An open letter to whom ever it may concern

Listen mate/matette,

Yesterday I went to see San Frecce. It rained a lot and there's no roof, more on that later, but they won 3-0 so that was alright. Infact I don't think I have ever seen a game there with less than 3 goals. Or a defeat for Hiroshima. Bit different to when I started going to see Brighton. Went 12 times before seeing them win.

Anyway, I'm digressing. You see, every time I go there it just seems so obvious. So crystal clear that I can't believe no-one has mentioned it. We're sitting on a purple mine here in Hiroshima.

The thing is Big Arch is crap. Well it's not, it's a great stadium, for massive events that require running tracks. For football it's rubbish. Running track + Football = meh! I know, I know, if San Frecce didn't use it, who would but think about how brilliant it would be if :

There was a purpose built football stadium more centraly located? If a state of the art, architecturaly stunning stadium were to be built on the site of the old Shimin Kyujou that would be incredible, but as it is, we have that stadium down in Kannon that literally anyone can hire for less than ichi man. Stick one there. San Frecce can, on their day, pull in decent 20,000+ crowds already, if there was a proper stadium down town this would probably be a regular thing. They make a half decent job of getting the atmosphere going at big arch, with a roof, oh a roof, and no running track it could be brilliant. The team would benefit, the punters would enjoy it more, more people would come etc etc

and you wouldn't get rained on

And another thing, why don't you always play on Sundays? A quick look at attendances shows they are much higher than on Saturdays. Do the math-s. As a quick aside, as I look at the J-League results list, Urawa Reds' attendance figures really are pretty amazing.

Anyway, I know I would go more often if my fantasy football stadium were to sprout up and it would certainly help me feel more attached to the club. What better reason could there be for this not to happen.

Whoever you are, make it happen. NOW!