Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 18, 2011 8:40 pm  

david caesar wrote:

On the "new stadium" thread (and I know it's a little early) but has anyone given any thought to how they are going to get to the new ground (for those like me who like to leave the car firmly at home and enjoy a vessel or 5 !! )

At the moment it's great - train into town/tram to Weaste.

Initially we (12 of us) will be using the stadium parking,600 for cars plus coach parking, in the early stages of next season the area for the retail development will be available for cars,this was said at a couple of meetings,before anyone asks.

The alternatives for us will be-
(a)Get to Eccles and park up.
(b)67 or any other bus to the stadium or walk it.
(c)Park up around the Willows and tram to Eccles then bus to stadium.

Eventually if there is a requirement the bus companies may/should put on specials from various locations to and from the ground.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 18, 2011 9:03 pm  

Chico wrote:

what's it going to be like getting a bus down there at rush hour?

Expensive, uncomfortable, unreliable .... and most likely smelling of pi.ss

HTH

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 18, 2011 9:13 pm  

king of the shed wrote:

67 or 100 from Hope to Eccles for me, a few lively slurps in The Lamb/Wetherspoons/Nags Head[/]/Oddies/Top House/Old Bulls Head/Duke of York/Albert Edward/[b]Town Hall then 67 to the Grapes onto the Unicorn and then stagger (If still capable of standing) to the ground, just a thought

Was out in Eccles last week, those pubs in bold cost less than £3 for a pint of bitter and larger. Think we can all drink to that

Had to edit the post, I messed up the quote! Basically The Nags Head and Town Hall you can get 2 pints for less than 3 for the queens finest £

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 18, 2011 10:24 pm  

Fatboys Limb wrote:

Expensive, uncomfortable, unreliable .... and most likely smelling of piss

Two of those weren't a problem until I got on.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Wed May 18, 2011 10:30 pm  

programmethrower wrote:

Basically The Nags Head and Town Hall you can get 2 pints for less than £3 for the queens finest

I can corroborate this. Close to Leigh prices.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Thu May 19, 2011 12:22 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Surely you are all going to make your way down to the ground early doors and partake of the overpriced p155 that will masquerade as beer at the Stadium Bar for the benefit of the whatever company ( probably EMC ) the council sell the concession rights to ?

I take it you've never been in the Willows then ? without doubt the worst beer I've ever had anywhere including giggs and soleless stadia.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Thu May 19, 2011 12:25 pm  

Salford red all over wrote:

I take it you've never been in the Willows then ? without doubt the worst beer I've ever had anywhere including giggs and soleless stadia.

So you are already used to it , excellent , the extra £1.20 per pint wont put you off then

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Sat May 21, 2011 2:33 pm  

Sadly some of us live at a place wheree public transport is a no no unless I want the pithecanthropic company of an all-night bus to Rochdale. It may be, as the roads will be so jammed, that journeys will be a key factor in my continuing physical support at Salford.

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Sat May 21, 2011 3:49 pm  

Salford red all over wrote:

I take it you've never been in the Willows then ? without doubt the worst beer I've ever had anywhere including giggs and soleless stadia.

are you allowed to say this in the current climate?

Re: New Stadium Site Update Thread!!! : Sun May 22, 2011 1:10 pm  

Just driven past the site on the way to Fax. Looking bang tidy.