New Dugouts for The Turf

[randomclaret2]

Existing ones being auctioned off to raise funds for the Community dept.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Wonder if the Mrs would love them in the garden

[thelaughingclaret]

The away bench should be an old plank of wood with nails in it.

[ClaretTony]

I'd have loved a ten seater dug out in my back garden

[jedi_master]

Are we finally giving our team the car seats and dispensing with the IKEA dentist waiting room ones?

[Chester Perry]

I take it we are not kicking people out of seats in the Bob Lord to have several rows of seats in the dug out like you see across the Premier League - int will be interesting to see the restrictive protocols in place next season for those who would use the dugout how it affects allowable attendance levels

[ClaretTony]

I take it we are not kicking people out of seats in the Bob Lord to have several rows of seats in the dug out like you see across the Premier League

That was my first thought

[BenWickes]

My wife and I were discussing a seating area with a overhang for shade just yesterday morning. We wanted a low overhang over a long garden sofa. A pergola was too high for our ideas. We wanted something about 4-5 foot high that covered the seats.
Might need to redesign one half of the garden mind if we got it.

[martin_p]

I take it we are not kicking people out of seats in the Bob Lord to have several rows of seats in the dug out like you see across the Premier League - int will be interesting to see the restrictive protocols in place next season for those who would use the dugout how it affects allowable attendance levels

You could probably build a 2 tier dugout in front of the Bob Lord without taking any seats out given the front of it is so high.

[Chester Perry]

You could probably build a 2 tier dugout in front of the Bob Lord without taking any seats out given the front of it is so high.

you would think so but it is normal to have several more rows than that in the Premier League

[The Enclosure]

Nowt wrong with this..it was good enough for Dusty..We pamper the players too much these days.
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[Petersa]

I doubt it is in the plan but I would love to see the dugouts moved accross to the Longside given the location of the dressing rooms and the tunnel in the CF/LS corner. I never understood why they were never put there when the "new" Longside was built. The long trek across the pitch especially at half time looks so untidy

[ClaretTony]

I doubt it is in the plan but I would love to see the dugouts moved accross to the Longside given the location of the dressing rooms and the tunnel in the CF/LS corner. I never understood why they were never put there when the "new" Longside was built. The long trek across the pitch especially at half time looks so untidy

Would have to remove a hell of a lot of seats to do that given that people in the Longside Lower are almost below pitch level at the front.

[Petersa]

You are probably right CT but Ive never liked the great trek especially at half time. With what seems like dozens of subs, coaches and physios in todays game it looks a right mess. Memories of George Bray emptying his magic sponge bucket of water a few minutes from the end in the old Brunshaw Rd stand with just Harry Potts for company are flooding back

[ClaretTony]

You are probably right CT but Ive never liked the great trek especially at half time. With what seems like dozens of subs, coaches and physios in todays game it looks a right mess. Memories of George Bray emptying his magic sponge bucket of water a few minutes from the end in the old Brunshaw Rd stand with just Harry Potts for company are flooding back

When I first started going it was Ray Bennion and George was the reserve trainer with the magic sponge. I knew George so well and am just sorry he isn't around to see us today because he used to promise me we'd get back to the top division.

[bf2k]

Where, when, how are these being auctioned?

[Bosscat]

Leeds are removing their dugouts and supplying 9 buckets for the home and away teams... so the Subs can be more Bielsa

[mill hill claret]

Seems to be lots going on at the ground at the moment ..I had a walk around the ground when I visited the club shop two weeks ago ...lots of workmen working in the james Hargreaves hospitality..all the walls painted dark grey down Harry pots way and Jimmy mac and Longside...
Have the club been granted planning permission for the new giant screens yet ?

[ClaretTony]

Seems to be lots going on at the ground at the moment ..I had a walk around the ground when I visited the club shop two weeks ago ...lots of workmen working in the james Hargreaves hospitality..all the walls painted dark grey down Harry pots way and Jimmy mac and Longside...
Have the club been granted planning permission for the new giant screens yet ?

The main entrance is all wrapped up too. Someone sent me this pic yesterday and planning applications are still awaiting a decision.

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[TsarBomba]

The main entrance is all wrapped up too. Someone sent me this pic yesterday and planning applications are still awaiting a decision.


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What are the planning applications for, Tony?

[randomclaret2]

No sign of their Cheeky double entendre advertising from CWR this time ?

[ClaretTony]

What are the planning applications for, Tony?

For all the LED stuff

[Bordeauxclaret]

Can’t see anyone objecting.

[Wokingclaret]

Can’t see anyone objecting.

There was some group in Burnley that objected last time to the new flood lights, can't remember their name

[mill hill claret]

There was some group in Burnley that objected last time to the new flood lights, can't remember their name

Yes I remember them....they eventually saw the light !

[ClaretTony]

There was some group in Burnley that objected last time to the new flood lights, can't remember their name

There were a lot of objections from residents when the new stands went up leaving many with shocking tv reception.

[claptrappers_union]

There was some group in Burnley that objected last time to the new flood lights, can't remember their name

I was in one of the offices after a night match when one of the phones rang. A staff member picked it up and I could hear from the other side of the line a women shouting “You can turn the lights off now!”

Why move into a house near a Football ground, weird.

[Chester Perry]

Those Floodlights are way higher and far more bright than they have ever been, and that is within the last 10 years. I would not be surprised if a number of houses behind the Turf find the light coming straight into their homes, particularly bedroom windows, there are quite a few folk who live on there that have been there since it was built and both the Turf and floodlights were very much different then

[martin_p]

Those Floodlights are way higher and far more bright than they have ever been, and that is within the last 10 years. I would not be surprised if a number of houses behind the Turf find the light coming straight into their homes, particularly bedroom windows, there are quite a few folk who live on there that have been there since it was built and both the Turf and floodlights were very much different then

I’d be surprised if they did. The floodlights are directional, I suspect little if any light is cast outside the ground by them.

[ClaretTony]

Those Floodlights are way higher and far more bright than they have ever been, and that is within the last 10 years. I would not be surprised if a number of houses behind the Turf find the light coming straight into their homes, particularly bedroom windows, there are quite a few folk who live on there that have been there since it was built and both the Turf and floodlights were very much different then

From what I’m told the current lights which were installed in 2016 are so directional that they cause no issues outside of the ground.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

I was in one of the offices after a night match when one of the phones rang. A staff member picked it up and I could hear from the other side of the line a women shouting “You can turn the lights off now!”

Why move into a house near a Football ground, weird.

The same sort of people who move to a village and then petition to get the village church bells stopped, despite them being there for hundreds of years previously with no complaint...

[WiscoClaret]

Leeds are removing their dugouts and supplying 9 buckets for the home and away teams... so the Subs can be more Bielsa

If I had one £ for every time they panned to a shot of Bielsa on his bucket 🪣 or spoke about the bucket 🪣 I’d have Dyche’s new contract.

[MG70]

There were a lot of objections from residents when the new stands went up leaving many with shocking tv reception.

I remember that happening, did it get resolved by the club? Or did the residents just have to put up with it?

[claretblue]

here are the latest planning applications -(the latest 3 are still awaiting a decision):

Variation of Conditions 2 and 3 pursuant to planning application FUL/2020/0579 to accommodate changes to the external appearance and proposed materials of the entrance extension
https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... ab=summary

Erection of digital signage along the eastern and northern elevations of the stadium:
https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... ab=summary

Erection of digital signage boards along the southern elevation of the Stadium
https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... ab=summary

Extension and formation of a new entrance and reception to Burnley Football Club James Hargreaves stand hospitality suite
https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... ab=summary

Proposed works to overclad the existing brick pillars to the James Hargreaves Hospitality Suite Entrance with a ceramic tile to match the new infill stands in the North East and South East corners of the stadium, whilst also creating a small glazed entrance lobby to the suites entrance
https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... ab=summary

[Bosscat]

The same sort of people who move to a village and then petition to get the village church bells stopped, despite them being there for hundreds of years previously with no complaint...

We have had people move into new houses in our village do just that.

[ClaretTony]

I remember that happening, did it get resolved by the club? Or did the residents just have to put up with it?

Never properly resolved. My mum’s reception was badly affected so she ended up taking out the basic Sky package so she could actually watch.

[wilks_bfc]

The same sort of people who move to a village and then petition to get the village church bells stopped, despite them being there for hundreds of years previously with no complaint...

A friend of mine lives near to a primary school.
They got a new neighbour who started complaining that the kids were too noisy during playtime and it was ruining them being able to enjoy being in the garden
When they were asked why they bought a house near a school, their reply was “we came to view it on a Saturday and it was so peaceful”

[claretburns]

What happened with the plan to have the changing rooms placed in the new disabled facilities or was it a new building between cricketfield and James Hargreaves stand?

Is this on hold due to COVID or the plan for this stopped completely?

[ClaretTony]

What happened with the plan to have the changing rooms placed in the new disabled facilities or was it a new building between cricketfield and James Hargreaves stand?

Is this on hold due to COVID or the plan for this stopped completely?

There was a plan to put the dressing rooms in the Longside/Jimmy Mac corner at one time but that was back in the plans Brendan Flood set up in 2007.

[Zlatan]

Yes I remember them....they eventually saw the light !

They also objected to Costa in town, but smelt the coffee

[claretburns]

There was a plan to put the dressing rooms in the Longside/Jimmy Mac corner at one time but that was back in the plans Brendan Flood set up in 2007.

My mistake, I thought they were recent plans, didn't realise it was back from 2007 when that came about.

[IanMcL]

There was some group in Burnley that objected last time to the new flood lights, can't remember their name

Vampires anonymous


Or was it Moths Together?

[Wokingclaret]

During consultations there were objections to the plans. A spokesman for Burnley Civic Trust, said: “We believe that the proposed increased height would be visually unacceptable and it would have an adverse effect on those who live around the ground.”

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... -approved/

[ŽižkovClaret]

Would have to remove a hell of a lot of seats to do that given that people in the Longside Lower are almost below pitch level at the front.

Not exactly primo seats though at the front of the Longside, and could be an excellent selling point for the new corporate areas behind the dugouts.... Would also free up more space for the Bob Lord corporate areas

[Fretters]

I wonder if there are plans afoot to repaint the faded JM stand and Longside. Dark grey to match the disabled stands would look smart.

[MarkGreen]

I wonder if there are plans afoot to repaint the faded JM stand and Longside. Dark grey to match the disabled stands would look smart.

I think they already have.

When I first saw it being painted, I glanced down through the gate at the back of JM and that appeared to be black/dark grey too.

[Fretters]

I think they already have.

When I first saw it being painted, I glanced down through the gate at the back of JM and that appeared to be black/dark grey too.

The back of the JM stand is now black / dark grey? Nice.

[ClaretTony]

I wonder if there are plans afoot to repaint the faded JM stand and Longside. Dark grey to match the disabled stands would look smart.

Already done

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[Fretters]

Already done


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Oh sorry, I meant the claret/blue/white facades, not the brick work.

[ClaretTony]

Oh sorry, I meant the claret/blue/white facades, not the brick work.

No idea then but those pictures show how bad the choice of blue is. It’s like you would see at Ewood.