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Title: A re-imagined Eco Power stadium.
Post by: silent majority on March 14, 2023, 10:24:27 am: Stumbled across this the other day. All done as a bit of fun obviously;
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Post by: karldew on March 14, 2023, 10:29:54 am: We can only dream :(
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Post by: Branton Rover on March 14, 2023, 11:02:27 am: Didn’t JR want something similar with Sequentia Capital backing?
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Post by: drfchound on March 14, 2023, 11:05:42 am: This time next year (or in five years maybe)……….
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Post by: pib on March 14, 2023, 11:12:00 am: There aren't many images floating around online, but many will remember the original design for the stadium was quite different to what we ended up with. There's one image in this article but doesn't really show the full extent: https://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2005/08/05/doncaster_regeneration_feature.shtml

Edit: found more posted on here a while back: https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=265328.msg762894#msg762894
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Post by: WantleyDragon on March 14, 2023, 11:22:15 am: Ah, memories.
The floating roof, the newts, Martin winter, expandable to 20,000 ( :lol:) , the coin trail, the rovers rally ....
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Post by: EasyforDennis on March 14, 2023, 12:43:15 pm: Quote from: Branton Rover on March 14, 2023, 11:02:27 am
Didn’t JR want something similar with Sequentia Capital backing?

Give it a rest. It's getting boring now. :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:
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Post by: glosterred on March 14, 2023, 01:50:39 pm: Quote from: drfchound on March 14, 2023, 11:05:42 am
This time next year (or in five years maybe)……….

We’ll be millionaires?

C
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Post by: Chris Black come back on March 14, 2023, 03:41:50 pm: Wonder what people would have thought when planning permission was granted in August 2005 that fast forward 18 years and we’d be sat mid-table in the league below where we were then.
Title: Re: A re-imagined Eco Power stadium.
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on March 14, 2023, 03:52:51 pm: Quote from: silent majority on March 14, 2023, 10:24:27 am
Stumbled across this the other day. All done as a bit of fun obviously;

Yeah but...pins?
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Post by: phil o sophical on March 14, 2023, 05:42:10 pm: Always felt that the design that was expandable to 20,000 without major reconstruction was the way to go. Looks a bit laughable at the moment but you never know