Trader Posted 18 May, 2009 Share Posted 18 May, 2009 On what could be a very sad day for SFC, I was highly amused this morning to hear that P*mpey officials were travelling to London today to offer their magnificent facilities in England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Maybe they'll try for the Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 18 May, 2009 Share Posted 18 May, 2009 (edited) It just so appens that we might know of a stadium recently vacated;) Edited 18 May, 2009 by mack rill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 18 May, 2009 Share Posted 18 May, 2009 It just so appends that we might know of a stadium recently vacated;) :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted 18 May, 2009 Share Posted 18 May, 2009 On what could be a very sad day for SFC, I was highly amused this morning to hear that P*mpey officials were travelling to London today to offer their magnificent facilities in England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Maybe they'll try for the Final. It's on the shortlist, but I don't see how it could happen. The new stadium plans have all been shelved, and instead the plan is to redevelop FP to 30k, with a huge supermarket next door. If that does go ahead (on past form, that's a big if) I fail to see how there would be enough room to make the ground 40k. I do wonder that if our future had been more certain, would we have been on the shortlist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino M Posted 18 May, 2009 Share Posted 18 May, 2009 It's on the shortlist, but I don't see how it could happen. The new stadium plans have all been shelved, and instead the plan is to redevelop FP to 30k, with a huge supermarket next door. If that does go ahead (on past form, that's a big if) I fail to see how there would be enough room to make the ground 40k. I do wonder that if our future had been more certain, would we have been on the shortlist? The stadium plans have been shelved, as our owner (at the moment) does not have the finances to build it. The club is up for sale and we do not know who is going to take over, but should it be someone with money, then the plans are already in place to build the new ground at Horsea Island. The thing is, the World Cup we are on about is 9 years away, possibly 13 years if we were to get the 2022 World Cup, so it is not as if they are thinking about Fratton Park as it is now. The FA have already said that should we build a new stadium, they would like us, and finance part of it, to be a 40,000 stadium so there could be a World Cup stadium on the South coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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