Millwall FC - CPO on The Den

[OldBlueLady]

I am surprised no-one has brought this up as yet, our former CEO has inherited one almighty challenge as the new CEO at Millwall FC, and was on Talk Sport yesterday discussing it and galvanising support - which has been pretty forthcoming from the football world in general.

Basically, Lewisham Council want to raze the whole area to the ground and re-generate it, including The Den. Problem is, there is no provision for a football club in the future plans. Now, we all know no-one likes Millwall FC :winking: but this is a disgraceful act by the Lewisham councillors, not least because the company awarded the regeneration development has two former councillors on its board - nepotism, anyone?

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...den-lewisham-council-and-potential-relocation

The football club have said that, if they are not accommodated, they will move to Kent - not sure how Gillingham will feel about that in all fairness - but anyway, there is currently a 38 degrees petition which obviously football fans are being encouraged to sign to show their support. If anyone fancies signing it, here's a link to it:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petiti...&source=facebook-share-button&time=1484051749

 

[Firestorm]

I thought the CPO was on the area around the Den, which the club currently use as a car park and something else.

IIRC, the club had plans to develop this land and other council land which they hadn't bought yet and it appears that the Council , when seeing the plans submitted by another company, decided that was the way forward as the club had not been progressing fast enough.

Sorry state of affairs , but certainly one SK will be familiar with.

 

[rigsby]

Millwall are very proud of the fact that no one likes them. Even their own council in this case.

 

[Benfleet A1]

I wouldn't worry too much. There's a travellers site just around the corner, Millwall can say move them and then you can move us. The club will be there for another 100 years at least before that happens.

 

[mattitouk]

The outcome of the CPO has been postponed until February.

I watched a local Kent BBC news programme late last week, the news piece said that Dartford & Ebbsfleet are possible locations if they have to move. Not as a groundshare, but on some waste land / brown field site on the outskirts of town with a "Lego kit" style of stadium off the motorway, like Col Ewe.

I'm sure that Gillingham wont be happy with that at all, if that was the case.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Millwall are very proud of the fact that no one likes them. Even their own council in this case.

Hence why I put the bit before the winky eye in my original post!

 

[EastStandBlue]

The update on this in today's Grauniad is breathtaking.

Pleasing to see that at least Vicky Foxcroft has come out in condemnation of this absolute ****show.

 

[mrsblue]

The Millwall boys will be having words with those councillors intent on this folly.

 

[OldBlueLady]

The update on this in today's Grauniad is breathtaking.

Pleasing to see that at least Vicky Foxcroft has come out in condemnation of this absolute ****show.

Link here, for anyone curious, like I was to read this: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/19/millwall-stadium-false-funding-claims-the-den

 

[EastStandBlue]

And yet more utter ****ing nonsense - https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ayer-money-misleading-claims?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

[EastStandBlue]

This all, thankfully and rightfully, looks like hitting the skids.

Barney Ronay deserves a serious accolade for his work here. A scandal of the most corrupt nature thwarted by proper investigative journalism.

 

[mattitouk]

Just seen on the regional BBC 1pm news that the Mayor of Lewisham has said there we be no CPO on the land around the stadium. So i'm guessing its over for now at least anyway.

 

[BrettieAngell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38732925