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Post by Finnish Gas on Feb 17, 2015 18:29:18 GMT
Rovers take Sainsbury’s to High CourtBRISTOL Rovers will be taking supermarket chain Sainsbury's to High Court in a bid to secure their dream stadium in Frenchay, it has been announced. The news has come following months of uncertainty over whether Sainsbury's is committed to developing a supermarket at the Memorial Ground in Horfield. Rovers needs to sell the ground to Sainsbury's in order to fund a new 21,000-seater stadium in north Bristol. An application was submitted by Rovers last year to extend the supermarket's delivery hours from 5am to midnight, after Sainsbury's announced the withdrawal of large-scale projects across the country. It was reported that Sainsbury's told the football club that building a store on the Memorial Ground is only justifiable if delivery hours are extended. The application was accepted by Bristol City Council, giving anti-supermarket campaigners TRASH "little faith" in the authority's planning system. A Rovers spokesperson said: "It is with regret that we have felt it necessary to revert to High Court action to complete our contract with Sainsbury’s, but it was felt that this course of action was necessary to allow us to invest in our new stadium at UWE.
"In view of the impeding legal action, we regret that we will be unable to comment further."
A Sainsbury's spokesperson told the Bishopston Voice: "We are unable to comment any further due to ongoing legal action between Bristol Rovers Football Club and Sainsbury’s.
"Once the legal action has concluded, we will be in a position to comment more fully and will update you and other stakeholders interested in the site."
A spokesperson from TRASH said: "All the indications are that Sainsbury's will not be building a superstore on the site, but have signed a contract to buy it. Just what will happen to the Memorial Ground is unknown.
"We are hopeful that a satisfactory outcome for the ground will be found, and one which will preserve the site for sport and recreation for future generations, as was intended by its founders a century ago.
"There must be a concerted joined-up effort to redevelop the ground to bring about a win-win-win situation. Rovers, Bristol City Council and Sainsbury's should welcome this opportunity to achieve something so much better now that we are all afforded a second chance." www.bishopstonvoice.co.uk/rovers-take-sains-to-high-court.html
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 18:34:31 GMT
If they want it kept for recreational activities why did they have a problem with the Mem Redevelopment?
Ohhhhh, because they're hypocritical fools.
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Post by dagnogo on Feb 17, 2015 19:50:35 GMT
Bishopston summed up on one article. Middle class, middle aged folk who only care for themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 20:01:17 GMT
Bishopston summed up on one article. Middle class, middle aged folk who only care for themselves. Absolutely spot on.
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Post by Finnish Gas on Feb 17, 2015 20:06:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 20:10:01 GMT
Bishopston summed up on one article. Middle class, middle aged folk who only care for themselves. Absolutely spot on.
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Post by matealotblue on Feb 17, 2015 20:31:36 GMT
But surely the delicious irony here is that they don't know what would happen if Sainsburys did not develop the ground. They say so themselves in their own statement 'Justbwhat will happen to the Memorial Stadium is unknown ".
Could be something far worse.....hopefully!
Out of the frying pan.....into the fire. Think IKEA (not that it will be one of them but you get my drift) revenge is a dish best served cold as they say.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 20:58:20 GMT
I think Horfield needs a "Sort-It" centre.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 21:58:54 GMT
I think Horfield needs a "Sort-It" centre. ...or a b'stard farm.
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Post by Curly Wurly on Feb 17, 2015 22:00:34 GMT
The date is in my diary and I'll be straight on to Companies house to get a copy of the figures. If the Mem sale does not go ahead, the fact that the horrible people that are TRASH ultimately won will stick in my gullet more than anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 7:09:45 GMT
Turn it into the worlds largest food bank for all those lazy arse govt artists who live in that area
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Post by Gas Since 1957 on Feb 18, 2015 8:33:45 GMT
Definitely a big enough site for a travellers camp! Or even an immigration centre. The possibilities to p*ss off TRASH are endeless
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 18, 2015 8:33:58 GMT
Hopefully a derelict rat infested staduim for a decade or two! I can't recall Trash has any interest in preserving the Mem as a sports ground etc at the start of thier campaign which was surely all about stoping Sainsbury's?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 9:15:47 GMT
I think the thing that would hurt them most would be having a derelict site standing empty for a few years. Imagine the effect on house prices
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Post by Peter Parker on Feb 18, 2015 10:20:05 GMT
Make it in to a Travellers site
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 18, 2015 10:50:41 GMT
Make it in to a Travellers site Perhaps we should just forget to lock the gates when we move out?
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Post by longjohnsilver on Feb 18, 2015 12:43:56 GMT
From reading that article I would presume if we can't move to the uwe, trash would fully support the redevelopment of the mem to ensure the site remains a sports ground ? I guarantee the moment we put in planning permission to redevelop the mem they will create another campaign group. just like they have down the cricket ground to stop them building the new floodlights they need to host test cricket.
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Post by dagnogo on Feb 18, 2015 12:52:04 GMT
Make it in to a Travellers site Yeah don't do that, I live 400 yards away.
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Post by Curly Wurly on Feb 18, 2015 15:04:17 GMT
From reading that article I would presume if we can't move to the uwe, trash would fully support the redevelopment of the mem to ensure the site remains a sports ground ? I guarantee the moment we put in planning permission to redevelop the mem they will create another campaign group. just like they have down the cricket ground to stop them building the new floodlights they need to host test cricket. You bet. Unless I'm mistaken, Stephen Barrett, Committee Member of Horfield Residents Opposed to Stadium Expansion (ROSE) is the same Stephen Barrett, Director of TRASHorfield. C'mon, embrace change Stephen!
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Feb 18, 2015 15:23:44 GMT
From reading that article I would presume if we can't move to the uwe, trash would fully support the redevelopment of the mem to ensure the site remains a sports ground ? I guarantee the moment we put in planning permission to redevelop the mem they will create another campaign group. just like they have down the cricket ground to stop them building the new floodlights they need to host test cricket. You bet. Unless I'm mistaken, Stephen Barrett, Committee Member of Horfield Residents Opposed to Stadium Expansion (ROSE) is the same Stephen Barrett, Director of TRASHorfield. C'mon, embrace change Stephen! Nothing better to do with his free time? Shame planning permission has been granted on both occasions yet nothing will likely come of them. I've lived in a student house in Horfield since September and we get so much stuff about bizarre initiatives and other crap posted through our door by the neighbours it's unreal, now I'm again cleared fit enough to drive (touch wood) I'm looking forward to moving back to Kingswood in July!
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