I thought that the club had planned to erect two large curved screens on top of each of the new corner stands. What happened to them ? It is still very difficult to see the one screen from the North Stand.

awaiting planning permission I think - the announcement of them said it was subject to planning approval

Didn’t look a lot different inside the ground to me apart from the dug outs.

beddie wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:15 pm

Didn’t look a lot different inside the ground to me apart from the dug outs.

The lack of sponsorship boards stood out to me, especially on the Bob Lord side. I expected the new Jimmy Mac sponsor to be plastered on that stand as well

From the BL stand, the directors box had changed. Can’t work out if it’s bigger. Some of the seats had wires underneath- assume they are now heated.

Burnleyareback2 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:25 pm

Some of the seats had wires underneath

I know fans are sceptical of the new owners but it’s a bit drastic wiring up the directors chairs isn’t it?

More importantly what happened to the tvs in the concourse.
JHU appeared to have only 1 small set for the whole length. Trying to force your way through the crowds to find it is a royal pain. It's not as if there hasn't been time to sort it.

Longside lower concourse was well dark aswell. Like they were saving money turning the tvs and lights off.

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:41 pm

More importantly what happened to the tvs in the concourse.
JHU appeared to have only 1 small set for the whole length. Trying to force your way through the crowds to find it is a royal pain. It's not as if there hasn't been time to sort it.

In the Jimmy mac lower before the game instead if showing the leeds man u game they were just showing sky sports news. Are the club now so skint they can’t afford to pay for BT sport?

I thought they were going to sort the WiFi/mobile signal too!

No TVs working in JMU but worse than that was no pies left just before Kick off. Thankfully they found some for H/T.

They are still being shipped apparently, they should be installed for October I’m told

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:20 am

They are still being shipped apparently

courier service will leave them on doorstep!

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:20 am

They are still being shipped apparently, they should be installed for October I’m told

Hope it’s not Hermes

Local cricketer wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:26 am

Hope it’s not Hermes

If it's Hermes they will leave them at Ewood

beddie wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:15 pm

Didn’t look a lot different inside the ground to me apart from the dug outs.

Yup, probably all going to happen but after all the talk over the summer, it looked like nothing had happened, other than some people were queuing for longer to get in.

I don't follow every move the club make too closely, or read every tweet, but we were a bit surprised they still hadn't managed to put a new telly up in this brave new world we're apparently in.

Gates outside painted in inappropriate colours, new dug outs, other than that no change. The Longside upper concourse still looking a dank mess.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:48 am

Gates outside painted in inappropriate colours, new dug outs, other than that no change. The Longside upper concourse still looking a dank mess.

To your everyday supporter, the club have gone backwards in regards to catering for them

Take the match day programme for example, since 2007, it's been an excellent quality product. Tangibly it felt like a decent publication printed on high quality paper, with an embossed cover and bespoke photography and quality editorial inside. Now it just feels like your run of the mill matchday programme with photos from Getty Images... and they've added 50p onto it.

I think the price is reasonable by the way, but given its an inferior product compared to recent reasons it doesn't seem value for money.

Local cricketer wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:26 am

Hope it’s not Hermes

Our 2 local Hermes couriers both given up (Paul due to ill health and the lass from Hellifield expanding family) now we have Hermes self employed randoms from miles away who just dump on doorsteps taking photo (not always correct properties) .... hence loads of complaints about them in the local villages around here

I have a mate who’s an electrician. By all accounts the entire Jimmy Mac and part of the longside are run on small generators not big enough for all the cables they are trying to rewire and fit. It was a design fault. They have people working 12 hour shifts on it constantly. Think this was the issue with the club shop power and ticket office. Been going on years

Power has been an issue for years at Turf Moor, always cutting out.

It is very hard to recycle enough shillings.

Another gripe, the hot water taps in the North stand toilets was reduced to ridiculously slow dribble. Hardly encouraging for people to wash their hand during a worldwide pandemic. Not that many were actually hand washing after taking a wiz.

This whole thread needs forwarding to Mr Pace

I’ve never understood the layout of the Longside upper concourse. Entrance/exists, toilets, bars and tv’s all crowded together with acres of free space in between. It’s almost like designed crushing. The queues outside the ground were caused by too many people using one turnstile whilst the other had barely a queue. No stewarding advising fans of such. I hope those tarpaulin signs are temporary, they look a right mess.

RMutt wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:55 pm

The queues outside the ground were caused by too many people using one turnstile whilst the other had barely a queue. No stewarding advising fans of such.

The extensive queueing into the Jimmy Mac stand was due to turnstiles only allowing access to the entrance specified on season cards. This led to some chaos amongst fans who’ve used a certain turnstile for years. Farcically, some of the turnstiles had a couple of hundred people queueing whilst others had none.

That said, the self scan entry was far quicker.

RMutt wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:55 pm

The queues outside the ground were caused by too many people using one turnstile whilst the other had barely a queue.

That was weird wasn't it. Obviously, we usually use whichever turnstile has the shortest queue. But with the new coloured signage around the turnstiles, it actually made people think they could only use a certain entrance, possibly some Covid red tape rule.

The queue for 'G' was huge (the one specified on our ST), so we went to 'H' to see if we'd get in. Went straight through.. no idea what that new system was supposed to achieve.

NottsClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:01 pm

That was weird wasn't it. Obviously, we usually use whichever turnstile has the shortest queue. But with the new coloured signage around the turnstiles, it actually made people think they could only use a certain entrance, possibly some Covid red tape rule.

The queue for 'G' was huge (the one specified on our ST), so we went to 'H' to see if we'd get in. Went straight through.. no idea what that new system was supposed to achieve.

See my post above. We could only use the entrance specified on our card.

Rileybobs wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:00 pm

The extensive queueing into the Jimmy Mac stand was due to turnstiles only allowing access to the entrance specified on season cards. This led to some chaos amongst fans who’ve used a certain turnstile for years. Farcically, some of the turnstiles had a couple of hundred people queueing whilst others had none.

That said, the self scan entry was far quicker.

No requirement to use a specific turnstile in the Longside upper. Scanning cards was no different. The operator took it off us and scanned it himself.

Rileybobs wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:02 pm

See my post above. We could only use the entrance specified on our card.

Aye, we thought that. But the one next to our specified card let us in no bother. No queue on that one either.

Did you try getting in another turnstile?

RMutt wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:04 pm

No requirement to use a specific turnstile in the Longside upper. Scanning cards was no different. The operator took it off us and scanned it himself.

We got turned away from two entrances to the JMU. Other entrances to this stand had no queues whilst others had a couple of hundred people waiting to get in.

We held up our card to a scanner which was much quicker than last season though and fortunately meant the queue moved quickly.

NottsClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:05 pm

Aye, we thought that. But the one next to our specified card let us in no bother. No queue on that one either.

Did you try getting in another turnstile?

Yes. Originally tried at our usual entrance at the corner next to the BL stand and got told we had to go to entrance E. The card was rejected when scanned. Then went to entrance E and was told it was entrance F. Upon checking our card it did specify entrance F, but we’ve always been able to use whichever entrance suited.

RMutt wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:55 pm

I hope those tarpaulin signs are temporary, they look a right mess.

They are, all that is going to be LED signage when it arrives

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:22 pm

They are, all that is going to be LED signage when it arrives

Ahh, good.Thanks.

I will add another whinge. A couple of the speakers in the Longside Upper are blown. It is the pair that are second in from the Cricket Field. I seem to remember that they were not working last time I was on. Constant low level buzzing through the game.

To be honest the entire ground looked half finished. New owners are not making a great impression.

xxmunkyennuixx wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:42 pm

I will add another whinge. A couple of the speakers in the Longside Upper are blown. It is the pair that are second in from the Cricket Field. I seem to remember that they were not working last time I was on. Constant low level buzzing through the game.

To be honest the entire ground looked half finished. New owners are not making a great impression.

It seems the Corporate side of things has been getting all of their attention.The rest of us will just have to wait, although Mr Pace did reference his frustration at how long things were taking to get done in his Radio Lancs interview last week

There was NO indication at the entrances to the North Stand if the entrance was for the Lower Tier or the Upper Tier.

MT03ALG wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:42 pm

There was NO indication at the entrances to the North Stand if the entrance was for the Lower Tier or the Upper Tier.

Same on the Jimmy Mac. It was a shambles outside as people were queuing for ages in the wrong queues, then tried queue jumping other queues when they realised. Stewards stood there eating crayons whilst a turnstile was empty, half covered by one large queue for the upper tier near to the Longside end, yet the other queue for the lower tier was huge. It just needed someone a steward to notice and direct people. Quite a lot were still outside at kick off.

Local cricketer wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:26 am

Hope it’s not Hermes

Nor Barnfield, if so expect them next season at best

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:24 pm

awaiting planning permission I think - the announcement of them said it was subject to planning approval

the only planning application I can find (relating to the corner screens) is this one:
'Erection of digital signage along the eastern and northern elevations of the stadium'
Approved: Wed 14 Jul 2021

here's a representation of how the screen will appear...but that's the one that replaces the existing 'flat' screen between North Stand (Jimmy Hargreaves) and Jimmy Mac stand!

I can't find any reference to an application for a large screen in the south-east corner (between Jimmy Mac + Bob Lord)!

here's a representation of how the screen will appear...but that's the one that replaces the existing 'flat' screen between North Stand (Jimmy Hargreaves) and Jimmy Mac stand!

I can't find any reference to an application for a large screen in the south-east corner (between Jimmy Mac + Bob Lord)!

claretblue wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:32 pm

here's a representation of how the screen will appear...but that's the one that replaces the existing 'flat' screen between North Stand (Jimmy Hargreaves) and Jimmy Mac stand!

I can't find any reference to an application for a large screen in the south-east corner (between Jimmy Mac + Bob Lord)!

Here you are.

https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... 316390.pdf

claretandy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:44 pm

Here you are.

https://publicaccess.burnley.gov.uk/onl ... 316390.pdf

well that application was approved in July Andy

...so not waiting on planning consent for the erection of the screens

this image shows both proposed large screens

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:48 am

Gates outside painted in inappropriate colours, new dug outs, other than that no change. The Longside upper concourse still looking a dank mess.

Dank mess? What do you mean?

Does anyone know why Durham and Gough have been canned from drive and Goldstein has got the gig. Personally dont mind Goldstein quite amusing . Was just intruiged to know and there is nothing I can find on the internet

Srg1882 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:41 pm

Does anyone know why Durham and Gough have been canned from drive and Goldstein has got the gig. Personally dont mind Goldstein quite amusing . Was just intruiged to know and there is nothing I can find on the internet

Are you lost Srg1882

Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:30 pm

Another gripe, the hot water taps in the North stand toilets was reduced to ridiculously slow dribble. Hardly encouraging for people to wash their hand during a worldwide pandemic. Not that many were actually hand washing after taking a wiz.

Well that’s beyond the pale in terms of public hygiene ,it’s appalling in fact.