Some of last season's squad were very adept at hanging around being extras.

It was pretty bad going as a parent to a kids match there. All the talk on Sunday morning was of a very local (on the estate) gun crime the night before.

great ..... thats where we are staying on saturday after the game!

I'm guessing the likely site is where the football pitches are now, right up against the junction of Rowley Lane with the A1. Nowhere near any public transport.
If it is an RU club it's more likely to be Wasps. It's the wrong side of London for London Irish, who in any case look quite settled in Berkshire.

If it is the existing football ground it could be Boreham Wood FC and Arsenal. Arsenal ladies play there already. The F.A are trying to grow women's football. Throw in the possible entry of Arsenal Reserves into the football league and they may want a bigger stadium. 20k still sounds too big though so I'd say it is a long shot.

That could be a good call.

It's not were the existing pitches are. It's here https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.65913 ... a=!3m1!1e3

It's not were the existing pitches are. It's here https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.65913 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Quote meliferra="meliferra"It's not were the existing pitches are. It's here https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.65913 ... a=!3m1!1e3'" Ah, the old sports and social club. Now that is interesting. The obvious issue I can see is that it's green belt land. As an aside I can see it out the window of our rest area, as I'm in the Borehamwood office today. Adds nothing to the thread, but I thought I'd throw it in there.

Quote meliferra="meliferra"It's not were the existing pitches are. It's here https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.65913 ... a=!3m1!1e3'" Ah, the old sports and social club. Now that is interesting. The obvious issue I can see is that it's green belt land. As an aside I can see it out the window of our rest area, as I'm in the Borehamwood office today. Adds nothing to the thread, but I thought I'd throw it in there.

I worked in Borehamwood for a number of years, for a well known mobile telecoms operator when they were there.

Borehamwood is a hole of the highest order.

It's got a permanent feel of violence, bubbling away.

The railway station is right at the other end of town, a good 30 minutes walk away from this proposed site.
There's a Wetherspoons about 10 mins from the station, but not a lot else.

When I first started working there, some gypsies moved into a nearby field. They left less than a week later after 'the locals' paid them visits.

Did I mention that the place is a hole of the highest order?

The office which I mentioned used to be used by said mobile telecoms operator.
You're right about Borehamwood though. Couple of Huddersfield fans were staying there (funnily enough in one of the hotels right next to said office block). I told them to go to Shenley.

Aye, far more pubs in Shenley. 4 along the main road, plus The Mops And Brooms nearer B'wood.