Breaking News - New Stadium and Training Facilities

[Barnared]

Saying "new" i can think of these grounds built since the 90s

Juventus have won 10 trophies , Ajax have won 13 trophies since moving to the Amsterdam Arena, Bayern 11 trophies, Porto have won a 21 trophies

Obviously they are all mega names in fitba

On a smaller team scale Wolfsburg 3 trophies, Twente 3 trophies, obviously Leicester is a recent one(1 major Trophy),

Canna think of any more

The vast majority of clubs will have relocated at some stage. It just depends how far back you want to go. The camp nou is the new ground!

[Pacman1903]

The vast majority of clubs will have relocated at some stage. It just depends how far back you want to go. The camp nou is the new ground!

Thats why i left it at the 90s. It leaves it as reasonably new.

Schalke? What have they won

[Mason89]

Dumbarton were the worst club in Scottish football at Boghead. Now they're the best part time club in Scotland. They're on the move again soon

[ObanRed]

Dumbarton were the worst club in Scottish football at Boghead. Now they're the best part time club in Scotland. They're on the move again soon

Where are they moving to now?? Balloch, Lomond Gate??

[Mason89]

Where are they moving to now?? Balloch, Lomond Gate??

The plan is to move along the Renton road, to the field behind the dump. It's a great venue. On a flood plain, with junkies on one side & tinkers on the other

[fatshaft]

Saying "new" i can think of these grounds built since the 90s

Juventus have won 10 trophies , Ajax have won 13 trophies since moving to the Amsterdam Arena, Bayern 11 trophies, Porto have won a 21 trophies

Obviously they are all mega names in fitba

On a smaller team scale Wolfsburg 3 trophies, Twente 3 trophies, obviously Leicester is a recent one(1 major Trophy),

Canna think of any more

In guffland, Man City; Sunderland; Bolton; Stoke; all moved in last twenty years and improved dramatically in that time (well at least till gingers took over @ Bolton).

[fatshaft]

Arsenal has been a success story but the situations are different. The infrastructure in Aberdeen is terrible and for a new stadium to be 'out of town' it does come with issues.

It's because the infrastructure is so bad that this needs to be out of town where everyone can go to and leave without massive tailbacks. A hundred yards from the AWPR and due west of city is perfect for toonsers and chiels alike.

[LaurentD'Jaffo]

Hearts have been at Tynecastle since 1886. Hibs have been at Easter Road since 1893. Aberdeen have been at Pittodrie since 1899.

Sorry, Easter Road and Tynecastle are not '****-holes'. That night be too much to understand (or admit) for some on here but these clubs have both redeveloped there grounds over time - since the 1990's. Tynecastle is on the verge of getting a new main-stand as the current stand is too old. Both these grounds are inner city grounds in the heart of the communities in which the club has had a historical foothold in for over 100 years. In the case of Hearts Gorgie/Dalry and in the case of Hibs (Leith). The surroundings of the clubs are closely linked to the club and the fans who go to these grounds each weekend - pubs, bars and surroundings. Its part of the identity of the club.

Likewise Pittodrie is where Aberdeen FC have been for over 100 years. The one commodity whenever the clubs is not doing well that is ours and will remain so through thick and thin. It should have been nurtured and developed over the 1990's to make it into a modern ground. That is not our fault that is the failing of the board from the 1990's onwards.

The board current use the words 'soul' 'spirit' and 'tradition' - so why are they wanting to move then? All the soul, spirit and tradition is in Pittodrie where everything happened since 1899.

In the 1980's Pittodrie was the most progressive stadium going at least in Scotland. The fact that it has been left to decline aside from Merkland roof and RDS is criminal. This is the fault of the club.

Having said that there is not much wrong with the stadium. Each any every person I know who visits Pittodrie and is not a Dons fans like it. They like the shape of it and old school nature of it.

We have been fed lies and propaganda over a number of years by Milne and his cronies that Pittodrie cannot be developed. Sorry, not buying it - pure propaganda.

We were told that the land where the gasworks were was 'contaminated' - 3 years later houses on top.
We were told car park across from Pittodrie cannot be built upon - why?

Has anyone dared to think about the masses of space around Pittodrie?? Take a helicopter view and look down upon where Pittodrie stands between graveyard and the golf course and there is a vast amount of space for redevelopment.

Kingswells and Westhill are nothing to do with Aberdeen FC. They are out of town localities on the fringes of the city which both have no historical footprint on the club whatsoever. They will not be popular locations to get to.

Some of the points on here and staggering from people who propose to love the club. DST aside (or as I call them the chocolate teapot) some people want to move as 'the toilets are crap' and 'the pie stall concessions are poor'.

Some people want to move from Pittodrie as they want a scoreboard.

So you wouldn't like to see a scoreboard at Pittodrie Stadium?

Coventry City, Derby County, Darlington, St Mirren, Newport and tons of others have moved stadium and for what??? Masses of debt, no progress and turn the most prised historical commodity they have (home stadium) into a Tesco and IKEA and move to some soulless location.

I will tell you some Aberdeen fan want to look at themselves and there historical attachment to the club. F*eckin disgrace that DST come out and propose to represent so many Dons fans on this matter.

I won't go in to everything you've written Euromeister but it's very clear that the majority of fans understand where we're at with Pittodrie and relocating. In an ideal world we'd all love to remain at a re-developed Pittodrie. However, this simply doesn't appear to be a realistic target. Whether things should have done differently decades ago in terms of buying land, building the RDS etc. etc. is a futile argument. I suggest you (and any fan) email DST (or the 'chocolate teapots') if you've concerns to raise about their part in this- or in fact about anything AFC related.

[ObanRed]

The plan is to move along the Renton road, to the field behind the dump. It's a great venue. On a flood plain, with junkies on one side & tinkers on the other

Along the old road. I know where you mean now.

[EuroMeister]

Arsenal has been a success story but the situations are different. The infrastructure in Aberdeen is terrible and for a new stadium to be 'out of town' it does come with issues.

I don't buy Euromiester's argument about heaps of debt if this is done correctly. It's effectively a mortgage. The payments will surely be equivalent to the current maintenance costs for Pittodrie. Or a meringue?

Do you have a calculator handy? Or one of these contraptions on your mobile phone?

"The payments will surely be equivalent to the current maintenence costs for Pittodrie".

- Have you any idea (or thought) of how much it will cost to maintain a brand new spanking stadium in the middle of nowhere that will be exposed to all sorts of weather fronts (its high ground I believe)?

- Have you used your calculator to think about the cost of maintaining what 4 or 5 pitches that will adjoin this new thing in Kingswells/Westhill??? It wont need to be 1 bloke, a PT retired joiner handyman (as they have now) that they will need. They will need new machinery, scientific pitch management techniques, and loads of staff to maintain all these pitches because of the weather in Aberdeen.

These dinna come for 'free'!

Yes, but just you be safe in the knowledge that the mortgage wont be a problem to the club. Just like the millions of people every year who 'think' they can afford big hooses and end up in a fe*ckin mess and on there a*se complaining about it just so they can keep up with the jones's.

And while we are on the topic of the 'Jones's' and keeping up with them. Arsenal, Juventus - mentioned in the same breath as Aberdeen moving to Kingswells/Westhill.

Are you for real????? These clubs are super clubs with 50,000 people every week playing in Champions League in league formats that attract huge money.

Yes, but just you use your calculator - its a bloody wonky one anyway by the sounds of it.