I've been fortunate enough to have been singled out by Both the 'Scotland On Sunday' National Newspaper and www.football365.com Website. Reporters Martin Hannan & Gavin Willacy respectively
Both of whom have been curious to know what the actual fans feel about any possiblity of Ground Sharing.
Obviously I can only give my own views, but it has started to make me wonder if my views are the same as the majority, or am I somehow out of Step with the City concensus.
My opinions can be viewed at the below Interview Links.
This is your chance to add to the great City debate, should we share or should we not?
It is a debate, so please give valid printable reasons to support your argument.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Flood
To: BoabL@blueyonder.co.uk
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001
Subject: Groundshare
I am hugely in favour of the groundshare idea. This presents a real opportunity for both clubs to move forward in terms of both grounds. I understand the United viewpoint that a lot of money has already been spent on Tannadice and that probably they would not recoup all of it when they sold it on.
This is just as true for Dundee (although probably a little less money has been spent on Dens over the recent years). There are many examples of successful groundsharing around Europe in areas much much bigger than Dundee. I have been to Rome and to Milan to watch their major teams and their arrangements clearly work.
They would be able to share many costs such as maintenance and may even reduce both club's outgoings (although I will admit to not being remotely qualified in suggesting this to be fact). The two sets of fans in Dundee have one of the fiercest rivalries around but also share one of the best relationships around. Both clubs should be able to maintain their proud traditions and histories as totally separate entities if the groundshare were to go ahead.
As a final note, did anyone else feel a sense of pride and satisfaction when they first walked into the Bobby Cox stand and think "Yes, we are moving onwards and upwards". I did, and I think there would be a similar feeling of progress if we were to move to a new, custom built, modern arena that the whole city could be proud of. When a club moves, the traditions and history move with it!.
The whole ground sharing thing is nonsense now and will never happen because of Hibs's view on shared stadiums.
They can't see us getting what they can't have. They said they would vote against us sharing a stadium and so that is that, end of topic, as it must be a unanimous decision by all the SPL teams on ground sharing.
Iain