HSS Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 30 minutes ago, windae cleaner said: They are behind the move to move away from Cappielow to the auld IBM site That’s not going to happen anytime in the near future They are going down the Fan Owned route like ourselves but........the fans would own the club but not the stadium.Dangerous route to go down as they could find themselves homeless overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, windae cleaner said: Are the Sleazedales still involved? My ex workmate who supports them said the Easdales wanted the club but wouldn't take the debt on. Sweetie man is wanting something back from what his father paid in before the club goes to someone else. As others had said, the supporters would only get the team, not the ground. They are certainly in a bad way, and it is only the money (500K i think) that they got from the guy who gave all the clubs cash, that will get them to the end of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, windae cleaner said: Are the Sleazedales still involved? They're plenty involved behind the scenes "Windae Cleaner" and through McGills pay for loads of stuff including all the youth level teams (when Covid allows). There's very little they're not involved in down this way unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, HSS said: That’s not going to happen anytime in the near future They are going down the Fan Owned route like ourselves but........the fans would own the club but not the stadium.Dangerous route to go down as they could find themselves homeless overnight. It might be a shorter time than you'd think HSS, both the IBM site and the Power Station site are going through a local consultation process at the moment and I've a wee feeling that Planning won't be as difficult to get as it was pre-Covid, the Council will allow just about anything to drive jobs in the area no matter how short-term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 28 minutes ago, WeeBud said: They're plenty involved behind the scenes "Windae Cleaner" and through McGills pay for loads of stuff including all the youth level teams (when Covid allows). There's very little they're not involved in down this way unfortunately. I would assume they pay for stuff like youth teams through mc gills as a tax dodge for bus company. Having read up about owners and indeed some mc gills reviews it wouldn't surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, WeeBud said: It might be a shorter time than you'd think HSS, both the IBM site and the Power Station site are going through a local consultation process at the moment and I've a wee feeling that Planning won't be as difficult to get as it was pre-Covid, the Council will allow just about anything to drive jobs in the area no matter how short-term. So who is going to fund the build of a new stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, HSS said: So who is going to fund the build of a new stadium? This is where it gets interesting HSS....what I have heard is that the Easedale's want the land at Cappielow, they own absolutely everything else in that area and it would be worth quite a lot to them financially. They also own the site at IBM now so the land would effectively be free.....I'm guessing what they would build would be fairly basic but would be purpose built, by the Easdales, for modern football whereas Cappielow is in some state and it costs a fortune just to keep it as it is. Edited March 12, 2021 by WeeBud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbriansaint72 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, WeeBud said: This is where it gets interesting HSS....what I have heard is that the Easedale's want the land at Cappielow, they own absolutely everything else in that area and it would be worth quite a lot to them financially. They also own the site at IBM now so the land would effectively be free.....I'm guessing what they would build would be fairly basic but would be purpose built for modern football whereas Cappielow is in some state and it costs a fortune just to keep it as it is. In which case there must be a major development in pipeline which would include the land on which cappielow stands. As they own the IBM site like you said it would cost far less to develop. Morton unlike down here at least have the chance of this. We have a short sighted council who have the lease on 2 stadiums in workington which need large amounts of investment. A new stadium was approved by previous regime, then taken away after a couple of major companies had invested in area on the basis on new stadium being built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 35 minutes ago, WeeBud said: This is where it gets interesting HSS....what I have heard is that the Easedale's want the land at Cappielow, they own absolutely everything else in that area and it would be worth quite a lot to them financially. They also own the site at IBM now so the land would effectively be free.....I'm guessing what they would build would be fairly basic but would be purpose built, by the Easdales, for modern football whereas Cappielow is in some state and it costs a fortune just to keep it as it is. I would imagine the crappielow land would only be suitable for industrial use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, HSS said: I would imagine the crappielow land would only be suitable for industrial use? I'd think so HSS and i believe they also own the land across from Cappielow where the car park and all the land stretching to the old indoor bowling rink (or cohorts of theirs do). There has always been chat of Asda coming to Greenock and don't whether that may be seen as a suitable site if they had it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, WeeBud said: This is where it gets interesting HSS....what I have heard is that the Easedale's want the land at Cappielow, they own absolutely everything else in that area and it would be worth quite a lot to them financially. They also own the site at IBM now so the land would effectively be free.....I'm guessing what they would build would be fairly basic but would be purpose built, by the Easdales, for modern football whereas Cappielow is in some state and it costs a fortune just to keep it as it is. I wouldn't fancy going home via the M8 on a supporters bus if they ended up at the IBM site Down the A78 toward Largs and back through Kilbirnie would be safer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Top- Bin !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, HSS said: I would imagine the crappielow land would only be suitable for industrial use? Not necessarily. There's plenty of housing behind the stadium away from the main road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPB1957 Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 New Morton boss Gus MacPherson has made his first signing by taking Stephen McGinn on loan from Hibs until the end of the season. (Greenock Telegraph) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 14 hours ago, oaksoft said: Not necessarily. There's plenty of housing behind the stadium away from the main road. Only on the other side of the railway, I would expect the land would either be industrial or supermarket retail on that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, WeeBud said: Only on the other side of the railway, I would expect the land would either be industrial or supermarket retail on that site. It wouldn't be unusual to re-purpose that land. It's a pretty common thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 32 minutes ago, WeeBud said: Only on the other side of the railway, I would expect the land would either be industrial or supermarket retail on that site. I noticed when I was down that way last week that there’s loads of new housing at the Dock across from Sinclair St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 7 hours ago, oaksoft said: It wouldn't be unusual to re-purpose that land. It's a pretty common thing. It sits between two industrial estates, it would be fairly unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Looks like Gus has walked out on the dodgers 🚶♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, HSS said: Looks like Gus has walked out on the dodgers 🚶♂️ Sacked I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 Sacked I think Yup.Strange one.Only 3 points off 6th place. Sent from my HD1913 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chops Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 Smell the Gusset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tommy Posted December 5, 2021 Report Share Posted December 5, 2021 21 hours ago, BuddieinEK said: Yup. Strange one. Only 3 points off 6th place. Sent from my HD1913 using Tapatalk And only 3 goals from bottom place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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