Well I was there too and the roofing sheer landed on the pitch and narrowly missed Gary Mercer by no more than a few feet. In fact he has even referred to said incident in print. I actually wrote about the incident as soon as I got home and still have the report now.

The type of wind that night was very different than the winds we had yesterday. That five minute storm in 1990 was a freak event the likes I have never seen before or since when winds were sustained at anything between 70-100mph for those five minutes, coming from a breeze and going back to a breeze almost immediately. It was almost like a lengthy tornado. If that had happened yesterday it would have taken the whole bloody lot off looking at the state at what a few strong gusts have done.

Building Regulations are a lot stricter now than they once were and roofs have to be designed/constructed to withstand winds far and above the record winds ever recorded in this country. Yesterday's winds inland were not even half of that record wind speed. There has clearly been a major malfunction here and it's very concerning. In my opinion, the whole safety of the stadium has to be questioned.

With all these changes that seemed to have happened (enclosed stadium, then non-enclosed, the enclosed again; steelwork originally designed for cladding then downgraded so it's not only to discover that we do need cladding after all), I am wondering whether all things have been factored into the equation or things have been altered without the knock-on effects being considered.

Would the roof have been damaged if it hadn't been for the exposed corners allowing the wind to get into the ground and up and below the roofing for example?

For months I have expressed concerns about what I saw as some very shoddy designs. Sadly it would appear I was justified in those concerns.

What is going to happen if the entire roof is condemned as unsafe because, to me, there is no possible way any of it can be seen as safe now?

think about it there is a hole in the roof so the air will just blow through, and shouldnt do much more damage.

The shop is back open now and fully operational.

Does anybody know if the damaged panels have been removed and a temporary repair carried. Passed Tesco's this afternoon and could,t see any damage on that corner.

There was a scoffolding guard rail type thing on there the other night, so the repair may well have been completed if it's gone.

there is a guard rail fitted round the roof and netting attached, they started the repair Monday, the new roof sheeting arrived while I was there this morning, all the silver cladding in that area has had a good looking at this morning as well, the repair area extends further than what damage can be seen.