A couple of points that haven't been considered yet.

1) oliverrush, you keep saying we don't have money to spend on improving Hayden Road (or any other ground we might go to), but this is simply not true. The club has a healthy bank balance, which I won't post on here, but is available for all ...

Oliverrush how do you know how much it will cost to bring up to standard? How do you know for a fact that it isn't already up to standard or very close to being so?

Hayden Road is miles away from being Step 5 standard let alone Step 3/4. To move anything on would you need to demolish the stand ...

Oliverrush how do you know how much it will cost to bring up to standard? How do you know for a fact that it isn't already up to standard or very close to being so? I think you must have missed the part where i stated "IF it is viable/financially do'able"
IF it is a possibility then it should be ...

I think what a number of people seem to be forgetting is that we are a "community club" How are we meant to inspire the youngsters of our local area (and in local i mean Rushden, Irthlingborough etc)to want to aspire to playing for their local "community" club if we are playing a minimum of 15 ...

I can't see Hayden Road happening for a number of reason, some stated already. You need to add in the parking issues, the bar ownership. The ground isn't owned by the football club so you potentially have the same problem as the D&D.

Plus the dressing rooms are one of the three worst in the UCL ...

i personaly think a best option would be to take a step backwards(contraversial i know),,,my reasoning is___as proven by a high attendace---is to try and share with rushden and higham,,,,if we shoehorn our way in then we can be part of whatever scheme the council have when they move the football ...