I agree that York Street is now looking tired and dated. It's a lovely old stadium which will be missed but the time is right for a move. Even if Boston COULD stay, the work required to maintain it over the next 10-15 years would be substantial.
What I was actually referring to was the town centre location. Let's be honest, being able to go for a few drinks in the town centre and pop across to the football is something everyone is going to miss even more than YS, and it's an increasingly rare matchday experience across the country these days. But, as I say, staying close to the centre is simply not an option. What the club have delivered here is the next best thing. It's not a ground lost within a giant, soulless retail park; I like how it stands apart as a separate entity, and the rest of the quadrant development should ensure it doesn’t feel too isolated on the edge of town – certainly not as much as the Boardsides would have done. The stadium itself is exactly what I would have wanted for the club – the main stand really looks the part, and I’m sure there are numerous inexpensive tweaks that could be made to give it a sense of ‘identity’.
A lot of work has gone into this, which explains why we’ve been waiting so long for an announcement. I have seen in the last hour that the leader of the BBC is very positive about the development. It’s massive for Boston - let’s just hope the town gets behind it.
