Aston Villa News 24/7Writer: Site Staff 
Date:Monday June 11 2007
Time: 5:06PM
UK time is: 23:52:27
Vital Login
Social Login
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
FFC on terracing closure.
Dear Football fan
Survey on the closure of the Mayflower Terrace, Plymouth Argyle
Reports out today say that Plymouth Argyle have been told to close the Mayflower Terrace in front of the main grandstand at Home Park.
The club were given three years grace after winning promotion to the Championship in 2003-2004, but that has now elapsed.
Regulations insist that all Championship clubs must have all-seater stadia unless there are exceptional circumstances.
The club say that the closure comes despite strong representations to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport that the terracing should remain open, stating:
"Secretary of State Tessa Jowell pointed out that, even without the terracing, we would still have had sufficient seating to accommodate more than our average home gate. This, ultimately, appears to have been a persuasive influence on their decision."
George Michael and Elton John are playing concerts at Home Park this summer and tickets are available to concert goers to stand on the pitch.
We are running a short survey to find out fans reaction across the country, whether you are for, or against the closure, we would like to hear from as many people as possible.
Click here to Have Your Say
Many thanks for your support
The FFC Team
Use your social login to comment on front page articles. Login using you Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn accounts and have your say!
Your Comments
I don't care
jonah
To be honest this does seem to be a non-story!
sandgroanun
learn to care
philking12
Argyle were well aware of the rules and regulations, and as a period of grace was allowed them to get their house (stadium) in order, surely they cannot now have too much cause for complaint. Hate to come across as sounding unsympathetic, but in this instance I guess I am. The rules are the same for everyone.
glensider
Have Your Say
Log in...
with your social network OR with your Vital account
Recent Articles
Lichaj Joins Forest (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Vital Villa Interviews 2013 - Thomas Wood (Wednesday June 19 2013)
The Villa Times - 19/06/2013 (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Vital Villa Interviews 2013 - SimonBigRon (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Aston Villa Season 2013/14 Fixtures. OUCH Start! (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Seville Confirm Luna Interest (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Bacuna Speaks Roncrete & Improvements (Tuesday June 18 2013)
The AVFC Summer Transfer Action So Far (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Giant Striker Joins Villa! (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Vital Villa Interviews 2013 - Villa67 (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | The Fear | 431 |
| 2. | Pride of Lions | 406 |
| 3. | ClivetheVillan | 325 |
| 4. | DeanoVilla | 210 |
| 5. | BodyButter | 202 |
| 6. | CDX_EIRE | 171 |
| 7. | mike_field | 168 |
| 8. | Green Tea | 160 |
| 9. | HeathfieldRoad1874 | 155 |
| 10. | Trekker | 154 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1. Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 2. Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 3. Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 4. Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 5. Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 6. Everton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
| 7. Fulham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
Breaking League News
| Saints Season 2012/2013 Review - Right Back
» Southampton : 19/06/2013 22:15:00
|
| 2013/14 Fixtures: Sunderland Welcome Fulham
» Sunderland : 19/06/2013 21:40:00
|
| Britton: All Players Hope Laudrup Stays
» Swansea : 19/06/2013 21:04:00
|
| Hull City to start 2013/14 season at Chelsea
» Hull City : 19/06/2013 20:45:00
|
| Pardew - 'I Am Staying!'
» Newcastle : 19/06/2013 19:09:00
|
| If You Pray Hard Enough………..
» Chelsea : 19/06/2013 17:45:00
|
| Carroll on Record Hammers Move
» West Ham : 19/06/2013 17:34:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
1 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.