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Post by Stranded Hatter on Nov 16, 2020 16:01:21 GMT
Still not sure how what I said was not correct; Heaton Norris was not part of Stockport when the club was formed - it was part of Manchester; only when it crossed the river and moved to EP did it become a Stockport club. This move happened I always thought, before the incorporation of the Heatons and Reddish into Stockport, and when they were annexed, the Cheshire county boundary was moved North to keep the whole town a county borough. It wasn't part of Manchester. It was part of Lancashire but independent of Manchester. At a similar time Manchester extended into Didsbury and had it's eye on the Heatons, but they went with Stockport. Besides which it's pretty pedantic and parochial that a club founded at a meeting in a cafe in Mersey Square wasn't a Stockport club for the first 19 years of it's existence (not even when adopting the town's name after 7 years of existence). Looking at Wikipedia (the font of all knowledge of course) at the time of the club’s forming some of Heaton Norris was in Stockport, some was in Lancashire and none was in Manchester. At the founding of the Stockport County Borough some more was added to the borough while the rest remained in Lancashire until all of it was later added (along with the rest of the Heatons) over a series of additions leading up to 1913. A vote was held in 1930 to see if they wanted to become part of Manchester which was voted against. I wonder if some of the confusion lies in it having previously been part of Manchester until as recently as 1835. It was then that some became part of Stockport and the rest became part of Lancashire.
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Post by stevie57 on Nov 16, 2020 17:45:02 GMT
Still not sure how what I said was not correct; Heaton Norris was not part of Stockport when the club was formed - it was part of Manchester; only when it crossed the river and moved to EP did it become a Stockport club. This move happened I always thought, before the incorporation of the Heatons and Reddish into Stockport, and when they were annexed, the Cheshire county boundary was moved North to keep the whole town a county borough. It wasn't part of Manchester. It was part of Lancashire but independent of Manchester. At a similar time Manchester extended into Didsbury and had it's eye on the Heatons, but they went with Stockport. Besides which it's pretty pedantic and parochial that a club founded at a meeting in a cafe in Mersey Square wasn't a Stockport club for the first 19 years of it's existence (not even when adopting the town's name after 7 years of existence). I don’t really see how trying to explain the possible history of colours other than blue is being ‘pedantic and parochial’; there is a pretty obvious connection to me between Heaton Norris being mostly in Lancashire at the time of the club’s foundation and the colour red as in the Red Rose county.
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Post by vicar on Nov 16, 2020 18:39:06 GMT
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Post by CB1883 on Nov 16, 2020 22:54:12 GMT
Just walked past EP, they've got contractors painting the red steel work on the Cheadle End the same shade of blue to match the cladding, it should look impressive when it's all finished. I missed this the other day! Will make it look 10x better
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Post by brandnames on Nov 17, 2020 0:24:10 GMT
Has there been any pics of the new home changing room (the old away one!) shared yet anywhere?
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Post by Philcounty on Nov 17, 2020 5:16:32 GMT
Any pictures of the steelwork yet?
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Post by timberwolf on Nov 17, 2020 8:47:55 GMT
Hopefully we'll get back to the proper blue and the right balance when we can make custom/exclusive kits again. agree on getting the proper blue back as uick as possible. the present one is neither one thing or another. i certainly would not use this shade for painting the house or buying a car with the colour.
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Post by suedehead on Nov 17, 2020 9:48:17 GMT
Has there been any pics of the new home changing room (the old away one!) shared yet anywhere? There was some on twitter a while ago, it's almost unrecognisable from the old one. Wasn't from the official County page, can't remember who it was. It's proper Premier League standard.
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Post by desmond on Nov 17, 2020 11:39:01 GMT
Has there been any pics of the new home changing room (the old away one!) shared yet anywhere? There was some on twitter a while ago, it's almost unrecognisable from the old one. Wasn't from the official County page, can't remember who it was. It's proper Premier League standard. Was Stotts recent charity interview recorded in the changing rooms ? The background looked like it may have been.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2020 16:16:08 GMT
Here’s a photo I took just now, the difference is amazing.
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Post by stockytwo on Nov 17, 2020 16:43:24 GMT
Here’s a photo I took just now, the difference is amazing. To be honest I actually think the red steelwork frame looked pretty cool. Never had an issue with it. The red crash bars outside of the ticket office less so
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Post by edinburghhatter on Nov 17, 2020 17:14:56 GMT
Here’s a photo I took just now, the difference is amazing. To be honest I actually think the red steelwork frame looked pretty cool. Never had an issue with it. The red crash bars outside of the ticket office less so I wonder if they'll leave some of the smaller bits under the roof (maybe even the main girder) in red for the moment, till the stand is perhaps eventually reseated?
It must be a nightmare trying to get at those, even with a cherrypicker, without risking making a mess of what's underneath.
Still think the entire lower tier should be safe standing!
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Post by desmond on Nov 17, 2020 17:23:34 GMT
Here’s a photo I took just now, the difference is amazing. To be honest I actually think the red steelwork frame looked pretty cool. Never had an issue with it. The red crash bars outside of the ticket office less so The Red frame was no big deal to me but in having it painted it further demonstrates the desire of the new owner to give the club a proper identity.
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Post by Count de Stockport on Nov 17, 2020 17:31:54 GMT
Glad the red’s gone but wishing they’d painted it white instead
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Post by County1999 on Nov 17, 2020 18:41:51 GMT
Glad the red’s gone but wishing they’d painted it white instead Painting any metal white is a stupid idea. This blue will last fine and not need repainting for another 25 years 😁
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