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Re: Preferred Ground Share?

By Fastnet Rover (Grinetohkesleker)17/9 15:05Thu Sep 17 15:05:34 2026In response to Re: Preferred Ground Share?

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Interesting.
The ground remaining intact brings the possibility of a professional club making enquiries of the new landlords. Some pro club in the area will likely be looking for a base for its youth or ladies teams. QPR ressies played at Earlsmead for a while... Back when pro clubs had ressies.
I suppose the question is whether the new owners want to go through the charade of using the ground for a short/medium term project, until they overturn current planning restrictions and build houses.
That is likely to depend on whether any short/medium term project is likely to "wash its face" financially. I have doubts about Padel courts.
"The Biggest Farmers' Market in the Southeast! Prices 75% Lower than Borough Market!" I can see an entrepreneur/spiv reckoning he/she might attract enough "investors" - & farmers - and swing the council for that.
A suburban "Hyde Park Winter Wonderland" wouldn't be impossible.
I'd guess the legitimate travelling community has existing contracts in place for the sites used for fairs & circuses.
The ground & clubhouse remaining empty raises the possibility of a squatters' encampment springing up - a la Claremont Road. More likely to be "enrichment communities" from lower down the evolutionary echelon than the Romanians in NW2, as diversity has moved on at an impressive pace in the last 18 years. An empty ground ain't a good idea