Beveree Chat

Amongst all the comments on their forum there is one that may be of interest....

https://www.fansfocus.com/topic/208963- ... /#comments

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14 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:
Agree their ground has to be one of the worst in our division. Looks to be very tight on 2 sides of the ground with next to no room to expand. The only side they could properly develop is the side with 3 dilapidated stands. Would imagine they’d have a massive bill to bring this upto NL standards.

They are looking to purchase the old London Irish rugby ground in Sunbury and some land at Kempton Park, so that they

can build a larger facility and expand their fanbase. I was a guest of Hampton FC yesterday as one of my friends is their

goalkeeping coach, they are a very ambitious club with rich owners.

Just came across that, very interesting.

BeaverWatcher wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:25 pm They are looking to purchase the old London Irish rugby ground in Sunbury and some land at Kempton Park, so that they can build a larger facility and expand their fanbase.

Not the best transport links there.

EastTerracer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:37 pm

BeaverWatcher wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:25 pm They are looking to purchase the old London Irish rugby ground in Sunbury and some land at Kempton Park, so that they can build a larger facility and expand their fanbase.

Not the best transport links there.

Right next to the M3 and M25. Transport links good.Buses and a train stn.

I guess we would always be looking at alternatives to developing our own ground which has obvious size limitations. I think we could just about manage NL football but that would require quite heavy investment but would be unlikely to support EFL standards. Sunbury is an interesting idea given London Irish have gone bust. They own the Hazlewood centre which is their administrative HQ and training ground. Given that the main side has failed it might be that they now need to sell Hazlewood or perhaps lease off the main pitch which I think does have one main stand of reasonable size. I suspect it would need more investment to meet NL standards but someone more familiar with the ground may be able to give a better view. However, the cost of doing this would probably be much greater than investing in Beveree for NL football. Only eight sides in the NL have an average attendance above 2,500 and our capacity is already over 3,000 so it might make more sense to see if we could survive at NL level before making any decision to move.

It must be obvious to most fans that Beveree is unsuitable If the team are going to make any more progress up the league. The ground is inadequate and the sooner the club moves to a better one the better!

tones wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:51 pm It must be obvious to most fans that Beveree is unsuitable If the team are going to make any more progress up the league. The ground is inadequate and the sooner the club moves to a better one the better!

I've been thinking this for a long time.
Nice to see that someone has sense to think like this.

Even if you make the decision to upgrade Beveree for NL football it is still only 1 pitch so it would make sense to find a location that you could house the academy, first team training and provide space for grassroots football (youth, women, walking, disability etc). It would still be a practical option and if there was space to have a FL stadium which would need an initial capacity of 4000, with the ability to increase to 5000 then you could have a scaleable design which allows you to increase as you go along.

To be in the National League Beveree would need to have a capacity of 4000, 500 covered seats, 8 turnstiles, 12 press seats, dugouts that sit 11, 250lux floodlights. Looking at the documents in regards to toilet facilities there wouldn't be a great deal of work needed and changing room criteria are the same in the National League as in National League South.

The ever interesting FA Ground grading document is available at https://www.thefabrochure.com/groundgrading/ for the detail of all requirements.....

Very interesting discussion, the land at Kempton Park might be the ground at the end of Oldfield road which would retain the Hampton and Richmond criteria , Sunbury is in Spelthorne and might need the club rebrand!?
Think we all agree that Beveree has its limitations.

One final report from their local paper follows the usual theme.
https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk ... hmond.html

Maybe some from the Trust can confirm if there is any truth in the Kempton Park/Sunbury rumours.

KewBeaver wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:16 pm Maybe some from the Trust can confirm if there is any truth in the Kempton Park/Sunbury rumours.

Seriously doubt that the Trust will be privy to anything that the owners of the club are thinking about, in respect of leaving Beveree (even if true).