The five sites...

[Berliner]

Apparently the famous five sites are easy to guess. So let's all give it a try...am sure we're not jeopardising anything if it's so easy.

1. Around the south of Bicester Village
2. Old greyhound track, Sandy Lane
3. Horspath Road
4. Water Eaton
5. Oxford City/ice rink redevelopment

Any more candidates?

 

[LowerSouth]

Grenoble Road

 

[Osei Yaw]

1. Middle-Earth
2. Narnia
3. Westeros
4. Oz
5. Azeroth

 

[Malc]

Binsey Treacle mines.

 

[Fred]

Peartree roundabout development

 

[SteMerritt]

London Road, Headington.

 

[swolley]

christchurch meadow, Manor Hospital, Didcot, CG Wilts(ground share), Wembley

 

[outsidethebox]

Stratfield Brake?

 

[SteMerritt]

Stratfield Brake?

Sounds like an 80s Ska band.

 

[Marked Ox]

The Mini factory site after Brexit.

 

[Johnox37en]

Bottom of Abingdon Road opposite the park and ride site. Bags of room.

 

[LowerSouth]

The Mini factory site after Brexit.

Too late-they’ll build BMW there instead .

 

[Ox4Eva]

Didcot

 

[Deleted member 729]

1.Thornhill
2 Peartree
3 Horspath
4 Water Eaton
5 Abingdon road Park & Ride

 

[uptheus]

1.Thornhill
2 Peartree
3 Horspath
4 Water Eaton
5 Abingdon road Park & Ride

Cheers Niall, I think this is the first time you’ve answered a question!!

 

[Paul Cannell]

Odds for the floating island of Laputa slashed on Paddy Power this morning.

 

[OUFCwaffle]

Still think the ice rink would be the best location, imagine a fancy new stadium next to the westgate, on the thames, 5 min walk from the station. Would need serious financial backing for it though

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Never going to happen anywhere!

 

[stokeu]

Giza
Petra
Chiang Mai
Tiannamen Square
Sea of Tranquility

 

[Sarge]

London Road, Headington.

buryknowle park , (london road) Headington

 

[Victor1986]

After today's display do we really care about this topic? The club have appointed one of the most successful (& most expensive) Planning Consultants in the south of England to handle this matter. They will run up fees into many thousands in a heartbeat - certainly in excess of what we can spend on player acquisitions. So is this really sensible when we are nosediving into League 2?

 

[Brahma]

After today's display do we really care about this topic? The club have appointed one of the most successful (& most expensive) Planning Consultants in the south of England to handle this matter. They will run up fees into many thousands in a heartbeat - certainly in excess of what we can spend on player acquisitions. So is this really sensible when we are nosediving into League 2?

Decent contribution to this thread, Victor. Who are the agents?

 

[horseman]

After today's display do we really care about this topic? The club have appointed one of the most successful (& most expensive) Planning Consultants in the south of England to handle this matter. They will run up fees into many thousands in a heartbeat - certainly in excess of what we can spend on player acquisitions. So is this really sensible when we are nosediving into League 2?

You get what you pay for don't you?

 

[yellowbow]

After today's display do we really care about this topic? The club have appointed one of the most successful (& most expensive) Planning Consultants in the south of England to handle this matter. They will run up fees into many thousands in a heartbeat - certainly in excess of what we can spend on player acquisitions. So is this really sensible when we are nosediving into League 2?

This news does at least give me a glimmer of hope that we do actually have owners who give a fraction of a s**t, or at least have some sort of long term plan.

I therefore still live in hope that they will carry out the necessary actions to rectify the dogs dinner of a mess on the pitch.

 

[Sarge]

Decent contribution to this thread, Victor. Who are the agents?

For all we know it could be .....Dick Barton special agent

 

[ZeroTheHero]

NMcW: We have top men working on it now.
OUFC supporters: Who?
NMcW: Top. Men.

 

[makv]

NMcW: We have top men working on it now.
OUFC supporters: Who?
NMcW: Top. Men.

Top Shop, is what I’ve heard

 

[Oldman159]

Trust me.....It WILL become The Bicester Village international stadium. J9 M40. Direct links to London/Bicester Village international airport, The E/W rail link and, the new Bicester Village Expressway.

This will ensure that all the land between the M40 and Launton will finally be concreted over. None of that awful greenery left, thank goodness.

Allegedly.

 

[sideshowrob]

The land next to the ice rink was offered to the club when Kassam was offered by the City Council when Grenoble Road remained half built. Kassam turnred the offer down because he needed planning permission on his leisure centre to finance the stadium construction. Obviously the land would be far more expensive than any of the other options but by the same token. the potential investment oportunities in business surrounding the stadium would be greater. Personally I would be totally underwhelmed if we ended up with another bland out of town stadium, surrounded by the the usual mix of boring restaurant and retail chains that we have seen built up and down the country over the last twenty to thirty years.

 

[myles]

Still think the ice rink would be the best location, imagine a fancy new stadium next to the westgate, on the thames, 5 min walk from the station. Would need serious financial backing for it though

Good location, but a horrible site to build on because of the ground conditions. That's why the ice rink is the design it is - to reduce the weight of the building's footprint on the soft ground.