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[Billy Campbell's Ghost]

34 minutes ago, Gedee said:

Weel Done Broony...Keep the link open with JN's Guid Lady 

It looks like, she is mair forthcoming than that Man o' hers

Pretty tight tip from a Yank. Tipping in US has gone crazy. 

[Gedee]

2 hours ago, Billy Campbell's Ghost said:

Pretty tight tip from a Yank. Tipping in US has gone crazy. 

Billy, I think there has been a  Drastic Cut Back, on General Household Expenditure... As any Spare Coinage around the home, has been procured by JN, and found it's way to JNs Special Piggy Camp (Holding Fund for Campie Project) I'm not sure how he will react when he finds out, that Mrs Nelms, is not only using a Taxi, but obviously is quite freely...Giving out Handsome Tips

[Craigowl]

5 hours ago, HK Blues said:

Given the article was as clear as can be, if DCC hadn't recommended the site you'd have imagined they would have clarified that pronto.  

DCC haven't spoken out any word on the topic at all that i recall, partly as it's never been in front of them to discuss i'd guess.

[HK Blues]

On 25/04/2025 at 02:08, Reverend Lovejoy said:

It isn't a 'story' that DCC recommended Campy to us it's common, public knowledge. I'll see if I can dig out reports from the time.

 

15 hours ago, Craigowl said:

DCC haven't spoken out any word on the topic at all that i recall, partly as it's never been in front of them to discuss i'd guess.

See the Rev's post I've quoted above.

[Double Blue]

1 hour ago, HK Blues said:

 

See the Rev's post I've quoted above.

Thank God for the internet. Memories are a fragile thing, especially as you get older.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

On 25/04/2025 at 11:18, BCram said:

Was the discussion about a training ground for DFC? Stadium came along later, once the size of the site was realised? Don't know answer but it might explain DCC introducing the site to DFC for training ground, and goalposts change.

The sites we looked at, Dock St and Riverside, were always with regard to building a stadium, Campy came about after the recommendation.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

21 hours ago, Craigowl said:

DCC haven't spoken out any word on the topic at all that i recall, partly as it's never been in front of them to discuss i'd guess.

I'm sure there were press reports at the time but I couldn't find them at the time of posting, what I've posted is an AI view of what happened immediately prior to the NCR land purchase.

[BCram]

1 hour ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

The sites we looked at, Dock St and Riverside, were always with regard to building a stadium, Campy came about after the recommendation.

That's not what I believe happened. Will need to check specifically that the Campy recommendation, from the council, was for a stadium development with housing etc, and not just a training ground. 

 

[Reverend Lovejoy]

14 minutes ago, BCram said:

That's not what I believe happened. Will need to check specifically that the Campy recommendation, from the council, was for a stadium development with housing etc, and not just a training ground. 

 

It was always a stadium as Dens wasn't under our ownership and was in a decrepit state. Dock St was never a training ground and that preceded Campy. We'll just need to agree to disagree.

[BCram]

21 minutes ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

It was always a stadium as Dens wasn't under our ownership and was in a decrepit state. Dock St was never a training ground and that preceded Campy. We'll just need to agree to disagree.

Very fair point about Dens not being owned and Dock Street would be a stadium site.

Will try to find a better argument as to why I thought Campy was a training site. It helps John Nelms, and of course DFC if DCC planning officials are keen to see a new stadium at Campy.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

1 hour ago, BCram said:

Very fair point about Dens not being owned and Dock Street would be a stadium site.

Will try to find a better argument as to why I thought Campy was a training site. It helps John Nelms, and of course DFC if DCC planning officials are keen to see a new stadium at Campy.

There was originally training pitches as part of the development but that wasn't on the NCR site (we needed an area of land on the south eastern boundary of Camperdown Park) that we owned and were scrapped in favour of a move to Riverside. A training base on the NCR site wouldn't make FPS money and the housing/retail development had more chance of being approved (or so it was thought) by adding a new stadium given half of the city would be in favour, the roads issues have been an unforeseen obstacle though. I don't see the logic in spending £1.5m on the NCR ground and still having to shell out an alleged annual upkeep cost of some £700k on Dens. FPS are looking to make some money.

[Craigowl]

3 hours ago, Reverend Lovejoy said:

There was originally training pitches as part of the development but that wasn't on the NCR site (we needed an area of land on the south eastern boundary of Camperdown Park) that we owned and were scrapped in favour of a move to Riverside. A training base on the NCR site wouldn't make FPS money and the housing/retail development had more chance of being approved (or so it was thought) by adding a new stadium given half of the city would be in favour, the roads issues have been an unforeseen obstacle though. I don't see the logic in spending £1.5m on the NCR ground and still having to shell out an alleged annual upkeep cost of some £700k on Dens. FPS are looking to make some money.

The dens upkeep is not 700k that's a nonsense. That was a number that could be quoted because of one season where 400k spent sorting out the pitch.