KenH wrote:Wild Bill wrote:redrobo wrote:Maybe EFL1 is the best we can expect for the coming years and beyond.
Maybe, but anything is possible in football, so never put a glass ceiling on ourselves. When I first started supporting MFC many thought the Conference would be a step too far
Well yes, but realistically we're only where we are because of the windfall from the sale of Christie Park and were lucky that Sainsbury were on a buying spree at that time. We couldn't have afforded a modern "fit for purpose" stadium that's going to last for several more decades without that windfall. If Sainsbury didn't buy at that time, we could well have still been at Christie Park, with a rapidly deteriorating stadium without funds to replace or improve the stands, facilities, etc. It really was a case of "right place, right time". But, having said that, who knows who else may have wanted that land had we not sold at the time. Lots of it's and but's, but the reality is that we've only got the modern stadium and facilities because of that random point in time when someone wanted the land and were willing to pay a decent price for it!
The thing that always puzzles me is why did we use Globe Construction ?
Why didn't we ask Burton Albion about how they went about planning their ground and use the same architects and builders. I don't think their ground was anything like as expensive as ours.
