wanderer Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/sport/rugby/sru-were-ready-to-open-murrayfields-doors-to-sfa-if-it-decides-to-quit-hampden.1422288084?utm_source=www.heraldscotland.com&utm_medium=RSS%2520Feed&utm_campaign=Scottish%2520Sports%2520News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 No thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Suspect nothing more than a follow up report on Regan comments last year about SFA and their lease at Hampen. Only way can see Murryfield happening is if SFA are brought in as a full partner and not a tenant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Laud Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Tell them to stuff their unionist nest full of vipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washboarder Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 makes sense financially its a yes from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtag Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 A non story really. All ifs and buts. Scotland play football at Hampden and that's not going to change. Thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) I think this clown is a bit confused "I do think the issue in Scotland is that we have got too many big stadiums and not enough small ones." i think the problem is we dont have ANY medium sized venues at around 30-40k. Would love Murrayfield for big games, actually pretty much loath hampden for its location, transport links and its surrounding area as well as its structure. the problem is we dont have anywhere that can cope with games that will be 30-40k in attendance and not be about half empty Edited January 26, 2015 by LewisEDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Auld reekie, salt and sauce. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Considering almost no one in Scotland plays or more importantly watches Rugby versus the popular interest in football why is it again that we have a gleaming almost new rugby stadium in the arse end of nowhere that is unsurprisingly underutilized (they are saying it themselves) while we also have a creaking national football stadium that has been an old banger for decades with more facelifts than Micheal Jackson (chamone). edit; reading between the lines the SRU sound desperate, so let's starve the No voting khunts of money, send them to the bottom and pick up Murrayfield on the cheap when they go into liquidation. Then move it brick by brick to Glasgow. Edited January 26, 2015 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hampden has it's downsides (the transport especially!!) but to play at Murrayfield? No chance! Hampden is our home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 maybe our new pals Qatar are to buy us a stadium in return for our feeble excuse of a friendly, Qatar Airways International Arena has a nice ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 thplinth is seriously the most forthright and concise poster on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 murrayfield was redeveloped 20 years ago, its hardly new. hampden isnt fit for purpose, knock it to the ground and get the germans over to design and build it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) murrayfield was redeveloped 20 years ago, its hardly new. Yeah it is. It is like a little old lady's car. It is 20 years old but having been only used once a quarter it only has about 3 real years of use on the clock. Bargain. edit: Hampden by contrast is an ex (pish soaked) taxi that has been clocked more times than big ben. Edited January 26, 2015 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisEDI Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Yeah it is. It is like a little old lady's car. It is 20 years old but having been only used once a quarter it only has about 3 real years of use on the clock. Bargain. edit: Hampden by contrast is an ex (pish soaked) taxi that has been clocked more times than big ben. it probably is used for about 7 internationals a year including friendlies i guess and hosts edinburgh club rugby games as well as gigs, cant be much less than hampden, if u were to look at year round figures for attendances there cant be much in it over the last 10 years i would guess. Edited January 26, 2015 by LewisEDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I would say murrayfield's probably used more per year than Hampden at the moment, with all the gigs, edinburgh/ scotland games and other visitors from time to time (celtic/ hearts, super league). It's a far better stadium than Hampden. SRU should put a cheeky bid in for ibrox! Would love to see Murrayfield packed for a non-friendly scotland football match, just to hear what it was like and generally try it out. I like the old lady's car analogy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmcca5 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I would be happy to give Murryfield a go just to see what it was like for a Scotland football match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 They can gtf. Hampden's our home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANDYP Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Nothing wrong with the area round hampden I live there. And there are umpteen buses and a train link to hampden, what else can we use for transport, it is the local government that don't organise extra services, which is a disgrace. Glasgow is the home of football and that's where we should stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassrubber Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The national stadium should be in the capital like most civilised countries end of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANDYP Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 glasgow is the home of football, End of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The national stadium should be in the capital like most civilised countries end of.Switzerland...Canada Usa Brazil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Nothing wrong with the area round hampden I live there. And there are umpteen buses and a train link to hampden, what else can we use for transport, it is the local government that don't organise extra services, which is a disgrace. Glasgow is the home of football and that's where we should stay. It's a short distance from the M74, there are six railway stations within a 10 / 15 walk and umpteen pubs / cafés / restaurants in Shawlands, Vicky Road, Strathbungo and Aikenhead Road - I always struggle to see what folk are complaining about - the fact that I can walk home does not of course in any way influence my take on Hampden. Edited January 26, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 For me it would feel strange moving our football home to somewhere other than Glasgow. That said murryfield certainly looks a better stadium. Not been since ITE redevelopment so can only go by how it looks on TV. If the SFA and SRU had any sense between they would build a stadium in partnership that could be viewed as a centre for sport. Not sure where would be best to build it but it would have to have decent train stations nearby to hopefully reduce the mnt Florida scrum at the end of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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