So, the new stand is on its way.  Great.  I'd like to ask some questions, and I know some of them are fairly obvious, but then they're not always the ones the architects had thought about.  Do architects come and watch football matches at the Racecourse?

Q1.  What will be the facilities for disabled fans?

I think that by and large disabled football fans have a really rough time at football matches.  Parked by the edge of the pitch, abandoned to the weathers, separated from their friends, the way they are treated makes me squirm.  Will the new stand have facilties so that disabled fans can have a good viewing position, can stay with their friends?  Will there be lifts, appropriate toilet facilities, and will disabled people not be treated as if they were a race apart?

Q2.  Will we all have a good viewing position in the new stand?

What a stupid question.  Of course we will.  Good.  So no pillars then, we shall all be able to see the corner flags, nobody will be stuck behind a commentary box or a dug-out or floundering deep down almost below grass level.  When I was at the World Cup (name-dropping - Ed) the seat I was in at the Stade de France was totally cut off from any sight of the television screen by the concrete floor of the tier above.   And you'd think they'd have thought of everything.

Q3.  What will the PA system be like?

Far be it from me to knock Rockin' Robin (although - do we have to have 16 verses?), but can we have a sound system which reaches all parts of the new stand with equal volume, so that you can hear the half time results if you want to and not get blasted to eternity by the music if you happen to be too close to a loudspeaker?

Q4.  Shall we all be under cover?

Another simplistic question, I hear you say.  But it's surprising how inadequate a roof can be, particularly if it's only designed to protect the seats in the middle.  And something I've noticed - rain doesn't always come down vertically.  Or will there be a two-tier pricing system, a bit like they have for Spanish bullfights, in the sun or in the shade - so that fans who are in for a soaking can pay less?

Q5.  What's happening to 'The Turf'?

Standing there now in splendid isolation - will it be knocked down, excluded (like it was by that gigantic flag last season) or beautifully incorporated as a design feature?

Q6.  Can we see the plans?

At the moment I've only seen pictures of 'an artist's impression', and these are very vague - perhaps I've missed something, but I'd like to see plans of the new stand and preferable a model.  Will there be an exhibition so we can all have a good gawp?

Q7.  What's the seating going to be like?

Will there be enough space between people, or is it case of pile 'em close and cram 'em in?  Will there be knee room?  The times I've suffered with my knees (oh, get on with it - Ed).  Does buttock-comfort figure in the plans?

Q8.  What are additional facilities going to be like?

Well, we all know what league position Wrexham's toilets are in at the moment. And refreshments?  Shop inside the ground?  Good facilities for programme sellers and hawkers of 'Red Passion'?  Massage parlour...I jest.

Q9.  How will the new stand fit into future expansion plans?

Come on, we haven't got the stand yet and you're talking about future expansion.   Well, it's surprising how a headlong rush to throw up a building quickly is regretted some years later when it doesn't quite fit into the next lot of plans.  Now's the right time to imagine what the whole ground could look like.

Q10.  No tenth question

I'm sure you've got your own, though.

Mike Stevens