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Newanfield.co.uk Visitor Draws Alternative Newanfield
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Newanfield.co.uk visitor Ian Ritchie (Architect) has come up with his vision for newanfield.
This comes as LIVERPOOL FC fans today launched a sensational bid to buy their own club.
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The reason:
a) I have been a supporter of Liverpool FC since 1965;
b) I became aware of the new designs and was concerned and wrote to Liverpool FC last July and received a kind reply that they recognised that the design was not complete, and that the design issues raised by me would be addressed at Stage E.
c) I was very concerned to hear of the escalating costs; and since then they have redesigned it to save a lot of money - it is a very expensive design for what you get. And, very little has changed.
We estimate the construction costs for this 75,000 seat stadium with a great Kop would be very close to or less than £300 million (see table below)
I realise this is unsolicited and may be considered presumptuous but feel passionate about helping achieve a great outcome for the Liverpool Football Club.
I would be delighted to hear your view son this design and from any fans.
I just want the club to see the best for the club.
Ian
Ian Ritchie
Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd.
110 Three Colt Street
London
E14 8AZ
T . 020 73381100
F . 020 73381199
The member-share scheme is based on a continental-style model, in which fans own a huge stake in the club.
Spanish giants Barcelona FC operate under a similar system.
The announcement came as Reds fans sobered up to the reality of having to pay £30m-a-year interest on new loans taken out by Mr Hicks and Mr Gillett.
Many supporters are worried about the club’s financial future after the pair completed their controversial £350m re-financing deal.
Share Liverpool FC comprises legal experts and people in senior public positions.
If it succeeds, it is understood that fans who bought a share in Liverpool would be entitled to a vote on who ran the club.
The person ultimately elected would be responsible for all major decisions at Anfield.
The exact workings of the scheme were due to be unveiled at Liverpool university later today.
A website is also expected to be launched by the group, and Share Liverpool FC has been in contact with major LFC fanzines to inform them of the move.
They have acknowledged there is no precedent for the scheme in this country, but said it has worked successfully abroad.
The plan is headed by Dr Rogan Taylor, director of the Football Industry Group at Liverpool university.
He said: “The time is right to offer a different solution to the rising concerns that football fans have about the patterns of ownership developing at our major football clubs.
“Thousands of Liverpool fans have already demonstrated their dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs.
“Large amounts of debt often devolves on to newly purchased clubs, but the fans know that in the end, it will be they themselves who will have to pay it off through increased ticket prices and other schemes. In such a case, why not simply buy the club yourselves?”
The group argue that many top-flight sides in Germany and Spain are owned by thousands of “member fans”.
Also involved in the project is Phil French, formerly of the Premier League and now chief executive of Supporters Direct.
He is joined by Kevin Jaquiss, from law firm Cobbetts, who has headed some of the country’s most successful sport legal cases.
Some Reds fans are already sceptical that even huge numbers of supporters would not carry the necessary financial clout to achieve such a move.
But the idea has received wide backing from internet forums, where anti Hicks/Gillett sentiments are still running high.
Richie Pedder, chairman of the Liverpool FC supporters’ club, said: “It would be worth looking into.”
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