KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum The one issue that really counts

Thundyr most of the fans don't come from L1 in fact I would say there is no greater proportion go to the game from L1 than anywhere else. The vast majority of the fans travel from the north west. I am taking a guess here but I would say 50% from the north west of england region, 35% from Liverpool and 15% overseas normally Ireland / scandinavia. There is no reason whatsoever the ground should be located where it is going forward the next 100 years. If we went for a large purpose built standium on the outskirts of Liverpool such as burtonwood / speke that would satisfy all groupings. But particularly overseas travellers or occassional visitors as they would have supherb transport links including two international airports. They are also expanding the rail facilitities in the north west of england which again would add to the opportunty. Anfield is the wrong place being a residential landlocked area of Liverpool its the past not the future. Unfotuntely this spiritual home thing is about which I simply cannot get my head around. And I have watched Liverpool since the late 60's starting from the boys pen on the kop. We need to move forward to what the fan base is likely to be for the next 100 years not the past 100 years.

Is the land in Speke or burtonwood ready for use? and has it been bought/given to LFC? wont planning have to be negotiated with? if so how long will this take along with new designs for a stadium in these areas take to draw up? i havnt heard anything other than desire for these spaces to be used,just how possible is all this? i think more space is needed to build a new football zone but cant see past all the complications here,if one of you guys have the knowledge i would like to hear what the probabilties are.

I foresee that the only way we can get a spanking new stadium is when we win the next WC bid. Funding will come in for new stadiums around the country and Anfield will be one of them. Until then, we can forget about having a new stadium especially since we're talking about a recession here.

Thanks for posting that Stan it was really informative,i think the space is brilliant for what we want to do and it all makes sense,my only negative if you like is the fact we will have to start again with the whole project but in the end it would be worth it,the other thing for me is the area as in not in Liverpool, for some reason that grates a bit for me i think id get over it when and if the ball started rolling and we could see it becoming a reality,i know you don't have those feelings but it'll be tinged with a tad of regret to leave Liverpool and naturally Anfield anyway.I think id feel better if speke was available but i dont recall any spaces? i havnt been to that area for a long time though.