日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

Chelsea fail to persuade fans in pitch vote

Updated: 2011-10-28 10:25

(Agencies)

  Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

Chelsea fail to persuade fans in pitch vote
Chelsea's John Terry (R) and David Luz applaud at the end of their Champions League Group E soccer match against Valencia at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia in this file photo taken Sept 28, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Chelsea's plan to buy their Stamford Bridge pitch from fans and possibly move to a new stadium hit a major stumbling block on Thursday when not enough supporters voted for the proposal.

Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) was set up in 1993 when the now megarich club was in financial difficulties and the fan group acquired the freehold of the pitch to protect Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home for 106 years, from developers.    

"At today's general meeting of Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO), 61.6 per cent of votes cast on Chelsea Football Club's proposals to buy the freehold land on which the Stamford Bridge stadium sits were for the proposal," a club statement said.

"However as 75 per cent of votes were needed, the proposals fail to pass. Chelsea FC is naturally disappointed with the result."

The club, who have not ruled out trying to extend Stamford Bridge, feel the stadium's capacity of 42,000 puts Chelsea at a financial disadvantage compared with rivals such as Manchester United (76,000) and Arsenal (60,000).

Chelsea said matchday revenue at Arsenal more than doubled when the club moved to the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium in north London from nearby Highbury (38,000).

Some Chelsea fans are concerned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who bought the club in 2003, wants to build a new stadium well away from south west London, and fear selling back the freehold would remove an important safety net for the club.

The club have said they have no wish to break the link with "Chelsea's ancestral home" and any new 60,000 arena would not be further than three miles (five kms) from Stamford Bridge.

"While we will remain as ambitious as ever, this decision could slow down our progress. Despite the vote, the facts remain that the current structure could hinder the club," the statement added.

Ken Bates, the man who sold Chelsea to Abramovich, said before the vote that the attempt to buy the ground's freehold was a "land grab" of prime real estate.

"If he (Abramovich) wants to build a new stadium it will cost between 500 and 600 million pounds. He could do it out of his own back pocket. He does not need the freehold," Bates, now the chairman of Leeds United, told the Daily Mail newspaper.    

Chelsea have won the Premier League three times and the FA Cup three times since Abramovich took over, as well as reaching the 2008 Champions League final.  

 

Related Stories

Terry backs Chelsea owner over relocation 2011-10-13 11:14
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲天堂毛片 | 亚洲精品一区在线 | 午夜资源| 日本一区二区视频在线 | 亚洲色图欧美日韩 | 青青草成人网 | 亚洲激情四射 | 蜜臀久久99精品久久久画质超高清 | a在线观看视频 | 免费成人结看片 | 在线免费观看成年人视频 | 91激情视频在线观看 | 欧美精品网址 | www.com黄色 | 国产午夜精品视频 | 91成人观看 | 午夜精品视频在线 | 在线免费看av片 | 日韩在线导航 | 亚洲高清网 | 国产日韩中文字幕 | 在线观看中文字幕 | 九九精品免费视频 | 久久精品99国产精 | 操你啦在线视频 | 国产成人在线播放视频 | 麻豆国产精品777777在线 | 成人不卡视频 | v片在线免费观看 | 国产精品久久久国产盗摄 | 亚洲精品一二三区 | 亚洲91精品| 国产艳妇疯狂做爰视频 | 成年人免费看毛片 | 欧美成人免费一级人片100 | 午夜专区 | av在线播放网 | 国产精品久久久久一区二区三区 | 97超碰网 | 四虎精品视频 | 伊人网狼人 |