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Western Sydney Stadium Construction (New Parramatta Stadium)

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8 minutes ago, Edinburgh said:

When we're finished with Spotless, can we blow it up?**

 

**And if so, do we really need to wait until then?

Ed, get in contact with Cheif and his mates.....they have form........

Fuelled by alcohol, exhilaration and a well-meaning gesture by radio 2KY’s iconic broadcasting figure Ron Casey, a wild, destructive party developed at the ground.‘Case’ ventured to Cumberland to honour a bet that he would celebrate with fans if the Eels won the first title. Word quickly spread, and hundreds had converged and suddenly fence palings were being gathered for a bonfire.Blaze%20of%20glory%201.jpgBlaze%20of%20glory%202.jpg

The crowd swelled into the thousands and while fans looted the dressing rooms and kiosk shelves, fire broke out above them and some escaped the smoke-filled stand’s bowels just in time to see the old stand that literally vibrated the stomping of feet accompanying the chant of “Parra (stomp, stomp stomp) … Parra … Parra”, become a furnace with flames bursting from the floor to the roof.

Attention then shifted to the scoreboard at the southern end. Some fans were trying to disconnect the large game-clock as a souvenir but soon it was also ablaze. The goal posts and advertising hoarding were also added to the bonfire.

By daylight, as firemen were dousing what remained, it emerged that Cumberland Oval had almost burnt to the ground. The shell of the grandstand remained but little other seating in the ground and there were huge chunks in the external fence.

 

 

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Paul01

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get in contact with Cheif and his mates.....they have form........

I doubt Chief had anything to do with it but Terry Kennedy of the Big Sports Breakfast might have. He and his mates brought the crossbar back to the school we were at on muck-up day that year. Btw we were not mates.

they used 2 cars in the middle of the night somehow holding the bar from the passenger windows

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On ‎1‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 5:25 PM, Smoggy said:

Holy ****...that looks so ******* amazing!!!!! :good:

That surface would already play better than Spotless....

And, when it's finished, I reckon they should leave that Port-a-Loo there. It would probably stop more goals than some of our defenders have in the past 2 seasons.

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