Anfield Ground Redevelopment project

[Paul Waine]

News coming out that the contractor for Anfield's stand redevelopment project is running into financial difficulties. They've announced that they are preparing to go into administration.

[mybloodisclaret]

Is that the delay in completing the project. Was due to be open for start of season.

[TheFamilyCat]

*insert Alan Partridge shrugging gif*

[ClaretTony]

Liverpool FC have issued the following statement


Buckingham Group has made us aware that it has filed for a notice of intention to appoint administrators. This filing does not impact the planned opening of the new Anfield Road Stand’s lower tier on Saturday for the match against AFC Bournemouth.

Following the successful test events earlier this week, Liverpool City Council’s building control team issued a safety certificate to operate the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand and we look forward to welcoming supporters to Anfield for our first Premier League home game of the season.

We will work with Buckingham Group on the planned phased opening of the remainder of the new stand and will continue to keep supporters updated on arrangements for future games.

Our intention is to update all supporters who have a ticket for the Aston Villa match at the earliest opportunity.

[4midable]

The embaressment for the scousers continues
Great

[jrgbfc]

Get Barnfield on it.

[bfcjg]

In fairness to Liverpool not a lot they can do about it

[Awayfromburnley]

The embaressment for the scousers continues
Great

Really?

A business is potentially going under, livelihoods impacted and you choose that as a comment. I am not even sure it will have a negative impact upon those you aim your venom.

Oh, also, I am quite sure where the embarrassment sits here.

[Bosscat]

Really?

A business is potentially going under, livelihoods impacted and you choose that as a comment. I am not even sure it will have a negative impact upon those you aim your venom.

Oh, also, I am quite sure where the embarrassment sits here.

Perhaps the poster should be embarrassed at the spelling

[Spijed]

I presume the new stand means away supporters won't have a poor view anymore.

[4midable]

Really?

A business is potentially going under, livelihoods impacted and you choose that as a comment. I am not even sure it will have a negative impact upon those you aim your venom.

Oh, also, I am quite sure where the embarrassment sits here.

Yes..really

[RammyClaret61]

Points deduction for going into administration surely. Guilty by association!

[Awayfromburnley]

Yes..really

Fair enough. I just hope that when you leave school and get a job that you never have to experience working for a company that goes bust, leaving you and your family struggling to make ends meet.

[Hipper]

Perhaps the poster should be embarrassed at the spelling

Embaressment, like nescessary, are words where I always have to fight with the spell checker, finally having to look it up to get it right.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Embaressment, like nescessary, are words where I always have to fight with the spell checker, finally having to look it up to get it right.

an unesersary embaresmant

[4midable]

Fair enough. I just hope that when you leave school and get a job that you never have to experience working for a company that goes bust, leaving you and your family struggling to make ends meet.

Wasnt aimed at the company going bust though was it?

[Quickenthetempo]

I presume the new stand means away supporters won't have a poor view anymore.

I was always fortunate to get a decent seat at Anfield but here's a pic of the new stand. Doesn't look like there's a roof blocking views anymore.

https://twitter.com/sportbible/status/1 ... yz19Q&s=19

[No Ney Never]

Perhaps the poster should be embarrassed at the spelling

Is that worse than a lack of punctuation, such as a full stop at the end of a sentence?

[Paul Waine]

Update in Times this morning. Buckingham Group are also the main contractor for Fulham's new Riverside Stand and that is also suffering delays in completion.

Uncertainty over new Anfield stand as builder enters administration

Martin Hardy Thursday August 17 2023, 9.00pm, The Times

The construction company building Liverpool’s Anfield Road stand has filed for administration, meaning that the capacity for the club’s first home game of the season will be only 51,000.

The upper tier of the new £80 million stand may not open until mid-October. Liverpool began building the new stand, which will boost Anfield’s capacity to 61,000, in September 2021, aiming for it to be ready for the start of this season.

The club were granted special permission by the Premier League to play their opening fixture of the season away from Anfield to allow the stand to be finished. That has not happened and only the lower tier of the stand will be open for Liverpool’s Premier League game against Bournemouth on Saturday.

Liverpool released a statement on Thursday to confirm that Buckingham Group, which is also responsible for the development of Fulham’s Craven Cottage, had notified the club of its intention to file for administration.

“Buckingham Group has made us aware that it has filed for a notice of intention to appoint administrators,” the statement read. “This filing does not impact the planned opening of the new Anfield Road Stand’s lower tier on Saturday for the match against AFC Bournemouth.”

Liverpool held a test event earlier this week and were awarded a safety certificate by Liverpool City Council to operate the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand.

Buckingham Group has more than 600 staff and is expected to continue work on the planned phase of the upper tier.

“We will work with Buckingham Group on the planned phased opening of the remainder of the new stand and will continue to keep supporters updated on arrangements for future games,” the statement added.

“Our intention is to update all supporters who have a ticket for the Aston Villa match at the earliest opportunity.” Liverpool face Aston Villa at Anfield on September 3. The club have one more Premier League home game in September, against West Ham United, and then face local rivals Everton at Anfield on October 21.

A video was shown on X, formerly known as Twitter, of workers who had apparently been sent home on Wednesday morning after news of the intention to appoint administrators. Liverpool are expected to fall back on a plan where additional capacity is incrementally phased in with uncertainty now about when work on the new stand will be completed.

Liverpool had the sixth-highest average attendance in the Premier League last season, with 53,183. Anfield’s eventual new capacity of 61,000 will be the fourth-highest in the division, after Manchester United, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur.

Buckingham Group’s last accounts from 2021 showed the firm had suffered a near £11 million loss. Development of the Riverside Stand at Craven Cottage began in 2019 and has still not finished. The club released a statement two days ago to express their disappointment that the stand was still not fully opened.

“Both the club and fans have been anticipating the full opening of the stand, which we had hoped would be by now, and we understand supporter frustrations,” the statement read. “Rest assured that work continues diligently to deliver on the promise of a truly remarkable and world-class experience. Additional seating in the new stand will be available, subject to licensing, from the commencement of the 2024-25 season.”

[Burnley1989]

Its a lesson for businesses that enter a race to the bottom when quoting, you need to really know your numbers and walk away from contracts if theres too much risk to your profit margin. Too many companies take on projects because its a prestige customer and end up working at a loss.

[Gordaleman]

Its a lesson for businesses that enter a race to the bottom when quoting, you need to really know your numbers and walk away from contracts if theres too much risk to your profit margin. Too many companies take on projects because its a prestige customer and end up working at a loss.

Sounds a bit like HS2. Miles behind schedule, massive underestimate of costs, but in this case, the taxpayer (You and I.) are picking up the tab for Cameron's vanity project.