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Work stops at Saints' training ground (From Daily Echo)
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Temporary suspension of work at Southampton FC's Staplewood training ground in Marchwood
6:22pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 in Saints News
Staplewood, before redevelopment began
MYSTERY surrounds the sudden halt of work at Saints' training ground.
The Staplewood complex has been undergoing a multi-million pound renovation scheme in recent months, after planning approval for a major overhaul was granted earlier this year.
However, it was reported today that work has temporarily stopped due to an issue between the club and the contractors, construction company Leadbitter.
As yet, there is no confirmation of the reason for the delay, or how quickly work will resume.
The first plans for the redevelopment of Staplewood were revealed back in 2009 to form part of the club’s 125th anniversary season, in 2010/11.
However, Saints ditched those proposals and submitted a new “bigger and better” scheme in late 2010, which was approved by New Forest District Council.
The ground work has already been completed, with what the club described as “phase two” of the project beginning earlier this year.
The scheme will see a new football development and support centre constructed at Staplewood.
It will include a medical centre, players’ lounge and offices for coaching and administrative staff, as well as other facilities.
The pitches and stands are also due to be upgraded. The existing buildings have been demolished, with only the indoor pitch, known as 'the dome' remaining as part of the redeveloped facility.
Saints have said previously that the work is set to be completed in June 2013.
Comments(61)
OSPREYSAINT
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6:42pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Tye-Dye pt2
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6:56pm Wed 3 Oct 12
mack chinnon
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6:57pm Wed 3 Oct 12
saintand266
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7:01pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Velleity
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7:02pm Wed 3 Oct 12
saintand266
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7:04pm Wed 3 Oct 12
saintand266
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7:06pm Wed 3 Oct 12
angus mc coatup
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7:08pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT
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7:10pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Tye-Dye pt2
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7:16pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:You have to really try hard to defy how their brains work, is their definition of broke spending 30mill in the transfer window?
Skate saying we have gone broke!
D4n1el
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7:22pm Wed 3 Oct 12
arthur dalyrimple
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7:23pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Jannersaint
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7:35pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT
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7:46pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Sorry that should have read Skate saying "We have gone broke".
Skate saying we have gone broke!
angus mc coatup
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7:50pm Wed 3 Oct 12
arthur dalyrimple wrote:ugly outside saying, you aint got a clue.
ugly inside says a whopping great loan has been taken out to buy said players,.
Baddesley Bill
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7:54pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Tirau Dan
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8:01pm Wed 3 Oct 12
I guess it means no one has asked????
Confucious
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8:03pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I have it on good authority that Elvis Presley was found living in a hidden bunker.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
saintand266
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8:26pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:That will create a lot of Suspicious Minds
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I have it on good authority that Elvis Presley was found living in a hidden bunker.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
dadofmy3sons
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8:52pm Wed 3 Oct 12
We are Saints, we do not do ANYTHING straightforward.
It was not Elvis, it was a stuffed and mounted Poopey fan with the secret code to how they blackmailed 14 footballing servicemen to play for them before the war!
dadofmy3sons
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9:00pm Wed 3 Oct 12
right couple of twaits, but they certainly do liven up any thread!
angus mc coatup
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9:04pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I personally don't believe it's a conpiracy
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
but I did overhear someone on the bus
whispering to his mate, that cortese is in fact a humanoid reptile. and is trying to infiltrate the the upper echelons of the premier league,by gettin fellow humanoids disguised as top players in different nationalities into the team. this thing with the training ground is just to throw the media off the scent.
OSPREYSAINT
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9:17pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Confucious wrote:Was it on Portsdown GC?
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I have it on good authority that Elvis Presley was found living in a hidden bunker.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
Strasbourg Saint
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9:30pm Wed 3 Oct 12
dadofmy3sons wrote:It's all becoming clear now.
Whatever happened to montecristosaint, did he change jis name to tebourba by any chance.?
right couple of twaits, but they certainly do liven up any thread!
Some time ago, someone on here said that Tebourba is in fact Thomasupton and Montecristosaint's love child and, by a series of unfortunate events, THAT is why NC has stopped the work in Marchwood. The reason being so that the brain which is Tebourba can be consulted about any future work.
Of course, if Jose and Kelv had kept their mouths shut and not blabbed about the above while warming up yesterday morning, it wouldn't have reached Nigel's ear, he wouldn't have mentioned it to NC and NC wouldn't have stopped the work in order to consult Tebourba.
My inside sources tell me that Jose was overheard saying to Kelv that he had been taking a coffee with Guly at the weekend when Guly said that Fox had been reading these posts and had found out about Tebourba heritage.
So, while Kelv and Jose are partly to blame, it's clearly Fox and Guly who are most at fault AGAIN!!!
However, it's all so easy to lay the blame at certain players' feet when, in fact, it's US on here who are really to blame for having encouraged the idea that Thomasupton and Montecristo could together produce the genius that IS Tebourba.
Hang your heads in shame, I certainly am.
Baddesley Bill
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9:38pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Strassie...your post is best read whilst listening to the theme tune of the US spoof "Soap" (for those who remember it)...confused?...yo
dadofmy3sons wrote:It's all becoming clear now.
Whatever happened to montecristosaint, did he change jis name to tebourba by any chance.?
right couple of twaits, but they certainly do liven up any thread!
Some time ago, someone on here said that Tebourba is in fact Thomasupton and Montecristosaint's love child and, by a series of unfortunate events, THAT is why NC has stopped the work in Marchwood. The reason being so that the brain which is Tebourba can be consulted about any future work.
Of course, if Jose and Kelv had kept their mouths shut and not blabbed about the above while warming up yesterday morning, it wouldn't have reached Nigel's ear, he wouldn't have mentioned it to NC and NC wouldn't have stopped the work in order to consult Tebourba.
My inside sources tell me that Jose was overheard saying to Kelv that he had been taking a coffee with Guly at the weekend when Guly said that Fox had been reading these posts and had found out about Tebourba heritage.
So, while Kelv and Jose are partly to blame, it's clearly Fox and Guly who are most at fault AGAIN!!!
However, it's all so easy to lay the blame at certain players' feet when, in fact, it's US on here who are really to blame for having encouraged the idea that Thomasupton and Montecristo could together produce the genius that IS Tebourba.
Hang your heads in shame, I certainly am.
u will be! :O)
slugger
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9:41pm Wed 3 Oct 12
angus mc coatup wrote:iv'e read david ike's book too , i believe it all !
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I personally don't believe it's a conpiracy
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
but I did overhear someone on the bus
whispering to his mate, that cortese is in fact a humanoid reptile. and is trying to infiltrate the the upper echelons of the premier league,by gettin fellow humanoids disguised as top players in different nationalities into the team. this thing with the training ground is just to throw the media off the scent.
mack chinnon
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9:41pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Cheers for that bit of info last night OS.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
Strasbourg Saint
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9:44pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:Ha! Bill, such happy memories of the early '80s, coming home from the pub half cut and pillaging the fridge for a pint of milk and half a pound of cheese to enjoy as a midnight snack in front of the latest episode of Soap.
Strasbourg Saint wrote:Strassie...your post is best read whilst listening to the theme tune of the US spoof "Soap" (for those who remember it)...confused?...yo
dadofmy3sons wrote:It's all becoming clear now.
Whatever happened to montecristosaint, did he change jis name to tebourba by any chance.?
right couple of twaits, but they certainly do liven up any thread!
Some time ago, someone on here said that Tebourba is in fact Thomasupton and Montecristosaint's love child and, by a series of unfortunate events, THAT is why NC has stopped the work in Marchwood. The reason being so that the brain which is Tebourba can be consulted about any future work.
Of course, if Jose and Kelv had kept their mouths shut and not blabbed about the above while warming up yesterday morning, it wouldn't have reached Nigel's ear, he wouldn't have mentioned it to NC and NC wouldn't have stopped the work in order to consult Tebourba.
My inside sources tell me that Jose was overheard saying to Kelv that he had been taking a coffee with Guly at the weekend when Guly said that Fox had been reading these posts and had found out about Tebourba heritage.
So, while Kelv and Jose are partly to blame, it's clearly Fox and Guly who are most at fault AGAIN!!!
However, it's all so easy to lay the blame at certain players' feet when, in fact, it's US on here who are really to blame for having encouraged the idea that Thomasupton and Montecristo could together produce the genius that IS Tebourba.
Hang your heads in shame, I certainly am.
u will be! :O)
Confused? I already am!
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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9:47pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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9:50pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT
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9:52pm Wed 3 Oct 12
saintand266 wrote:I saw you Crying in the Chapel, I am all shook up, I feel so bad, just because there's too much monkey business, and a whole lotta shakin' going on.
Confucious wrote:That will create a lot of Suspicious Minds
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I have it on good authority that Elvis Presley was found living in a hidden bunker.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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9:52pm Wed 3 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT
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9:54pm Wed 3 Oct 12
mack chinnon wrote:OK Ta!
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Cheers for that bit of info last night OS.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
angus mc coatup
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9:55pm Wed 3 Oct 12
slugger wrote:I think it was david Ike that was doing the whispering.I also think that the real humanoid reptile isn't cortese but chanrai. he's from the planet
angus mc coatup wrote:iv'e read david ike's book too , i believe it all !
OSPREYSAINT wrote:I personally don't believe it's a conpiracy
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
but I did overhear someone on the bus
whispering to his mate, that cortese is in fact a humanoid reptile. and is trying to infiltrate the the upper echelons of the premier league,by gettin fellow humanoids disguised as top players in different nationalities into the team. this thing with the training ground is just to throw the media off the scent.
alpha poopeyshite.you ever noticed that he never haves a full lengh photo of himself.It's because he's got a big scaley tail and legs and feet like t rex.
slugger
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9:57pm Wed 3 Oct 12
saintsmurf96
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10:01pm Wed 3 Oct 12
derek james
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10:32pm Wed 3 Oct 12
the 6 or so internal stairs into a work of art people have walked out of site meetings, even retford could have done a better job
Boutros Boutros Ghali
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10:40pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill
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10:42pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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10:45pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:He is the clubs PR guru so he would!
Jordon Sibley has tweeted to say that this story is making a mountain out of a molehill...simply a pause to work out how to make the best of the ongoing works.
OSPREYSAINT
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10:48pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:Jordan Sibley Tweeted:- Surprised to see a mountain being made out of a molehill regarding the pause in work at Staplewood. SFC and Leabitter have agreed to pause process whilst details of a specific aspect of the specification is confirmed. Project will be resuming very soon and both parties are looking forward to the project being completed ahead of the 2013-14 season. Nothing to be concerned about at all!
Jordon Sibley has tweeted to say that this story is making a mountain out of a molehill...simply a pause to work out how to make the best of the ongoing works.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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11:08pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill
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11:50pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:You sound like a doubting Thomas (Upton) there Seed! :O)
Construction projects don't stop unless there is a major problem. Specifications are detailed before commencement, detailing is sorted at site meetings during construction. To stop the site - when labour has been allocated - means it's not a minor problem.
saintshorse101
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11:59pm Wed 3 Oct 12
St Retford
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12:26am Thu 4 Oct 12
derek james wrote:Oi!
not too surpised ether ,the architect is from manchester and has tried to make
the 6 or so internal stairs into a work of art people have walked out of site meetings, even retford could have done a better job
Wozzie
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1:22am Thu 4 Oct 12
olddellsaint
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7:53am Thu 4 Oct 12
Alicesdad
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8:52am Thu 4 Oct 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Only 99% ? You are spot on. This will be a straightforward dispute with a builder. It happens. A lot. It will be sorted, either they will finish the work or someone else will.
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day and probably be 99% wrong.
Building is highly detailed and skilled work, requiring craftsmen and hard working professionals, all of which are reasons that builders shouldn't be allowed to do it.
NC will sort it, there will be no press announcement, just a quick resolution, work will restart and the bodies of certain building executives will be found hanging under the Itchen Bridge.
Churchill Saint
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9:10am Thu 4 Oct 12
Licky_Rambert
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11:50am Thu 4 Oct 12
once a saint
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12:14pm Thu 4 Oct 12
adamello
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12:33pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Churchill Saint wrote:you aren't possibly suggestiong that the manchester crew will keep requesting more and more time until they get the outcome of their choosing
I heard from a very good source that the builders were from Manchester and they were demanding an extra 10 days on top of the 90 days allocated. Apparently - and this is the absolute truth because I have seen the contract - the contract did not allow for delays resulting from injured builders and having to substitute them for other builders.
lowe esteem
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1:20pm Thu 4 Oct 12
NewForestStu
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1:58pm Thu 4 Oct 12
lowe esteem
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2:14pm Thu 4 Oct 12
once a saint wrote:Careful, walls have ears, was nice knowing you
Maybe the ceilings were too high for the vertically challenged NC so for him to fill the room with his presence he has ordered the ceilings to be lowered .
saintlucy
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3:08pm Thu 4 Oct 12
CB FRY LIVES
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5:24pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Folkestone Saint
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5:34pm Thu 4 Oct 12
thomasupton
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6:21pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:Why don't we all wait and see.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:You sound like a doubting Thomas (Upton) there Seed! :O)
Construction projects don't stop unless there is a major problem. Specifications are detailed before commencement, detailing is sorted at site meetings during construction. To stop the site - when labour has been allocated - means it's not a minor problem.
holburyhalo
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10:40pm Thu 4 Oct 12
StParks says...
6:40pm Wed 3 Oct 12