I think the CAfé opened today.

I think the CAfé opened today.

it was closed at 2:30 when we were there

Did you manage to get a glimpse inside the concourse and whether the bars and refreshment areas have been finished yet and if any names have been assigned. Look forward to meeting you if you've any idea what area you might be in at half time if not in South stand which is where I will be seated. Thanks for all the great pictures over the past year or more. It was only when I saw the pictures after the open night that realised I had brushed shoulders with Mrs G.

no we didnt go and look i doubt we would have ben able to see anything apart from through the gates , we are in the western terrace but i am sure we aill have a wander at half time, we will have our shirts on which will have our names on so should be easy enough to spot us , see you at the match

According to a post on Redvee a large section of the roof has blown off again.

I've seen the pictures on Facebook.

It's actually a very disturbing amount of damage considering you can get two or three storms a year on this scale.

I've not heard of sections of the DW, HJ or the KC Stadiums coming off in great big chunks. It doesn't entirely instill me with confidence.

Are we going to all sit in there on a gusty day waiting for a chunk of roof to blow off and nearly decapitate a winger a la Gary Mercer in 1990?

And here is the picture (if it works from my phone!)


Will try again when home,but it has ripped up the corner where the kc statue is

I think they needed to have done a bit more design work. www.in-cumbria.com/firm-complete ... rPath=home

I think they needed to have done a bit more design work. www.in-cumbria.com/firm-complete ... rPath=home

Does seem very poorly designed. Wind is clearly an issue for the structure.

I hope it's not the club forking out for the constant repairs.

That's the same place as last time, except it was slightly further to the left as you look at KC's statue. It looks like either there has been shoddy workmanship along that stretch of roofing or there is a design fault given that will probably be where the prevailing winds hit the stadium hardest. If it's a design fault then that could turn out to be a real nightmare as this will be a recurring problem without an adjustment to the structure of the roof.

A single occurrence of this could be down to teething problems with a new build. That it has happened again is very serious and worrying.

From that picture it looks like we have a roof made of aluminium foil.

God that's awful. We're screwed if this problem can't be sorted.

This is a big worry. It obviously needs to be rectified before the widnes game, but the contractors wont be allowed up there whist the winds are still as bad. Also, how do incidents like this affect the ground safety certificate??

Looks like a specification issue to me - the structural engineer/designer has specified a roof lining that should be able to stand the wind loading, only to find in the cold hard light of day that it cant. The trouble is, the cantilevers that hold the roof structure will have been designed to carry the loading that the current materials provide. If you now have to go for something more substantial, it will be heavier and the steelwork may not be designed to carry it. Most dead loading will have a 60% factor of safety, which may be upped as its a roof that could at some stage be covered with snow. That may be sufficient to enable them to reinstall a new roof lining that is more substantial, but only the Structural Engineer would know that. I think Saints will have no option but to make a statement on this pretty soon.

Look more like someones cut corners with the fastenings, rather than the building materials themselves. Perhaps that section was done on a Friday afternoon.

Get it sorted ASAP Saints.

Some explicit shots on RedVee show the damage from inside the stadium. A big hole above the control room with fibreglass all over the home end of the pitch and water damage inside the control room area. It's shocking. I just can't imagine us being in a position to hold any kind of match there at this rate because clearly the contents of the roof would have cascaded down on to the home end family stand plus the West Stand. It's a damn shame.

Feckin rediculous innit!!
Whoever did the roof need to be named and shamed,proper cowboy job second time Its happened!

Click on the link in my previous post.

exactly! I imagine Sir Mac has made a rather loud phone call to the developers/contractors/roofers

First home game back at Widnes?

Will the pitch be ready for then?

Pitch is getting laid very soon i think if not already. I think from start to finish it takes 12 weeks. Think its been around that. Sorry to say guys, although the wind and gales today are very strong, that should not happen to the stadium. Hope you can sort it.

Does anyone remember an episode of Rogue Traders where they had a roofer on the from St Helens called Bob ? His work was appalling and thats being kind, when he was confronted about his shoddy roofing it was f-ing this and f-ing that, when Matt Allwright confronted him and called him a rogue Bob wern't impressed, he showed him his fist and said your gonna get this if you call me a f-king rogue trader again.

If the guy that did your roof turned up in a clapped out Astra with the exhaust blowing then your better starting again from scratch.

Unbelievable really. Am I being overly sceptical by worrying that the club has gone for a mega cheap design and is going to pay for that now?

The winds today aren't exceptional, they will happen a good few times a year. If the stadium cannot handle that level of wind it is going to be an expensive and painful few years for someone.
Does anyone know if the club or its insurers have to cover these losses or the construction company? Or is it the design element that is deficient?