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Quote: Stealth Comic "It's one thing to talk about a new ground, another thing all together to get the bricks and mortar on the ground.

The only decent sport I could think of would be the now demolished Airedale Spinners site behind the fire station.

I reckon redeveloping Cougar Park is far more likely. The east terrace was designed for a 2nd tier to be added later so put a new tier in with corporate boxes, new bars and 2,000 seats. Then demolish the Wooden Stand and the Hall of fame and build a new terrace with changing rooms and facilities sited underneath.'"


Apparently there's a steering committee set up to progress the new ground but it's not said who's on it.

In actual fact, i've been looking at that area behind the fire station and off dalton lane mentioned by stealth comic. That could really be a goer. Not an enormous space so the new stands/terracing would have to be as close to the pitch and as steep as possible. Most of the money would have to go into one side as a main stand with all the facilities and bars needed. The other three sides would need to be just pure terracing used for matchdays. There would need to be a park and ride say at Marley for matchdays but there would be a good chance to have activities - stalls, kids rides, entertainment at Victoria Park so long as a foot bridge over bradford road to the new ground was provided.

As regards funding i reckon nothing could happen without bradford council. If bradford council could offer the Co-op vacant possession of the cougar park site i.e. if cougars agreed to move, and with planning consent for out of town retail development it should be worth them paying quite a few million £. If Bradford council could organise matching funding it would pay for the new stadium to be built. The council could then lease the ground to cougars for a reasonable sum a bit like its deal with bfd bls at odsal.

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Quote: Wooden Stand "Apparently there's a steering committee set up to progress the new ground but it's not said who's on it.

In actual fact, i've been looking at that area behind the fire station and off dalton lane mentioned by stealth comic. That could really be a goer. Not an enormous space so the new stands/terracing would have to be as close to the pitch and as steep as possible. Most of the money would have to go into one side as a main stand with all the facilities and bars needed. The other three sides would need to be just pure terracing used for matchdays. There would need to be a park and ride say at Marley for matchdays but there would be a good chance to have activities - stalls, kids rides, entertainment at Victoria Park so long as a foot bridge over bradford road to the new ground was provided.

As regards funding i reckon nothing could happen without bradford council. If bradford council could offer the Co-op vacant possession of the cougar park site i.e. if cougars agreed to move, and with planning consent for out of town retail development it should be worth them paying quite a few million £. If Bradford council could organise matching funding it would pay for the new stadium to be built. The council could then lease the ground to cougars for a reasonable sum a bit like its deal with bfd bls at odsal.'"


If as part of the development the club acquired the land where De Cafe and the Janitorial services place are sited opposite Burgess Ford it'd be spot on. Parking wise, could cut a deal with the College to use their Car Park although a chunk of it is pay and display for the train station.

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Quote: Dreamer "I think he means more like this m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=8259521788

Although realistically something similar to this at Headingley wouldn't go amiss for an east stand at Cougar Park.
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Quote: Dreamer "I think he means more like this m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=8259521788

Although realistically something similar to this at Headingley wouldn't go amiss for an east stand at Cougar Park.
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Although realistically something similar to this at Headingley wouldn't go amiss for an east stand at Cougar Park.

I've been to "Shedingly" a few times and must admit it would look good in place of our wooden stand. Oddly, it looks out of place at Headingly (although I do like the atmosphere at the ground.)

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Wasnt the club trying to buy a stand that Fev got?

Maybe that was part of it.

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Quote: Wooden Stand "As regards funding i reckon nothing could happen without bradford council.'"


Then it's a pretty surefire bet that nothing will happen. Bradford Council's priorities are ten miles up the road - in Bradford. Always have been.

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I emailed Gary Fawcett about a couple of things , this is he reply
about the new stadium. I didn't manage to get to see the articke
in the programme so there maybe some repeats .

This is a direct copy paste from the email. 3 - 2 - 1 discuss.

Regarding the new stadium development it looks like the best bet is for it to be at Cougar Park with an integrated development with the cricket club 
(a mini Headingley style development, if you wish). We've the backing of Bradford Council, Keighley Town Council, the Co-op (who own the ground), 
the RFL, the ECB, Leeds City College and various architects/building firms. We've some very early plans on the table for a 5,000 capacity main stand 
(with retail underneath) and a stadium capacity of over 10,000. 

We estimate the cost of the development will be £7m to £10m and we are gearing up to put a £5m bid into the Iconic Facilities fund as a first step in 
July this year.  We'll research and bid for other funds along with the partners above to bridge the gap as well as looking for private sector support on 
aspects of the build, e.g. Kone could provide the lifts free of charge. We'd look to deliver the new stadium within a 3 to 5 year time frame. 

I hope this helps. As I said in the programme - it's early days - but our journey has taken it's first few steps. 

We need to make sure we perform on the pitch though!  Including against Hunslet today. 

Many thanks

Gary
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Finally got round to signing up on the site after years of just visiting! Might as well start with a post about this. i have no baggage to bring, and GF's response seems sensible, and probably the most realistic and achievable option. Nothing wrong with some ambition, and if your dont ask you don't get.

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A few thoughts before the initial plans are drawn up.

1. I'd like to see a full size pitch 100 metres long plus the two in-goals 10 metres wide, pitch width the max 68 metres and with 5 metres between the touch/deadball lines and perimeter of the stands/terracing. So the perimeter needs to be 130 metres long and 78 metres wide.

2. The stand and terracing to rise at as steep a rake as possible from the perimeter. Not sure what the maximum legal steepness is but i'd like to see 45 degrees.

3. Make sure the seats are wider than average and with more legroom than average. Quality will be more important than quantity for this stadium so people can sit in comfort for concerts etc as well as matches & encourage people to get in early for pre-match entertainment.

4. Given required dimensions, the cricket field would need to be moved as far out to the Royd Way western boundary as possible - so the rugby part of the stadium could pinch a slice of the current cricket field.

5. Need to get the bowling club brought within the scheme. Hopefully the Co-op could be persuaded to relocate its vehicle repair unit so the bowling club could be moved across there so the rugby field could be maximum length, taking over the current bowling club.

6. With a main stand and three sides of terracing, i'd like the corners to be infilled with terracing as well so there is a bowl effect. In fact Aire Valley Cougarbowl (the AVC) has a nice ring to it.

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So long as there is terracing that is me sorted , don't reckon much to having to sit down
At a match, At 6'4" with mobility issues I have to move about from time to time.....reckoned
nothing to being told to "sit down it's an all seat no standing venue " by an over zelous
Steward at Mondays Hunslet match !!!
Oh , and good coffee...... Can't have a pint o' ale so good coffee at a reasonable
price in a decent sized cup icon_lol.gif

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There was an indoor machine selling coffee for half price as stand and tasted just as bad....

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The little tea bar run by the charity (project 6 ?) at the back of the stand sells great coffee
for a quid .... Bargain !

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Quote: burleycougar "The little tea bar run by the charity (project 6 ?) at the back of the stand sells great coffee
for a quid .... Bargain !'"


Woops, i thought you were on about Hunslet for some reason.

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Going back to the Hunslet game burley,i was up there stood up at the back, along with the tother 20 cougar fans all tucked away from the weather condition, when we was asked to go and sit on the seats.. it was freezing cold the wind was blowing a gail ... I think it was because we was making more noise than his supporters,, overall we had four times more supporters than hunslet ..... nowt to worry tho, we won.. yee ahhh...

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Quote: Alec Fisher "Going back to the Hunslet game burley,i was up there stood up at the back, along with the tother 20 cougar fans all tucked away from the weather condition, when we was asked to go and sit on the seats.. it was freezing cold the wind was blowing a gail ... I think it was because we was making more noise than his supporters,, overall we had four times more supporters than hunslet ..... nowt to worry tho, we won.. yee ahhh...'"


Yes to that alec , did you notice though it was the Head steward that sent the young lad up to tell us icon_lol.gif
And not himself ......... We must have been causing such a hazard ,all 20 of us shelteringfrom the
bitter artic blast.

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