Quote shinymcshine="shinymcshine"Putting the away fans in the same stand as the new family area seems a bizarre choice to say the least, regardless of how much separation there may be.
"The KC North Stand will have a specific area set aside for families who want to experience the unique matchday experience together."'"
Of the options for an away section it is probably the best. They could have given over the well on one side of the tunnel, but to get a new covered stand with seating and to continue putting away fans in an uncovered standing area might have looked a bit tight.
There have been hints about something maybe happening a the south end, and a small dedicated away stand would be useful. But we know from experience how challenging it can be to get these projects off the ground, so in the meantime...
Quote shinymcshine="Ganson's Optician"Didn't Hudgell throw his toys out of the pram when they painted the block on the side blue and say he was having nothing more to do with it?'"
It wasn't [ipainted[/i blue, the cladding was that colour - in contrast to the various drawings/artists impressions. In fairness that isn't 'our' bit, it is a council-owned education/enterprise facility built at the back of the stand.
There was a bit more to it than that though. There'd been delays caused by administrative errors and the company designing it hadn't done a sports facility before. So there's enough toilets for a normal building of that size, or 2600 people - but as nearly everybody goes for a at half-time at a sporting event, you could do with a few extra for the rush. I think he just wanted to put some distance between the clubs' reputation and the stuff-ups. Difficult to do without taking any of the shine off it, and I'm not sure he entirely managed it, but that's roughly what happened.