Chiefs at Home Park?

[Freshford Pilgrim]

I think it would be great for the city to host European Quarter Final and surely it would be a great opportunity for the club to promote the new facilities to a new audience. As a one-off game of rugby I don't see how that could cause problems to the pitch that the ground staff could not cope with

 

[Old Gunner]

Too big an opportunity to turn down if offered. Great PR for the club, the facilities and the City.

 

[Kentishgreen]

Why would Plymothians watch a team called Exeter? I’d rather see Albion at Home Park. The money would come in handy though.

 

[Nobby]

Ruin our pitch for the benefit of Exeter Chiefs? No chance. Tell them to get fudged IMO.

 

[Shadowknight]

Why would Plymothians watch a team called Exeter? I’d rather see Albion at Home Park. The money would come in handy though.

Watch a sporting event at that level? I would, no matter what city they were from.

 

[OnicknowlePete]

Ultimately, our club would be selling itself as a corporate venue to all who would attend this game if held here. Most of us ain't interested in rugby, but if it helps the club to sell itself as THE event arena in the SW then I don't see the problem. I might well even go just to have a pint in my seat lol
Pete

 

[Lundan Cabbie]

I would imagine Derek thought he would be in the Home dressing room for life, and didn't care about the small away dressing room. Home advantage and all that.

From the plans, the sizes look similar, except for the area in which Argyle have two ice baths which we didn't provide for the opposition. I'm sure Jon Back said they were bigger than the FA/EFL minimum size.

The shame is, they didn’t opt for FIFA minimum standards in order to attract international fixtures where squads of up to 22 players might need changing facilities in some competitions. Obviously 17,000 isn’t going to get full international matches but under 21 and younger could have been a possibility.

 

[David Fisher]

It seems more & more obvious that the football aspects - changing rooms, seating / concourse in upper Grandstand, lack of refreshments / lack of shelter in lower Grandstand - were badly planned or underfunded.

 

[HC Green]

There would be quite a few logistical issues that would make it unlikely such as the size of the changing rooms. Speaking to a manager of a team that has used the away changing rooms he said they were a ‘bit tight’, so a rugby team with the number of players in their squad would really struggle.

I thought Derek Adams was instrumental in the initial design of the changing rooms!

Ian doesn’t like me repeating things Adams and I chat about, but from things he said during our catch up last Monday it would seem apparently not.

 

[IJN]

Clive, I just think it’s crass.

I converse with Derek via text but I’d never disclose what is said on this forum, I just think it’s disloyal.

 

[Mike Greening]

No No let them put a large put a large screen in James Park and use that. :furious:

 

[djg145]

IF this match happened at Home Park, would the stadium rules be ignored? I e. taking alcohol to your seat in the stand.

 

[Argyle Nutter]

IF this match happened at Home Park, would the stadium rules be ignored? I e. taking alcohol to your seat in the stand.

They are not stadium rules as such, the rule apply to stadia hosting football games, if a rugger match was to take place then they would have to abide by rugby stadia rules which allows drinking in view of the pitch.
So in answer to your question no they wouldn’t be ignoring any rules.

 

[justanotherfan]

There would be quite a few logistical issues that would make it unlikely such as the size of the changing rooms. Speaking to a manager of a team that has used the away changing rooms he said they were a ‘bit tight’, so a rugby team with the number of players in their squad would really struggle.

I thought Derek Adams was instrumental in the initial design of the changing rooms!

Ian doesn’t like me repeating things Adams and I chat about, but from things he said during our catch up last Monday it would seem apparently not.

I rather feel that along with a lot of posters on here, it is the pretentious nature of your posts that irks.

 

[pedro91]

Watching the game yesterday,the commentator said the quarter final would be played at Sandy Park