right now children, i've tried to let you control yourselves but on topic or not at all. I'm warming up my ban stick

in other news, i drove under the new bridge tonight, looks great!

Did you see Rogues under there?

Any further bridge piccies?

im guessing CM and GRUNT etc will be down there and posting their piccies at the weekend.
as usual they do a great job and im looking forward to seeing the pics.

#TROLLTASTIC

come on GF & CM get the piccies coming before this develops into handbags at 5 paces.By the way keep up the good work with them.

You might be unemployed soon tho.

Yup soon will be nothing new to photograph , ill be down there at the weekend so just control yourselves till then ok?

update for this week.

The main entrance now looks different.

Two black oblong panels have been fitted across the main entrance.

Suspect one will have the clubs logo on it while the other will be for the stadium name



In less positive news the flying pie eaters (pigeon vermin) are obviously jealous of our new ground and are making a right old mess of it.
We need Keiron onsite with one of his guns to blast the buggers into oblivion.



These pics are around the cafe bar area.







The club shop is started to be fitted out



you can also see from this pic, odds and sods waiting to be fitted



in the north east corner of the stadium i spotted these large fan things which look like oversized power supply units that you see fitted to PC's, though in this case they obviously serve another purpose. Can anyone say what infact they are?
my personal guess is that they are power transformers that convert AC power to DC.



The bridge is also progressing but not much has changed since last week. They just seemed to be painting it, rather than adding any new rib sections to it.

Nice pics CM , my own contribution is small by comparison

i liked this picture of the Bottle kiln very atmospheric I think


The bridge is proceeding well I understand the road will be closed for two weeks , no idea if its right

Looks like another wad of money needed to cover the stadium in pigeon spikes or netting.

I agree, that's bad $hit

Yup. It's going to look very bad very quickly. That's a real shame. The pigeon spikes look best but probably the netting would be cheaper.

Great pics CM and GF. I'm hoping to take my first walk around the stadium tomorrow.

Maybe we could walk around together hand in hand and then on to a pub for lunch and get $hit faced?

You're such a romantic!

Thanks, nobody ever said that about me before.

I can't think why not!

well Myself and Mrs G will probably take another walk around there tomrrow anyway so say hello if you see us

You could come the pub with me and saintsfan

I walked round for the first time this afternoon, I was so excited. I've loved following all of the fab photos, but today, just seeing it all for real was great. I was peeking through the gaps at the end of the gates like a naughty schoolgirl! I can't wait.

Some Pictures from today

the mysterious black panels over the reception


and I think the supports are all in place on the bridge







and a view from the other side of the Cannington Shaw Kiln

And a short video of them putting what I think is the last support on the footbridge

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That is going to be an on-going problem. Pigeon droppings when being cleaned have to be treated as an hazardous material and the residue disposed of accodingly and appropriate PPE worn (I was involved in cleaning the old hangars ar Speke airport which were caked in the stuff). The way it is "splashing" up the glass is particularly bad.

These are the sort of tasks that make the management of a facility such as this splendid stadium a full time job for an experienced estates professional. I was suprised that Mike Rush has been given the role of stadium manager alongside his role as head of youth development. Surely they are both full-time roles? I presume Mike Rush is qualified in coaching rather than facilities management.

I finally went for my first walk around the stadium today.

Awesome. Just awesome.

And you didn't even ask me to join you.