Well said.

Yeah, but that won't include a representative from the Saints.

I was on about pics off here that have been taken from inside the stadium.

Not guilty mlud , all mine were taken from (mostly ) public rights of way

I hold my hands up, I'm guilty

Is it true there is going to be some seats in the away end? How many does the away end itself hold?

No seats in the away end. about 3k

Is there seats in the standing home end though? I heard there was...

Not sure about that. The corner adjacent to the North or South Stand (whichever doesn't have the scoreboard/big screen facility going in) is seated and it goes right round to the standing area, so it could be said to be part of the away end. So it may be that they will be sold as such.

I don't think it'll be classed as the away end, more as North and South corners. Looking at how they've done it, they've split the terrace and seating with a concrete wall.

If you go on the st helens new stadium web site, it shows the areas of the ground that will be allocated to away fans, it shows seats in block NI in the North Stand as being allocated to away fans and it appears to show a single corner segment in the South Stand too.

The bulk of away fans will be in the East Stand which is of course standing and which should be bouncing when you lot come.

I think the East Stand actually holds 3899, so with the small seat allocations for visiting fans, away fans look likely to get a ticket allocation in the region of 4200 to 4400 I would guess...

Sounds good to me. Should be rocking when Wigan and Warrington are in town.

The seated corners are part of the main stand (South), it the reason the South stand holds more than the North.

for seating and standing layout. llpgport.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk:8 ... PKID=50095 then scroll to. Submtited 11 09 level 02. the files are compressed so you will need a reader.

for seating and standing layout. llpgport.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk:8 ... PKID=50095 then scroll to. Submtited 11 09 level 02. the files are compressed so you will need a reader.

One of the away end quadrants is down to have a few seats I think. No more than 100 IIRC. One block in the North stand is away fans seating. Vast majority will be standing (3500+)

Basic seating plan. www.saintsnewstadium.com/tickets

Basic seating plan. www.saintsnewstadium.com/tickets

It looks exsackly like wires.

No. It. Does. Not. Are. You. Fckin. Blind?

In ya dreams

Be fair, it does.

At the moment.

But It doesn't,even now It looks better.

Not from the inside shots it doesn't. Aerial ones I'll give you

Latest piccies

Taken on Monday, you can see the base for the pitch being laid.
The buldozer has two Topcon TM1's fitted to it. These talk to the yellow box on the tripod in the background, which automatically lowers or raises the dozer blades to ensure the surface covered with the base material is flat and even.



Moving forward to today you can see they have covered the pitch with the intitial grey base material and are now putting down a golden sand layer.

You can also see two vertical pipes, one infront of, and one to the right of the bulldozer. Could this be the sprinkler pipes?
If so it gives some indication of the final pitch height.



On Monday the East stand had been sanded ready for concrete pouring



By Saturday, some of the concrete flooring was already in place with more about to be done.





This picture of the east stand also shows a section which juts out from the main oval shape of the stand. This is were the turnstyles will go. "Early exit" doors are also being fitted to cater for the Wigan fans





Moving onto the North, family stand and you can see they have started laying the plastic damp proof sheeting.





There is a very large hole behind the North stand were i suspect a large storm water attenuation tank will be built



Moving to the West, home terrace, and the brickwork has been continuing apace. It looks like an internal scaffold floor has been built to allow the brickies to continue building upwards.



The final few safety barriers were also being fitted to the corner of the west and north stand , to allow the roofers to do their work. Currently the roofers are working on the corner of the South and West stand.





Moving onto the South stand and the first outer cladding is being fitted







The cladding is thick and fully insulated



In the centre of the South stand, framework is being put in place, for what appears to be glazing units



This shot of the corner of the South and East stand shows were the South stand floor has been concreted, and also shows were a brick lift shaft has been built.



Finally on the Tesco side, work continues on the car park. The kerbs have been fitted which show the road layout inside the site to the Tesco's from the linkroad.

fantastic pictures CM , mine are similar from today (Sunday)

a nice one from PX rd


east stand


NE corner




Close up of the panels








under the north stand