The club's fortunes began to decline after New Kilbowie was sold by the Steedmans in 1996 and a promised new stadium in the town failed to materialise.

Kidderminster Harriers finished the season as Conference champions, but were unable to gain promotion to the Football League as their stadium failed to meet capacity requirements.

However, the stadium still failed to meet FIFA licensing regulations and Lille had to play their 2001-02 UEFA Champions League matches at the Stade Félix-Bollaert.

Until recently, the stadium failed to meet requirements for hosting football matches at the two highest levels in Norway.

Others suggest that the domed stadium failed because of Moses' uncompromising personality.

Macclesfield Town finished the season as Conference champions, but failed to gain Football League status as their stadium failed to meet the capacity requirements.

But the football team kept losing, the new stadium failed to draw crowds, and ticket sales, which are supposed to provide the biggest portion of revenue for athletic programs, dwindled.

Last month, a group of 80 economists sent a letter to Mr. Williams arguing that new stadiums not only failed to increase employment and per capita income for cities, but could also hurt existing businesses by shifting spending from them.

It was one of the stadiums along with Borg El Arab Stadium and 5 other future made stadium in the Egyptian fail bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Their celebrations were cut short when the stadium failed the subsequent UEFA stadium inspection required to host their fixtures.