Does anyone think we should get one of those crowd funding jobbies going for some new bulbs for the floodlights. ???

Something needs doing about it.

Given our current position, I guess the need for top quality floodlighting isn’t that great for 3rd tier rugby.

I've seen a few people saying they are bad. Considering the next home Friendly is a Friday night game, this surely needs sorting before then? I'm planning on attending that, but if I can't see the game I'll be in the ticket office asking for my money back afterwards.

They're not that bad but they're certainly not great. Only five working bulbs in two of them. I wouldn't fancy catching a bomb in that light.

Can we get some bulbs on loan?

I mean, we don't need them for long; only about two hours every fortnight and that is on a scale which will quickly be sliding down until our need is no longer there. Surely some 'cash rich' SL club has replaced some of their bulbs due to them being,'not quite as bright as they used to be', which would serve us better than our current black ones, which don't appear to emit any light at all.

Do we have any evening games at Easter though, when the SL club are likely to want the bulbs back just in case their existing ones get broken?

Given that 2 of our home league games are on a friday night and the Toronto game in a couple of weeks then it really does need sorting.
Surely though its for the RFL to fork out not us?

Damn! There's a flaw in every plan.

Don't worry, I've heard the board were looking at getting on board some of the bulbs used at the World Cup.

The ground standard requirements are a lot lower in League 1, even compared with Championship.

In the Championship we had a requirement of 300lux with ability to increase for broadcast reasons. Yet in League one they must be "fit to play under". This is an extraordinary statement to make as who determines a facility is fit to play under.

We are currently working with a potential new football club who will, if successful enter at National Tier 7 level and they have a requirement of 300lux with a variance of no more than 25%!!!

Essentially a team in League 1 could potentially play in a public park at a push... utterly ridiculous!!!

Just needs another 10-12 more bulbs fitting. No idea how expensive they are but it was too dark at times on Sunday. We won thanks to their fullback misjudging a bomb, probably not helped by the light. That could easily have happened to us.

I remember the top lights were used first then as it got darker the lower ones came on. When poor old Omar was in charger he used to switch them off before the players had left the field.

I wonder if he had a blanking plate fitted over the switch for the lower lights..

There are plenty of bulbs in their thirties that could still do a job at our level.

Would agree in general, though many of those older bulbs have weak filaments due to overuse and as they age it takes a lot longer to recover from the stresses and strains of lighting a game for an hour or more, so I was wondering if maybe some of them could be substituted at half time? I've not read the operational rules so can't say how many interchanges are allowed per match, but I'm sure it'll be covered somewhere.

Yeah, but we don't want one to sign of those big Aussie bulbs that were bright in their day, but have dimmed considerably and look to the spotlights of Odsal as a retirement fitting....

I thought 3 of the stanchions had more than half of their bulbs working, just the one on the corner between the coral stand & pop side had fewer than 1/2 bulbs working.

I think they're £250-300 a pop. But I agree, it looked bad.

This thread has the potential to be the 2018 version of the Tea Lady...

Nah, I think this thread will end up being a little 'light' on content....

Sorry to be pedantic but it is lamps that we need replaced, not bulbs. Bulbs go into the ground!

Undersoil lighting! What an idea, if you can make it work you'll make your fortune and just think how much easier it will be to change the bulbs!

You’re all looking at this the wrong way... the tea lady told me this is all part of the master plan for promotion.

A meeting was held at boardroom level and it was decided to not replace the floodlights and let them stop working. Meanwhile lorry loads of carrots have been delivered to the tong training ground with the lads munching away ferociously.

We will be running rings around the oppo as they scramble around in the dark. We in the crowd won’t be able to see it mind...

Surely the Academy are producing Bright Young Lamps which now are morphing into L.E.D's? The Club could utilise these and thus reduce costs!

I see what's happening here! Changing the ticketing system so only punters with modern smartphones can attend...
Modern smartphones with bright LED lights that can be shone towards the pitch...
It's genious!

You're absolutely right!

That was pedantic