Quote ="jeffvickers"And have 3 clubs that reside in the Wakefield Metropolitan District?
Halifax have a modern stadium, the North Stand is getting fixed which would give the stadium a 14000-15000 capacity, a new electronic scoreboard is being installed, crowds are up, The Calderdale catchment area has a population of over 150000. if Fax replace Bradford, I'm sure the club will get those fans back that deserted the team during the Bullmania years. The club made a profit this year. They have been involved in 3 finals in 3 years. They have an ex England coach at the helm. They have a good neucleus of players that could cope with Super League, or who have had Super League experience.
Personally, if Bradford do go down the leagues, Super League will be a 13 team competition.
In an ideal world, I would promote the winner of the Co-op Grand Final.
Widnes did naff all on the field in the Championships to deserve their place.
From an SL perspective, I just can't see how promoting a Village team (which Featherstone essentially is, a village) into Super League, though I believe Fax of Fev would have done better in SL this year than Widnes.'"
Widnes won what they needed to and didn't waste money overspending on playing squad in the championship. How would a side like fax have done better than Widnes this year, because both teams gave SL clubs a game in the cup?
