| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? 16:47 - Feb 25 with 2723 views | Pippin1970 |
The land i mean. Would they be interested in it? |  | | |  |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:49 - Feb 25 with 2707 views | NthQldITFC |
I had an offer on Portman Road once, I rebuffed the cheeky chap with "What kind of girl do you think I am?" |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:49 - Feb 25 with 2703 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
There's no real benefit to buying it other than taking the rent out of the P&L. |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:51 - Feb 25 with 2653 views | Steve_M |
They? Ipswich Borough Council. It would take some justifying and present some electoral risk.
Very unlikely. No shortage of land to redevelop in the town anyway is there? |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:52 - Feb 25 with 2648 views | bluefunk |
ITFC did try to buy PR IIRC, they wanted to develop the ground and the surrounding land, but the council wouldn't go for it |  | | |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:53 - Feb 25 with 2623 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:52 - Feb 25 by bluefunk |
ITFC did try to buy PR IIRC, they wanted to develop the ground and the surrounding land, but the council wouldn't go for it |
Yep, Evans investigated it a few years ago |  | | |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:58 - Feb 25 with 2569 views | textbackup |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:53 - Feb 25 by ElderGrizzly |
Yep, Evans investigated it a few years ago |
at present we don't need to own it, do we?
in years to come if we ever become anything again I could see a new out of town stadium |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:04 - Feb 25 with 2511 views | RegencyBlue |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:52 - Feb 25 by bluefunk |
ITFC did try to buy PR IIRC, they wanted to develop the ground and the surrounding land, but the council wouldn't go for it |
I think the council declared it a community asset or something like that, meaning it couldn’t be sold to Evans.
Just as well or ownership of it would be in one of his offshore companies by now, in the same way the training ground is! |  | | |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:09 - Feb 25 with 2469 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:49 - Feb 25 by NthQldITFC |
I had an offer on Portman Road once, I rebuffed the cheeky chap with "What kind of girl do you think I am?" |
Ah yes, it was always the knocking shop area of the town wasn't it. I wonder if it still is (wondering for a, ahem, "friend"). |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:20 - Feb 25 with 2430 views | RegencyBlue |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:09 - Feb 25 by Swansea_Blue |
Ah yes, it was always the knocking shop area of the town wasn't it. I wonder if it still is (wondering for a, ahem, "friend"). |
To be fair not much scoring takes place in Portman Road these days! | | | |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:54 - Feb 25 with 2324 views | Clapham_Junction |
I think this was at least partly in response to Ben Gummer calling for the council to sell it. Fingers crossed the Tories don't get control of IBC again. |  | | |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 18:14 - Feb 25 with 2235 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 17:54 - Feb 25 by Clapham_Junction |
I think this was at least partly in response to Ben Gummer calling for the council to sell it. Fingers crossed the Tories don't get control of IBC again. |
Well it's a cracking half truth I'll give you that.
Gummer suggestion was to sell the ground to ITFC so that the council could use those funds for improvement to the waterfront.
Edit; There were plans many years ago for ITFC to move to The Suffolk Showground where a train station would also be constructed. Not sure if that was Sheepy or pre Sheepy. [Post edited 25 Feb 2021 18:15]
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 18:29 - Feb 25 with 2164 views | Keno |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:52 - Feb 25 by bluefunk |
ITFC did try to buy PR IIRC, they wanted to develop the ground and the surrounding land, but the council wouldn't go for it |
Didn't the Council offer the ground to the club at one point but I believe one of the Cobbold say no he'd rather it was separate
Also I believe there is a restrictive covenant on the land that it 'has to be used for sporting activity'
tho in fairness Town are stretching that a bit at the moment!! |  |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 18:54 - Feb 25 with 2089 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I suspect the Council prefer to get the annual income.
If they sell I suspect the proceeds won't all go back into local coffers. | |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 19:49 - Feb 25 with 1942 views | BryanPlug |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 16:49 - Feb 25 by NthQldITFC |
I had an offer on Portman Road once, I rebuffed the cheeky chap with "What kind of girl do you think I am?" |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 19:52 - Feb 25 with 1928 views | SomethingBlue |
That wouldn't be a factor if this deal went through. | |
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| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 19:58 - Feb 25 with 1895 views | NthQldITFC |
| Has there ever been an offer for Portman Road? on 19:49 - Feb 25 by BryanPlug |
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No, it was an Alsatian dog, if you know what I mean. | |
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