OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Would be huge to get a new 60.000-70.000 seater to the original place. Seems like Mr. Abramovich really wants to build it!And I want to buy tickets to sit in it.People often talk about the current crop of football club owners being no more than temporary custodians and about how they should not consider 'their' clubs as playthings to do with as they wish. Quite correct, they shouldn't, but I wonder how often we fans think about our own responsibility for the future? Our club, Chelsea Football Club, is no more ours to do with as we wish than it is Roman's.I care about my family far more than I care about Chelsea but they're about the only things I do put before my football team. Because I love my family so much I think, and plan, and hope, for their futures all the time. I accept that responsibility but what about the other great love of my life? As a supporter, is it my right to cling to my memories and insist that the club panders to my feelings of nostalgia? No matter what the consequence? Should I not also consider the future of CFC and ask serious questions about whether a cobbled together solution at Stamford Bridge really will enable my club to compete over the next sixty years?Fulham FC once had the ambition to be the best team in the world but then they refused to move into a new stadium at Stamford Bridge and someone else did instead. As a result, it's been way more than sixty years since they were even the best team in Fulham and these days they're going nowhere fast. Just a thought. Sidzeret, DoubleO, bababoom and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Let's build a statue for Roman. Is this going to be better(/bigger) than the Battersea Project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Let's build a statue for Roman. Is this going to be better(/bigger) than the Battersea Project?Wouldn't Roman have to fund and approve said statue? That'd be a bit narcissistic, no? [emoji23] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonBLUE 819 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I thought re-developing Stamford Bridge is not possible due to safety, council 'hoop jumping' and the actual area where the stadium sits being an oblong shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachikethas 1,154 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Is there space for redevelopment? By seeing the google images its packed very much. killer1257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Just_Blue_Myself 29 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Let's build a statue for Roman. Is this going to be better(/bigger) than the Battersea Project?we should be a Colossus of Rhodes size statue that straddles Stamford Bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Is there space for redevelopment? By seeing the google images its packed very much.If the new plans are true then yes there's space. Decking over the district line would make space, it'd be a lot less crowded down Fulham Road etc.. nachikethas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseanw10 8 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-consider-seasonlong-move-to-wembley-stadium-9761578.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseanw10 8 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-consider-seasonlong-move-to-wembley-stadium-9761578.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseanw10 8 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'd much prefer Twickenham to Wembley.We are a west London club, not north London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Caeruleus 1,148 Posted September 30, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted September 30, 2014 I posted my last work in my topic (Caerulues wallpaper artwork), but I have to do it here as well. It is a fusion of previous (old) and current Chelsea crest. I did it here also becouse it doesn't show us only Chelsea's continuity - it shows us Stamford Bridge continuity. And that cool fact that we are London's first (european champion) and London's finest (better than Spurs, Gunners and others). They had to build Emirates (Arsenal), they had to move to Olympic Stadium (West Ham), BUT WE WILL STAY AT THE BRIDGE, MODERN STAMFORD BRIDGE (2017 plans). xPetrCechx, Myself, pHaRaOn and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caeruleus 1,148 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 And fb cover: pHaRaOn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea blue 615 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/new-blow-chelsea-fcs-chances-7888420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/new-blow-chelsea-fcs-chances-7888420Typical political nonsense from politicians trying to look good for their constituents. They are calling for an answer from the RFU. An answer to what? Nothing pertinent has been said to the RFU by Chelsea so there is nothing to answer. My own guess is that if a formal approach were ever made it would have next to zero chance of being accepted by the RFU in the first pace.Some RFU board members would undoubtedly hold with the view that, 'Twickenham is the sacrosanct home of rugby and no round ball shall ever darken its doors', while the others would be sold on the idea that the cash just would not be worth the massive PR hit they'd take. That's my view anyway. Other opinions are available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Alright then, we don't need their precious Twatckenham exclusively. Something about Wembley was rumoured also if i remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 So are these spanners who go on about how Twickenham is the home of rugby and football should never be played there aware that we aren't moaning about how they often use Wembley and how about half of the venues for the 2016 rugby world cup are Premier League stadia? OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Wembley and Twickenham both have regulations on the amount of events that can be held there each season. We wouldn't be able to use either given these regulations and even if we did we could spend over a year trying to get the relevant local council to increase the number of events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 So are these spanners who go on about how Twickenham is the home of rugby and football should never be played there aware that we aren't moaning about how they often use Wembley and how about half of the venues for the 2016 rugby world cup are Premier League stadia?That's the beauty with people's prejudices; there's just no logic to 'em. Anyway, we already know that there's nothing (association) football clubs won't do for money. Sell the soul of the game?"That'll be a fiver sir!""Oops we're fresh out of souls. They've been one of our best selling items. We do have a replica soul made to the highest of standards. Yours for a couple of quid or 50 notes with the name of your choice printed on the back." Liquidator and Sidzeret 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Cant help but think about this every-time we talk about potentially renovating/moving from Stamford Bridge. The dream that was.... Even going back to those pages where we were all excited as fuck that this would happen. If only the bidding wasn't a closed one The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I doubt we would go for a bowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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