Moving to the New Anfield

[Cliff M]

Now that the takeover of the club by Dubai Holdings is imminent, there's evey chance of the new stadium move being in the near future. Given that, what changes should we make to the stadium and the way the club is run (given a free rein)?

 

Tickets:

 

All League Cup matches: £10 adults, £5 kids

 

All FA Cup matches: £15 adults, £7.50 kids

 

Matches against newly promoted teams: same rate

 

Unwaged and persons with disabilities: £10 any game

 

Cash turnstiles for 10% of the seats at all games

 

Stadium:

 

Far more work with the community, encouraging use of the facilities 24/7

 

Subsidised public transport from Lime St to the ground

 

More flags, crests, pics of the greats of yesteryear inside the ground and the concourses

 

Psycholgists to help design our changing rooms as well as the oppositions (I'm aware this happened at Stadium of Light)

 

...I had more to write but I have to go unfortunately

[Guest keygone]

All League Cup matches: £10 adults, £5 kids

 

I agree with the adult pricing, but I reckon it's a bit stingy only paying our youth players £5 an hour

 

Unwaged and persons with disabilities: £10 any game

 

The should be out looking for a bloody job

 

 

 

I know it's not going to happen, but I'd love to see a standing Kop. Shirley there must a a 'safe' way of implementing something like this now? Perhaps having guard-rails between each row?

 

Get some accoustic engineers in to help design the infrastructure.

 

Hidden speakers in the away dressing room playing the 'brown' noise.

[Red_Rob]

All away fans are charged exactly what we're charged by their club for tickets.

[Guest Kev]

All away fans are charged exactly what we're charged by their club for tickets.

 

Not quite accurate, I think it's either a club cannot charge away fans more than the home fans for a similar seat or a club cannot charge more than the highest priced ticket for the home fans. I think it's the first one, but not 100%.

[Gerrardrules]

I would love to see the crowd as close to the pitch as possible. With those new stadiums being built, atmosphere gets worse because the crowd is to far away. Thats one of the things I love about Anfield.

[Guest keygone]

I would love to see the crowd as close to the pitch as possible. With those new stadiums being built, atmosphere gets worse because the crowd is to far away. Thats one of the things I love about Anfield.

 

 

You're right. As good as the Emirates stadium looks, the atmosphere is cack inside (and I'm not just talking about Arsenal fans - I went to the Brazil v Argies match and no matter how loud those passionate fans shouted, all the noise seemed to dissipate).

[dodgy1]

I would love to see the crowd as close to the pitch as possible. With those new stadiums being built, atmosphere gets worse because the crowd is to far away. Thats one of the things I love about Anfield.

 

Rafa has said he wants a ground like that of Boca Juniors. Very steep all the way around and really close to the pitch.

[Cheesecake]

 

Cash turnstiles for 10% of the seats at all games

 

 

I agree about the league cup and fa cup

 

But regarding the quote above I think this would lead to congestion and potentially ticketless fans around the grounds. A nightmare for security essp. for bigger games.

What if people en mass decide to show up at the turnstiles to pay 10% of whatever price? imagine 20000 people outside anfield at at 12 noon on Sunday. Wanna police/work/manage/secure that?

 

Engaging in a situation which could lead to many fans jostling for position to get the the turnstiles before the tickets run out or not going to a pre-designated seat is not something I'd like to see any club pursue.

 

Having said that selling a 'limited' number of tickets on any given day, as opposed to on a regular basis is something that can be managed properly given its usually on a smaller scale

Edited January 16, 2007 by DPD1973

[Guest kop75]

yup large gap between crowd and pitch

whether thats down to uefa rule i dont know like the way they wont allow ppl in certain seats for CL.

stii even if they dont we should have seats close to pitch

another stadium id like to model is schalke 04's

and that one stuttgart i think that has biggest tier in euro footie..

Edited January 16, 2007 by kop75

[Will]

Cash turnstiles for 10% of the seats at all games

Why?

[growler]

Personally would like to see speakers built into the dressing room, which feed the sound from the kop....

 

good executive facilities for corporate events etc.

[Johnny Red]

What will the name of the new stadium be? Will it still be Anfield?

 

Somehow a sign with the words "This is Stanley Park" does not seem that frightening to opposing players.

[Will]

What will the name of the new stadium be? Will it still be Anfield?

 

Somehow a sign with the words "This is Stanley Park" does not seem that frightening to opposing players.

Rick Parry said ages ago that it would still be called Anfield. Although I believe now that it will also be sponsored (not based on inside knowledge - just my gut)

[Kopfaithful]

Not quite accurate, I think it's either a club cannot charge away fans more than the home fans for a similar seat or a club cannot charge more than the highest priced ticket for the home fans. I think it's the first one, but not 100%.

 

It is the 1st one. Chelsea used to try and get away with that by charging full price for away fans, but allowing home fans to get a members discount on equivalent seats, so they would pay 10-20% less than the away fans.

Edited January 17, 2007 by js

[psl]

Personally would like to see speakers built into the dressing room, which feed the sound from the kop....

 

Stevie: Hey Rick, lets turn them speakers on and get the lads buzzing.

 

Parry: Actually they are on, can't you hear people slagging Kewell?

[PLY]

Somehow a sign with the words "This is Stanley Park" does not seem that frightening to opposing players.

It might bring back some not-so-fond memories for some of the older opposition suppoorters though

[RBM]

 

Psycholgists to help design our changing rooms as well as the oppositions (I'm aware this happened at Stadium of Light)

 

...I had more to write but I have to go unfortunately

 

I take it you haven't been on a tour of Anfield then. The home teams door is smaller then the aways to give the impression that the Liverpool players were bigger than they are to the opposition when they emerge from the changing room (Courtesy of Mr Shankly). The home changing room is sound proofed, whislt the away teams isn't so they can hear the crowd before they come out and so their tactics can be conviently overheard. The away changing room is also bigger so that the opposition are spread further apart in the changing room denying them the chance to build a closer team atomsphere and to allow the impact of the noise of the stands to make the players feel isolated. In the past where as there is a no slip floor in the home changing room in the away changing room the floor was tiled and heavily polished making it difficult to walk on in studs causing slight pulls and strains, they don't do this any more after complaints to the FA.

[Guest Kev]

Well the pitch will be bigger for a start so we wont have to ask UEFA for special dispensation to play on it in the Champions League.

[Cliff M]

I take it you haven't been on a tour of Anfield then. The home teams door is smaller then the aways to give the impression that the Liverpool players were bigger than they are to the opposition when they emerge from the changing room (Courtesy of Mr Shankly). The home changing room is sound proofed, whislt the away teams isn't so they can hear the crowd before they come out and so their tactics can be conviently overheard. The away changing room is also bigger so that the opposition are spread further apart in the changing room denying them the chance to build a closer team atomsphere and to allow the impact of the noise of the stands to make the players feel isolated. In the past where as there is a no slip floor in the home changing room in the away changing room the floor was tiled and heavily polished making it difficult to walk on in studs causing slight pulls and strains, they don't do this any more after complaints to the FA.

 

Fantastic stuff!

[Flasher]

What will the name of the new stadium be? Will it still be Anfield?

 

Somehow a sign with the words "This is Stanley Park" does not seem that frightening to opposing players.

 

 

Perhaps a sign saying " This is not Anfield"??

 

One thing I think any stadium needs to create a good atmosphere - steep stands close to the pitch. Initial designs look a bit flat to me. I think we may live to regret that, in the sense that the current Anfield atmosphere (on the good days) will be harder to recreate.

 

On a wider issue, I also think that their should be a review of the "all seater stadium" ruling. Surely, in this day and age we can make 'safe' standing areas.

[Bologna]

yup large gap between crowd and pitch

whether thats down to uefa rule i dont know like the way they wont allow ppl in certain seats for CL.

stii even if they dont we should have seats close to pitch

another stadium id like to model is schalke 04's

and that one stuttgart i think that has biggest tier in euro footie..

Isn't that because the pitch-side advertising hoardings are higher for the CL and so LFC don't sell the seats because you can hardly see anything from the front rows?

[Sion]

Anyone know anything about a redesign of the plans to encorporate one massive one tier kop stand. Holding approx 3 to 4,000 more people than current?

[New York Red]

I think the plan needs to revised entirely. There's loads more that they could do to make this stadium unique, just like has been done plenty of times in the States with baseball stadiums. I'd like to see us do the following:

 

Have the Kop be a massive one-tier stand. No frills, and filling in the corners. Seating 16,000.

 

Have the Anfield Road end as a two tier. The bottom tier being for away fans holding about 8,000. Above that and area with tripple deck luxury boxes and an open bar area which could be rented out and would be standing only. Between them they'd sit another 8.000.

 

The side stands would hold roughly the same but not look identical. Only one side would have the luxury boxes in it. Four levels of them of varying sizes. A stand above and below it.

 

On the opposite side would have the club seat area. Again, stands above and below it. Each side of the stadium seating about 20,000 people.

 

I can't stand the thought of the stadium being a sterile, soul-less environment. There's no need for it. All of these ideas by the way are rip offs of other ideas that actually exist in stadiums currently. It just needs a bit of imagination and inventiveness to make the new Anfield a truly special place.

[Guest Si]

Seems a bit bloody pointless to build a big stadium so we can compete with the Mancs etc on gate receipts then charge less money than we do now?

 

We would end up making less money than we do know and chuck away our 120 odd year home in the process.

[Cliff M]

Seems a bit bloody pointless to build a big stadium so we can compete with the Mancs etc on gate receipts then charge less money than we do now?

 

We would end up making less money than we do know and chuck away our 120 odd year home in the process.

 

 

I'm suggesting lower prices mainly for cup games. I know loads of people who've stopped going to the match because of the high prices. Within a year or 2 they'll be asking £30 for the cheapest seat. Worth it for a game against Charlton/Reading etc? No.