st john's playing fields

[Daniel]

With st john's college closing the club is monitoring what will happen with st john's playing fields, if the club was able to purchase to maybe build a new training ground/academy what could they do with roko?

Looking at how much land we have how many houses could be built on the pitches and would there be enough space to effectively fund a new complex up at Farlington?

Then only use roko as a gym and a few out door pitches for the public?

I really don’t no the maths behind any of it but looking at Google maps the fields look pretty big could fit quite a good number of housing?

[jam tomorrow]

I maybe getting the wrong end of the stick but isn't there an issue with Flooding at Roko which has made them look at this new site?? I remember DC complaining that they weren't able to train as a result of the problem.

[Pompey1984+1]

I wonder if we will end up with an academy on a different site to the training ground longer term, as space on the island is a premium.

If we were going to have a single site I'd have thought we would have done something from scratch off the island?

[Pompey55]

Is there not a limit to what can be done at Farlington due to the bl**dy Brent Geese which if you remember scuppered the stadium plans there

[RubiconCSL]

First of all: bl**dy hell, St. John's College is closing! My (and a good few on this bulletin board) old school

As far as I remember, the playing fields aren't great if you are worried about flooding. I used to dread sports after it had rained because it would invariably be cross-country due to the pitches being flooded.

[Claygate]

I heard a rumour that Eisner was trying to buy the whole of Roko and planned to build houses on it. I dismissed this as nonsense as where would the team train and have an academy? Perhaps St Johns playing fields is the answer?

[Daniel]

Would the footprint of roko or at least the fields generate enough cash to purchase and build a training/academy complex?

Brightons cost about 20 mill not saying we would generate that sort of money

[Dinksy]

First of all: bl**dy hell, St. John's College is closing! My (and a good few on this bulletin board) old school

As far as I remember, the playing fields aren't great if you are worried about flooding. I used to dread sports after it had rained because it would invariably be cross-country due to the pitches being flooded.

News to me too, Rubi but I am celebrating.....with some regret that it was not closed decades ago after rampant sexual and physical abuse by the sick de la salle order. This school has been a blight on the proud history of Portsmouth for far too long. Good riddance.

[Portchesterblue2]

Would the footprint of roko or at least the fields generate enough cash to purchase and build a training/academy complex?

Brightons cost about 20 mill not saying we would generate that sort of money

a lot of the land belongs or belonged to Portsmouth rugby club, I would imagine that they wont want to give that up with nowhere wlse to go.

[Portchesterblue2]

First of all: bl**dy hell, St. John's College is closing! My (and a good few on this bulletin board) old school

As far as I remember, the playing fields aren't great if you are worried about flooding. I used to dread sports after it had rained because it would invariably be cross-country due to the pitches being flooded.

they are the other side of the motorway from farlington marshes so no surprises that they flood really, I know the pitches at farlington, behind the bhotel were never great in the winter