January 1992

LAND is available for Grimsby Town to move from Blundell Park - but money to fund the switch is not.

That was the message today from Grimsby Borough Council after Saturday's Sports revealed the tremendous implications of the Taylor Report on the club.

A bill approaching £2.5-million is faced if Town are to convert Blundell Park to an all-seater stadium, required by the Taylor report.

Town vice-chairman Bill Carr said that the club was facing some of the most important decisions in its history.

Any redevelopment of Blundell Park would include the replacement of the wooden Main Stand and the covering of the three open corners.

The ground's capacity would be reduced to an all-seater one of between 10,000 and 12,000, compared to the present level of 17,526.

The borough council's economic development officer Roy Bentham said land could be made available on the estuary side of the A180 as part of the Grimsby Business.

The county council is funding a new road to open up more land, though Mr Bentham said the area needed for the football club would run over the borough boundary.

January 1995

Town FC Appoint Top Consultants

A SPACE Age stadium could be on the cards for Grimsby Town FC.

Soccer's top Government official was told that the consultancy firm which built Britain's most futuristic ground will be appointed to do likewise in Grimsby.

The chief executive of the Football Licensing Authority, John de Quidt, is in town to hear the club's response to the all-seater legislation.

He will be told that Kirklees McAlphine Consultants - who built Huddersfield Town's new ground - will be paid £20,000 to produce a report that will outline the most suitable site in the area and the cost of the project.