Derry steps

[Returnofrros]

Still remember running up the Derry steps over 40 years ago and taking in the sight ,sure my first game was a midweek fixture with floodlights can't for the life of me remember who we played.
It's a tired stadium from the south seated perspective ,hopefully in the not to distant future we move onto modern purpose built facility for the next 100 years and beyond

It dosent have to be a ****hole though that's the sad thing.

I get the business thing why it's better (We don't have to) move but the south side of the group x dosent have to be like it is.

Still think it will be a very sad day when/if we close Dens and some folk may use to stop going.

Shiny new dosent automatically mean an increase in attendance.

People are creatures of habit.

[Returnofrros]

It dosent have to be a ****hole though that's the sad thing.

I get the business thing why it's better (We don't have to) move but the south side of the group x dosent have to be like it is.

Still think it will be a very sad day when/if we close Dens and some folk may use to stop going.

Shiny new dosent automatically mean an increase in attendance.

People are creatures of habit.

South side of ground

[Mudskipper]

It will be a sad day when we leave Dens that I agree with that but it has to happen to generate revenue more than 90 minutes every two weeks on average ,the farmers have shown the business case works gone are days of 20000 through the gates in the 50's and 60's.
People will attend the Campy nou IF the football is entertaining and we at least get a decent cup run now and then it's not that far out the town.
My work colleague is an Aberdeen fan and he is genuinely concerned what the support will be if they hit a rough spell as the new ground is something like 4/5 miles from the town centre ,don't know if that's accurate just going by what he said.

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It will be a sad day when we leave Dens that I agree with that but it has to happen to generate revenue more than 90 minutes every two weeks on average ,the farmers have shown the business case works gone are days of 20000 through the gates in the 50's and 60's.
People will attend the Campy nou IF the football is entertaining and we at least get a decent cup run now and then it's not that far out the town.
My work colleague is an Aberdeen fan and he is genuinely concerned what the support will be if they hit a rough spell as the new ground is something like 4/5 miles from the town centre ,don't know if that's accurate just going by what he said.

Westhill is at least ten miles from Aberdeen centre.

[Mudskipper]

Westhill is at least ten miles from Aberdeen centre.

Geez oh ,never realised it was that far so it's bus or car then ,I suppose a lot of grounds were maybe on the outskirts of towns when they were built with the exception on the bigot brothers and the two capital teams...maybe just regressing a hundred years later and moving to the outer edges again...

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Geez oh ,never realised it was that far so it's bus or car then ,I suppose a lot of grounds were maybe on the outskirts of towns when they were built with the exception on the bigot brothers and the two capital teams...maybe just regressing a hundred years later and moving to the outer edges again...

AWPR will pass fairly close but you still have to get to the AWPR. People have whinged that Campy is 'out the way' for some in Dundee but Aberdeen's new place is properly 'out the way'.

[islaydarkblue]

Today, whilst reading your above post, I realised that in fact the Derry steps do have a very obvious and invaluable use. They are used for the purposes of hose storage. Were the steps to be recommissioned where would these hoses go?

This evening I was at Dens to pay my respects in the Alan Gilzean Lounge where Gillie’s coffin was lying.
I spoke to Jim Thomson who informed me that the hoses lying near the top of the Derry steps are being used to hose down the seats and the hoses will no longer be there after the end of this week.

[Returnofrros]

This evening I was at Dens to pay my respects in the Alan Gilzean Lounge where Gillie’s coffin was lying.
I spoke to Jim Thomson who informed me that the hoses lying near the top of the Derry steps are being used to hose down the seats and the hoses will no longer be there after the end of this week.

Are they hosing a row a day Islay?

They have been there for yonks.

It's an absolute disgrace the state of the place.

How the steps that are open and the back of the enclosure gets a safety certificate is beyond me.

Even klinsman wouldn't have to dive as there's so many trip hazards.

I look forward to my seat being spick and span for Aberdeen game.

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This evening I was at Dens to pay my respects in the Alan Gilzean Lounge where Gillie’s coffin was lying.
I spoke to Jim Thomson who informed me that the hoses lying near the top of the Derry steps are being used to hose down the seats and the hoses will no longer be there after the end of this week.

You went to pay your respects to Gillie but couldn't resist bothering Jim with nonsense like that whilst you were there?

[Returnofrros]

You went to pay your respects to Gillie but couldn't resist bothering Jim with nonsense like that whilst you were there?

Is it nonsense though?

Maybe Islay just being tactful mentioning the hoses instead of the general state of the place.

My question would have been around having a full time stadium manager and the ground being an absolute eyesore.