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Sainsbury's and WHP

Just been on the Liverpool Echo website and there is a story on there entitled ?My Plan for Everton FC at Walton Hall Park?.

Basically, John Seddon, who set up Mersey Cablevision in the 1980s, which was eventually taken over and became Telewest, has made it public that Sainsbury?s came to him wanting to be a partner in building a stadium in Walton Hall Park with Everton.

?No plan B?, eh? Proof that Mr Wyness ?misled? the fans during the voting process.
Adam Bennett, Liverpool Posted 30/04/2008 at 13:28:11

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Barry Scott
1 Posted 30/04/2008 at 21:05:53

Hi Adam, the Keep Everton In Our Campaign revealed this news in March:

http://www.keioc.net/index.php?page=walton-hall-park

In my opinion the press are just playing catch-up after it seems Kirkby project is doomed. Although to me, it makes out like Warren Bradley is a villain. To me, he?s doing the right thing, he says he doesn?t want public parkland being sold to developers.

Gerard Madden
2 Posted 30/04/2008 at 22:38:24

Who’d have thought it eh? Cllr Bradley stopping what would be the ’dream’ location for EFC, keeping us in Walton and within a park setting like the RS will enjoy. Good job we’ve got a plan A up our sleeves eh?

Robert Carney
3 Posted 30/04/2008 at 22:43:48

Good Grief, Madden, please at least attempt to contribute to the debate. You are making fools and village idiots look intelligent.

Sean Rothwell
4 Posted 30/04/2008 at 22:54:42

Warren Bradley stated in no uncertain terms that Everton would not be allowed to move to Walton Hall Park because "two wrongs do not make a right" (when referring to Liverpool being allowed to build on Stanley Park). How can we have a plan B that we’ve been told won’t be allowed to happen?

Paul Lynch
5 Posted 30/04/2008 at 22:58:09

If it's true I'm made up because Walton Hall Park would be great . Much closer to our beloved Goodison Park and easily a better idea than Kirkby. EFC

Colin Jones
6 Posted 30/04/2008 at 23:17:13

Walton Hall Park looks massive, I’m sure we could just have a corner of it.

Patty Beesley
7 Posted 01/05/2008 at 10:03:31

Walton Hall would suit us fine!! Let?s hope they go for it!

Adam Bennett
8 Posted 01/05/2008 at 11:43:27

Sean, I know what you?re saying there mate, but if the club had of gone to the Council with this and put them under huge pressure, they might caved in and given us the land.
Also, in the piece, Cllr Bradley said that the club could have the land next to it on Longmoore Lane. If the club had said to Sainsbury?s ?let?s have a look at this site? I?m sure they would have done.

Paul O'Hanlon
9 Posted 01/05/2008 at 17:24:03

Yes voters keep harping on about there being no viable alternatives to the Kirkby project and yet again here we have further proof of the EFC board not wanting to listen to alternatives to ?Destination Kirkby?.

The Sainsbury plan for Walton Hall Park might be a no goer, but can we know that if no-one from the club has ever sat down to discuss the plans?! Does this not show you why there?s no alternative? How the hell can we know what?s ?deliverable? and what?s not if we choose to enter into an exclusivity agreement with one project and not fully investigate other alternatives?