Gaudi’s cathedral and Camp Nou. A beautiful building and a beautiful game. I only Selhurst could match either. Ah well we can but dream ....Zzzz

Whether or not we flirt with the Crystal Palace Athletics Ground or some brownfield site somewhere, I come back to the point that seems so easy to overlook: We already own some land in a prime location. To make things even better, it has pubs, shops and stations nearby, plus (and this is the best bit) a football ground already built on it plus planning permission to build a huge new stand. Sounds great eh?!

As I said in an earlier post, I am a little surprised it has taken this long to get the recent legal agreement signed but if you think this is taking a while to get done, imagine how long it would take to get a new ground built somewhere if we start from scratch.

Also, don't be too keen to under-appreciate what we have even if we never redevelop Selhurst. Personally I like the old place more every time someone else builds a soulless plastic out-of-town bowl.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (16 Nov 2020 5.22pm)

remember being at Ashburton seniors, early 70s.
we had an open air swimming pool.
'Raise the Roof' sponsored walks/runs/fetes/weasel killing , you name it, to raise funds to put a roof on the s***e outdoor pool.
this was still going on even into the late 80s when siblings were there.
the roof never happened but the teachers went on some great school ski-winter holidays.

it'll never happen, just a new burger outlet, 5 guys hopefully.

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

Thankyou for that explanation.Allways seems a great waste to me.

Probably get shot down but . . . why not buy the Croydon FC site and build on that while helping Croydon FC convert the (former) national athletics stadium.
the locals wouldn't be as against it and we would have a ground in Croydon more easily accessible also Selhurst would convert into one hell of a lot of housing stock.

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).

If things don’t change, we won’t even need a stadium. We could raise millions building flats where the stands are which people could watch the game from