| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture 18:20 - Jul 4 with 6679 views | tommcd |
A fuzzy picture (dirty window coupled with not-great phone camera) showing a few developments inside the ground.
Block X in the midst of being converted from 4 rows to 6.
New Executive Lounges finally have a floor (pretty sure they didn't last week).
Press box taking shape. |  | | |  |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:28 - Jul 4 with 5934 views | SitfcB |
I wanna know why they painted all the stairwells black. Looks weird. |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:29 - Jul 4 with 5892 views | FrimleyBlue |
No more I love co op. |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:31 - Jul 4 with 5882 views | SitfcB |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:28 - Jul 4 by SitfcB |
I wanna know why they painted all the stairwells black. Looks weird. |
I like the paintwork on the steps though, white instead of that manky yellow. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:35 - Jul 4 with 5804 views | GavTWTD |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:28 - Jul 4 by SitfcB |
I wanna know why they painted all the stairwells black. Looks weird. |
Might not be paint but a cover of some kind. |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:36 - Jul 4 with 5792 views | Illinoisblue |
Wonder what the new official capacity will be when all this work is complete |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:36 - Jul 4 with 5785 views | burnbudgiesburn |
No work on the Sky box yet? |  | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:37 - Jul 4 with 5782 views | unstableblue |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:28 - Jul 4 by SitfcB |
I wanna know why they painted all the stairwells black. Looks weird. |
Matches the approach followed in the Cobbold redecoration - which I think looks more modern and dare I say ‘classy’
I assume it’s so the stands don’t punch out too much in game footage?
But surely much of the blackout areas will covered in advertising signs. [Post edited 4 Jul 2024 18:38]
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| Spoke to the club about the two new executive lounges on 18:42 - Jul 4 with 5696 views | unstableblue |
There are two executive lounge each with double the footprint of an individual box going in at the North Stand end of the executive box tier in the Pioneer.
The message I got that these were to increase the capacity of on day match hospitality packages… and the meal, lounge access and dedicated seating in front would be offered on a match by match basis… rather than as a full season package, as had been referenced. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:44 - Jul 4 with 5658 views | burnbudgiesburn |
Where on that picture are the new TV camera positions, I thought I read just above the directors box. So they'll be just in front of the press area? | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:44 - Jul 4 with 5656 views | Vic |
You’re going to be our go to poster when they develop the East Stand! |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:45 - Jul 4 with 5635 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:36 - Jul 4 by burnbudgiesburn |
No work on the Sky box yet? |
Think it's done. Looks like it's under the security hut, with the windows overlooking the family enclosure. |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:51 - Jul 4 with 5524 views | SitfcB |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 18:44 - Jul 4 by burnbudgiesburn |
Where on that picture are the new TV camera positions, I thought I read just above the directors box. So they'll be just in front of the press area? |
Going to be a gantry in front of the press box I think. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 20:26 - Jul 4 with 4841 views | tetchris |
Wish they would replace the old asbestos panel roof with something more modern just really dates the whole stadium | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 20:28 - Jul 4 with 4828 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 20:26 - Jul 4 by tetchris |
Wish they would replace the old asbestos panel roof with something more modern just really dates the whole stadium |
Expensive job that. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 20:34 - Jul 4 with 4767 views | GeoffSentence |
Similar view to the one I had first time I saw a bit of a live football match.
I must have been about 6 and we'd had a family trip into Ipswich and had parked on the top floor of car park that was in the cattle market.
The East Stand was lower then, and there was a gap at the end by the churchmans.
Town were playing Spurs, I think David Best was in goal in a red jersey at the Churchmans end. We watched for about 10 minutes catching a glimpse whenever Spurs attacked. |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:39 - Jul 4 with 4444 views | jasondozzell |
Noticed this morning that they've taken down the ITFC lettering on outside of Cobbold stand. The lettering that Ashton said his wife first noticed when they came down and that he got used as the font for all the club's promotional material etc.
You can just about see the outline of where it was on that photo.
Being cleaned do we think? Or something else?
I thought today that although I know it has to happen, will miss the Cobbold when it goes. The ground has such character and a big part of that is the age of different parts of it. Hope they try and keep that in some way and it's not a total spaceship style affair. |  | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:49 - Jul 4 with 4343 views | NthQldITFC |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:39 - Jul 4 by jasondozzell |
Noticed this morning that they've taken down the ITFC lettering on outside of Cobbold stand. The lettering that Ashton said his wife first noticed when they came down and that he got used as the font for all the club's promotional material etc.
You can just about see the outline of where it was on that photo.
Being cleaned do we think? Or something else?
I thought today that although I know it has to happen, will miss the Cobbold when it goes. The ground has such character and a big part of that is the age of different parts of it. Hope they try and keep that in some way and it's not a total spaceship style affair. |
I always thought it was the signage on the inside facing the pitch? |  |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:57 - Jul 4 with 4276 views | Europablue |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:39 - Jul 4 by jasondozzell |
Noticed this morning that they've taken down the ITFC lettering on outside of Cobbold stand. The lettering that Ashton said his wife first noticed when they came down and that he got used as the font for all the club's promotional material etc.
You can just about see the outline of where it was on that photo.
Being cleaned do we think? Or something else?
I thought today that although I know it has to happen, will miss the Cobbold when it goes. The ground has such character and a big part of that is the age of different parts of it. Hope they try and keep that in some way and it's not a total spaceship style affair. |
Confirmed: we're changing our name to Ipswich Town City Utd.
ITCUFC | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 22:00 - Jul 4 with 4251 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:39 - Jul 4 by jasondozzell |
Noticed this morning that they've taken down the ITFC lettering on outside of Cobbold stand. The lettering that Ashton said his wife first noticed when they came down and that he got used as the font for all the club's promotional material etc.
You can just about see the outline of where it was on that photo.
Being cleaned do we think? Or something else?
I thought today that although I know it has to happen, will miss the Cobbold when it goes. The ground has such character and a big part of that is the age of different parts of it. Hope they try and keep that in some way and it's not a total spaceship style affair. |
Hope he isn't binning it.
Some things need to move with the times. But that writing and font imo needs to remain forever with town. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 23:12 - Jul 4 with 3927 views | jasondozzell |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:49 - Jul 4 by NthQldITFC |
I always thought it was the signage on the inside facing the pitch? |
Oh yes, think you might be right. But I think initially it was the lettering on the outside that he talked about his wife noticing. Here's what he said:
Just look at it (gestures around the stadium). A couple of weeks ago, myself and my family drove down one evening. It was a good three hour drive, and we drove to the back of the Cobbold Stand.
"There was literally a lump in our throats, just looking at the size of the stand, and the tradition, the font of the writing on the stand. My other half said to me 'Whatever you do, don't get rid of that of that font on that stand, that means something.'
"When you walk around the club, you see it, you feel it. I was 16 years at West Brom and I always thought that was a club which carried a huge tradition with it, but walking around this place this morning, my word. The memorabilia, the tradition, the history, the success that this football club's had - it's just too big an opportunity to turn down, to help be part of turning this around and taking it back to where we think it genuinely belongs." | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 23:14 - Jul 4 with 3919 views | jasondozzell |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:57 - Jul 4 by Europablue |
Confirmed: we're changing our name to Ipswich Town City Utd.
ITCUFC |
😁 Hope not! UPPA City sounds very wrong... 😂 | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 23:14 - Jul 4 with 3914 views | jasondozzell |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 22:00 - Jul 4 by FrimleyBlue |
Hope he isn't binning it.
Some things need to move with the times. But that writing and font imo needs to remain forever with town. |
Completely agree. Would be great if we could incorporate it somehow. | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 08:16 - Jul 5 with 3402 views | SitfcB |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 21:39 - Jul 4 by jasondozzell |
Noticed this morning that they've taken down the ITFC lettering on outside of Cobbold stand. The lettering that Ashton said his wife first noticed when they came down and that he got used as the font for all the club's promotional material etc.
You can just about see the outline of where it was on that photo.
Being cleaned do we think? Or something else?
I thought today that although I know it has to happen, will miss the Cobbold when it goes. The ground has such character and a big part of that is the age of different parts of it. Hope they try and keep that in some way and it's not a total spaceship style affair. |
Yeah been gone a few weeks, a long with the lettering and badge on the outside of the SAR stand, must be some new ones coming, don’t think they’d scrap that. | |
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| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 11:32 - Jul 5 with 2992 views | jasondozzell |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 08:16 - Jul 5 by SitfcB |
Yeah been gone a few weeks, a long with the lettering and badge on the outside of the SAR stand, must be some new ones coming, don’t think they’d scrap that. |
Cheers. Hope they keep it the same when they put the new one up on the Cobbold. For all its limitations, have a Cobbold soft spot. | | | |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 12:19 - Jul 5 with 2828 views | textbackup |
| Developments inside the ground - Distant picture on 20:28 - Jul 4 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Expensive job that. |
Not if you either
A) just cover over it, or
B) wrap a jumper round mouth when cutting it away |  |
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