The Proposed New Riverside Stand.

[pj180e]

I have looked at the plans for the new stand and I cannot work out from them if there will be any  bar/food facilities located inside the stand where supporters can enter prior to the games (without having to upgrade to an expensive meal etc) rather than having to stand outside with your drink/pie as you do at present?

It would also be interesting to know if there is going to be such an area, would season ticket holders of the Hammersmith end be able to gain access, as it would appear that the present outside bar located under the Riverside stand at the Hammersmith end will no longer exist under the new plans.

Does anyone have any information in this matter?

[west kowloon white]

The way the PC Nannies are now running the country/world alcohol will be banned by the time its built.

[flyingfish]

The way the PC Nannies are now running the country/world alcohol will be banned by the time its built.

bit random.

but having a go at both 'pc gone mad' and the khans in one massive non-sequitur is quite an achievement!

[VicHalomsLovechild]

I think using the term "non-sequitur" on a football discussion board is even more of an achievement. I had to look it up.

[west kowloon white]

No dig at Khan or sequituring intended.

[mrmicawbers]

I did ask this Question and the answer was on Matchdays only the people with tickets to that particular stand would be able to eat and drink in it.It will according to them be open to all and sundry Fulham fans wise shortly after the final Whistle.I assume once the ground has been cleared and people not wishing to stay have left the vacinity.

[VicHalomsLovechild]

I have to say wKw I didn't think there was any squituring actually. I was just dazzled by flyingfishes command of the English language!

[Riversider]

I've been asking this for years, even non league clubs have a supporters club bar, where the rank and file can sit down with a pie and a pint before the game and watch Sky Sports etc, I mean , even QPR have a supporters bar under the Loft,
Surely the new Riverside Stand will be big enough to finally provide what this club has lacked for years,
I hope so at any rate, or will it be more gin bars or even a sushi bar, we haven't got one of them yet.

[SuffolkWhite]

Shushi and Gin! Come now Tarquin that would be splendid.

[mrmicawbers]

I did ask this Question and the answer was on Matchdays only the people with tickets to that particular stand would be able to eat and drink in it.It will according to them be open to all and sundry Fulham fans wise shortly after the final Whistle.I assume once the ground has been cleared and people not wishing to stay have left the vacinity.

I should have added that after the game,food and drink would be available. I think not allowing fans in before the match is purely a logistical problem.

[flyingfish]

I think using the term "non-sequitur" on a football discussion board is even more of an achievement. I had to look it up.

Well, this is a Fulham message board.

[Wolf]

I'm concerned about this imminent world ban on alcohol, that'll pull the rug from under the Gin Bar

[Woolly Mammoth]

I think Dave is stockpiling it at a rapid pace as we speak.

[JoelH5]

The way the PC Nannies are now running the country/world alcohol will be banned by the time its built.

Sorry, off topic but you live in HKK right?

Back on topic, I think the new design looks great. I agree though a propper place to eat with good food would be a huge plus. I'm going to get slated for this but.. I got free corporate seats at Stamford Bridge last year and the food was top class. Much better than CC. I hope the new Riverside development can improve our offering.

[mrmicawbers]

The way the PC Nannies are now running the country/world alcohol will be banned by the time its built.

Sorry, off topic but you live in HKK right?

Back on topic, I think the new design looks great. I agree though a propper place to eat with good food would be a huge plus. I'm going to get slated for this but.. I got free corporate seats at Stamford Bridge last year and the food was top class. Much better than CC. I hope the new Riverside development can improve our offering.

Myself and a few of the Lads out of H block Johnny Haynes hired a Super box at the Barnsley game.Got to say we were extremely well looked after all day and the food was fantastic nothing like what gets served up in the stands and they werelooking after 24 of us.We will probably do it again before the end of the season and I would highly recommend.

[MJG]

I've been asking this for years, even non league clubs have a supporters club bar, where the rank and file can sit down with a pie and a pint before the game and watch Sky Sports etc, I mean , even QPR have a supporters bar under the Loft,
Surely the new Riverside Stand will be big enough to finally provide what this club has lacked for years,
I hope so at any rate, or will it be more gin bars or even a sushi bar, we haven't got one of them yet.

The FST will be pushing for a 'fans' bar within the development. because of the way the whole ground is positioned and accessed the it will be difficult for those in the JH stand to access a bar prior to the game. It would be within the ground entry gates and with no transfer access from JH to Hammersmith end allowed it would be difficult. But we would work with club to sort a solution out.

While the basic design is there the actual use of the retail spaces are still open for discussion.

[toshes mate]

No dig at Khan or sequituring intended.

I didn't read/see a sequitur, a dig or the randomness as implied by flying fish either, although I do recall that alcohol is slowly being made too expensive for many a responsible drinker to contemplate in ways they may have once seen fit.  I also read (or see) following the OP and your comment a rather insensitive, undesirable and, perhaps, unintended consequence of the plans as they stand in making the Riverside way too exclusive to itself and not inclusive to the many.  Perhaps that is a consequence of insufficient thought and attention being paid to the fact we are talking about a football ground and its match day facilities for all its fans.  That may be something to do with a complete super stadium plan achieving comprehensiveness of purpose which the follow up plan of a multi use super stand just cannot equal. 

[MJG]

No dig at Khan or sequituring intended.

I didn't read/see a sequitur, a dig or the randomness as implied by flying fish either, although I do recall that alcohol is slowly being made too expensive for many a responsible drinker to contemplate in ways they may have once seen fit.  I also read (or see) following the OP and your comment a rather insensitive, undesirable and, perhaps, unintended consequence of the plans as they stand in making the Riverside way too exclusive to itself and not inclusive to the many.  Perhaps that is a consequence of insufficient thought and attention being paid to the fact we are talking about a football ground and its match day facilities for all its fans.  That may be something to do with a complete super stadium plan achieving comprehensiveness of purpose which the follow up plan of a multi use super stand just cannot equal.

There is nothing in the plans to say the riverside will be cut off from the Hammersmith end. There is a double gate in the plans but the turnstiles are on the Hammersmith side of that. How they steward entry into the 'riverside' area is still to be decided, as is much of how that area will work.
And with the FST involved in a working group on this subject will would not be looking to have it shut off to any major degree.
Also there is no permanent barrier in that area and that should be noted and not taken as the area to be exclusive to Riverside ticket holders.

[KJS]

Shushi and Gin! Come now Tarquin that would be splendid.

Already available at the cottage :dft003:

[SuffolkWhite]

Shushi and Gin! Come now Tarquin that would be splendid.

Already available at the cottage :dft003:

Hahaha Can't fit it in after several pints of beer  :beer: