I will ask this one for you Al

our Mel has just put a £90 bid on them

£100 for me please Snowie.

I can now answer that for you Al it will go to the 1873 club

you hold it again





did say it would hit three figure sum but not there yet where I think a true collector would pay for it

you can have a brick for a tenner

Any idea when these current seats were installed? I remember them as being benches when I was lucky to sit on them in the early eighties.

I've no idea but you can faintly see physio named on the first seat

the highest bid now stands at £110

on facebook

Seriously? If it has the white paint on it I'd buy one.

yes they are a limited issue, call at the club shop and ask for Chris I'm sure he can accommodate you

£120 please mate.

The highest bid is £300 at the moment on facebook

Are you serious? If anyone should be up at the ground at weekends helping it should be the players, especially this weekend with no game.
Fans do enough in buying tickets, merchandise, refreshments etc.

If players did go down, I bet a lot of people would also go down!

The east stand dug outs were installed around 1960 ish
At the time when the old St Catherine's school was bought by the club and converted into dressingrooms etc
The origional dug outs were at the other side of the field when the dreesing rooms were under the old grand stand
Oh how time flies !!!!

Are YOU serious?!! Do you realise what state the ground would be in without that band of volunteers going in? What do you reckon you would say if one of our key players dropped a brick (painted white - only a tenner) on his foot and couldn't play? What would you say to putting prices up so that "professionals" could come in and do the jobs? How do you reckon that band of volunteers feel reading your post?

Grow up.

Rant over

some of us are professionals within our trade, were not weekend diy'ers

Work of the volunteers appreciated , but "professionals" should have been brought in at regular intervals over time to keep up to these things - and wouldn't expect players to do any jobs which H&S may determine too 'dangerous', it should not be down to fans to do these things.

Whilst I do not think that fans should have to resort to working for the club for "free" I can only applaud and admire the fact that they have. Given the financial mire the club is in,i dread to think what the alternative would have been. To belittle what they have done over and above buying merchandise etc is in my opinion a cheap shot.
Never mind back the badge, these guys should be given the freedom of Belle Vue!

That is all.

this hasn't been a case of monkey see monkey do,
all work given to volunteers has been within there skill level and at no time have I allowed anyone to use or do anything that could of harmed them in any way.
we have a safety office by trade, me as may trade covering over 38 years in engineering and others that have similar skills so please don't think that we would of had any rugby players down here that cant catch a ball

Cant speak for all that band of volunteers but I think its been worth it meeting some other like minded fans and to an extent I get where metallicat is coming from.I could not get down during the week or this weekend due to matters at home but my youngest only 10 (never shuts up all game urging the players on) asked when we are going down next.It would have been great if we could have started and done the ground in the off season but that's the way it turned out.

Sorry Snowie. I didn't mean that you weren't professional - quite the opposite, having seen you organising things at the ground. I may have just got carried away a bit with a rant.

its ok bud trying to keep things in order has been a task within its self.
you should of seen the look on the two council officer that came on the day of the testing when I asked them who they was and then went on to explain what our intentions was with the repairs, I hope that left the correct impression

would love to met the higher archery as I've been told she a hand full

Maybe my earlier mini rant was a little OTT....but in my opinion a lot of the criticism of all things at the club from top to bottom I've seen posted on these boards in the last 2-3 months are aswell....so maybe that was just a little of my inner frustration of that coming out....

Can fully understand the points made by Tricky.....in regards to living too far away....Big Al....who I know from posting on here for many years what time and effort he has given to the club along with many others....also to all the others who have been down....just think there could be a few more who could help out a lot more than they may think....

My sole intention from the start was to go down the once, just so I could say I had done a little as a personal thanks to MC for all he has done for the club I love.....then meeting the guys down there and working alongside them it's kind of infectious and you feel like part of a team and just want to go down and help a bit more....

Have loads on meself at the moment aswell....I work 50 hrs a week Monday to Friday...have a wife and 2 daughters, which to be honest I've kind of neglected a bit on the times I've been down but wouldn't swap any of it and I will be down again if and when needed....if I can....got the rest of my life to make it up to the family....these things need doing now....

Once again, apologies if my earlier mini rant offended anyone....wasn't meant to at all....