a bit higher? i've never been behind there so i dont know. could we have made it a bit higher with a few more capacity anyway? would a second tier be feasible?

its hard to believe we once had 21,908 people in there. i know the structure and design is totally different now and health and safety restrictions blah, blah, blah. but the whole area of the ground is so small, they must have been packed in like sardines and almost sat on the pitch.

anyway, check out how full the old pop is in this clip, the design now wouldnt allow that many. from about 1 min 30 secs you get a good look -

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[SteveDeckchair]

In reply to the OP, I'd put a new stadium up Chris Roberts' arsehole!

On a serious note, we'd never need a stadium bigger than 10k capacity, even in the Championship.

Sure I've read somewhere that the family stand was built with the ability to put a 2nd tier on it. So, an extra 1k up there plus rebuild the Pop so it goes back a bit more. The design of the Pop is woeful.

[ferrarilover]

The funniest bit was the criticism of St Mary's, which is one of the best grounds in the country. Been there as a Torquay fan and as an interested neutral and it has always been an enjoyable visit.

Matt.

[Gullscorer]

In reply to the OP, I'd put a new stadium up Chris Roberts' arsehole!

On a serious note, we'd never need a stadium bigger than 10k capacity, even in the Championship.

Sure I've read somewhere that the family stand was built with the ability to put a 2nd tier on it. So, an extra 1k up there plus rebuild the Pop so it goes back a bit more. The design of the Pop is woeful.

It would be technically feasible to enlarge the Plainmoor capacity without too much collateral damage. But there would still be so many negatives about the Plainmoor location, difficulty of access, lack of parking, and so on. Even the Recreation Ground, despite its preferred more central location and the proximity of the railway and some parking facilities, has difficult and often congested road access from surrounding districts.

Logically, somewhere not too far from the railway, around the Willows area or on the Kingskerswell side of Scotts Bridge, with direct road, rail, and bus links from all areas, would make the most sense. A new stadium in such a location, with easier all-round access and an associated modern community/business/retail complex, could not only ensure a viable financial future for the club but also give us a far better chance of success on the pitch and up through the leagues. Even if we never made it into the Championship, easier access for our overall population catchment area and being able to accommodate the supporters of the many clubs who are bigger than us would amount to a fair sum in extra revenue.

Adherence to traditional Plainmoor sentimentality in the future could well mean a continuation of our historical mediocrity and then any thoughts or ambitions of real success and progress as a football club would indeed remain nothing more than a pipe dream.

[tomogull]

The new ground will be between Edginswell and Kingskerswell by 2022, close to the railway line with a new station and excellent road links, also part of an entertainment, gym and hotel complex.

The stadium will be 20000 seater (with room for expansion), and depending on whether the league allows standing by then in the Championship, if it does it will have terracing behind the goals. We will be pulling crowds in and getting close to full, and playing in the Championship by 2023, looking to push in the the Premier League. Their will also be decent funds for players and wages.

Their is enough people in the area interested in football to fill a 60000 seater stadium, we'll blow Exeter out of the water and surpass Argyle, and playing at this level we'll be able to generate enough interest in TUFC, and momentum to grow sensibly. We'll put the town back on the map and attract a lot of visitors to the Bay.

For those who'll be sad or not relish leaving Plainmoor, completely understand, but it will be built with class not like a plastic stadium such as Cardiff and Southampton have. In order to progress, we have to leave Plainmoor.

It's going to happen, so think big.

Unless Thea is doing the Euromillions nowadays, this will never happen of course. But hey - it would make a lot of sense. Good rail and road links (when the new road is completed) and with ample parking included. Also, we wouldn't be bothered by those inconsiderate Plainmoor residents who complain every time their drives are blocked ..........

[MidDevon]

With a supporters head on, I would like a new stadium by Torquay Rugby Club on the seafront.

With a business head on, and assuming I had unlimited money to invest, I would relocate the club to Newton Abbot. Why? because commerically that would be the best place to be.

Regarding Yeovil, I think their situation is slightly different, for a start they are Somerset's only league club, they represent the whole of the county and always have, even when in the 2nd division of non league football (isthmian league) we would often pull up alongside Yeovil Supporters coaches off to an away match against Tooting or Croydon dwafing Torquay's away support....whilst in the early 80's Torquay were getting crowds around 1200, Yeovil were consistentantly doubling that, even as a non league club they were bigger than Torquay.