No it wasn't.......250+ people in there including 2 very large and very peed off Leeds fans when Botham kicked a last minute conversion to get the draw after we had been dead and buried with 10 minutes to go. the 2 leeds fans only came in for the last 15 minutes,,,,,,,they thought they had the game in the bag

I took 4 new fans that day....2 still go to the stoop a few times a year.

The thing with the Brook road end being opened was about getting an area where 'noisy" fans could get together.......many a time I was told off by a certain poster on here for being too vocal when in the breamar road stand

Yes Brentford was a great ground for Superleague rugby. In the same class as Knowsley Road, Wheldon Road, The Willows etc. Under current legislation we'd have dropped out of Superleague after going bust there, and if we hadn't gone bust we'd have a much better chance of losing our Superleague licence because it's a relic from a bygone age.


I'd be delighted with a permanent home of our own (or one that is genuinely at least 50% ours in partnership with another club) anywhere in an easily accessible part of Greater London. It would have to be of similar standard to The Stoop though, and I don't think we'd be in a situation to pick and choose exactly which part of London it was in, so all the musings about which districts or quarters of the metropolis might be most conducive to pulling in thousands of new supporters seems a bit irrelevant to me at this stage. In the meantime I think The Stoop is an excellent home for our club unless, or until, something which offers us much more favourable terms of tenure arises. Squatting at QPR, Millwall, Leyton Orient is not the answer for me, and I despair that anyone can even make such suggestions.

How about rlHERErl then

Well I think we all agree that London is dominated by Association Football so back to the M62 it is.

Man Utd and Liverpool are on the M62

1. Don't shoot the messenger
2. Deranged rants....... Managed to keep a roof over my head with said rants, but eh, point and laugh at the things you don't understand.....how very british of you

Sorry Dave but you are totally wrong on this one, and I can't help but think why you are being so negative. Is it because you are opposed to London fans being in more than one stand?

I was part of the group of fans who negotiated this. There were several hundred home fans on the Brook Road terrace on the two occasions I recall it being opened, and it had a great atmosphere. I know because I was in it. I'm sure it helped London stay up with the draw V Leeds and vistory over Wigan. the players also enjoyed it and came over to pay respects.

For London fans who didn't want to sit in the main stand, or stand with away fans, it was great while it lasted

Had the club followed it up and marketed it properly for home fans it would have been full, but they failed to do this instead relying on us to do it via word of mouth

It was successful, and at least we were trying to improve the match day atmosphere

However the club were short sighted, instead trying to save money. It had the opposite effect because your less likely to get new people in with only two sides open and less atmosphere

Completely wrong - Well over several hundred on the home terrace (away terrace was already open)

Would you prefer it if only one stand had been open?

Back of envelope look at the economics of our own stadium.

New 10,000 seater stadium will cost between 10 and 20 million to build.
Interst/Mortgage on this amount at 4% between 400,000 and 800,000

We pay about 250,000 per year to Quins RU holding company.

So Quins RL on their own = no chance
Quins RL + Football club like Wombles = possible
Quins RL + Football club like Wombles + Council like Merton = Good deal
Quins RL + Football club like Wombles + Council like Merton + RFL = Kerching

Is there any truth in the wiki site about sharing with AFC Wimbledon.

I would fully support such a move. Only a ten minute walk from Tooting Broadway tube, a 5 min walk from Haydons Road station, or a short bus journey from Earlsfield

cool.....just the 36 hr flight to deal with then

Can't see anything that actually concrete that links us or AFC Wimbledon to actually agreeing to build a stadium, lots of feasibility studies and council talk, but nothing that has us in it. But was said here and in one of the sources, as soon as you say you have financing and announce an intended site the price goes up.

Sounds like it could work, sounds like it is too good to be true. Maybe someone should put it across David Hughes desk if it is untrue and we'll find out if he comes out and either rubbishes a rumour on wikipedia or declines to comment on an ongoing proposition between the two South London sports teams.