And Leeds play in Headingley, not Leeds city centre but are called Leeds. What's your point? In fact, Headingley is bigger than Glasshoughton so why aren't you called Headingley?

Glasshoughton is an ex coal mining site that is being built on. It's no mans land between Cas and Pontefract and could quite easily be called part of either. It isn't one of the 5 towns of Wakefield and before freeport and Xscape consisted of a cricket club and football team and a dozen houses. Glasshoughton = cheap land with the best transport links in the area. It is as simple as that.

You are incorrect actually according to SLstats (the oracle!)

Hudds best average was in 2009 (7,90icon_cool.gif [urlhttp://www.slstats.org/t7/Huddersfield+Giants/[/url

Cas best average was in 2000 (7,980) [urlhttp://www.slstats.org/t10/Castleford+Tigers/[/url

However, you are definitely on the up (despite a small -6% blip this year

), whilst Cas have been consistent (to a degree).

I wasn't a few years ago, but now I'm sure - I want FEV in Super League. They keep that enthusiasm in the League, they have a nice enough stadium, but they could use a wee bit of work, but it's as good, if not better than Belle Vue, they love RL round there, they'd be quite a good addition IMO.

So basically you want Fev in because they are enthusiastic, love rugby league and have a less cr@p stadium than wakefield?




Widnes, Fax, Barrow, Leigh and Tolouse are all more prepared for SL IMO at the moment.

Isn't that the entire issue? Same watching Barrow on Granada and saying the ground isn't far off from SL standard, well yes it is. Belle Vue & The Jungle etc are not 'SL Standard' plain and simply so if clubs are trying to match their grounds then that's just plain stupid. They may be in SL and have met certain requirements in the past but a 'SL standard stadium' in RFL terms is not simply one in which SL rugby is played in.

We are talking about a ground with two half stands on the sides and two behind the sticks with no roofs and saying it's fine for SL based on the criteria?

Exactly. That argument always makes me laugh and tbf does seem to be the main one for Fev as have seen it a few times. "They are steeped in RL history, have a RL town and love the sport and have developed past legends etc etc" well yes but the same also applies to Widnes, Leigh, Halifax, Barrow etc... so what else do you offer? You can't use that argument for one club and not the others!

You do understand Headingley is part of Leeds dont you? The same as places like Guisley, Rothwell, Holbeck, Beeston, Wetherby, Otley, Burley, Chapel Allerton etc.

or it could be part of neither, it could simply be Glasshoughton, Wakefield.

Though im not sure why this is relevent as the question I asked was why people would identify with a team called Cas playing in Glasshoughton when there are very few people from Cas

Because Glasshoughton is part Castleford, same as Headingley is part of Leeds.

because its part of Cas. If you are from GH you are from Cas. What I was saying is by your thinking Headingley isn't part of Leeds.

You missed out Hunslet from your list. Should they be called Leeds too?

Typical scouse humour, dont you just love it

Just another muppet who doesn't know how to read a map as Widnes is in CHESHIRE and not MERSEYSIDE.

St Helens are the ones that play on merseyside.

From one muppet to another, Middlesboro is in Teeside now and Hull is in Humberside, if you don't get my point then ask a grown up to explain it to you. All Widnes is, is an extension of the A562 from Halewood out of Liverpool and like Skem house the overspill from the great city, you should be honoured really your just as much a scouse as those are

These posts are really bizarre.

To me, and probably the vast majority of people who like RUGBY LEAGUE, the KEY POINT is the game on the field.

Everything else is secondary, yet somehow all this rubbish and rhubarb about the colour of bog seats, who has a brighter light bulb than someone else, etc.,etc., has taken over centre stage.

Absolutely crazy.

Just upset that us former Lancs counties have are own identities rather than joining under the same Yorkshire banner acting like the whole world revolves around Leeds!

You do know that yorkshire was split into 4 and leeds isnt the county capital of any of them?

Clever up there thinks Widnes is in merseyside when it never has been so just dumbing down to his level

And that somehow means there is more people in Cas?

No, im not, im not sure why you have got so hung up on Glasshoughton and whether or not it is part of Cas. There still isnt that many people in Cas, which is the point it am making. Why would people identify with a team called Cas, when there are very few people from Cas?


Should who in Hunslet be called Leeds?

West Yorkshire hasnt had a capital since 1986.

The only capitals West Yorkshire has ever had are "W" and "Y". Counties don't have capital cities.

And even then it wasnt leeds

Where the hell did i put it about where other places are. I was just pointing out too you that you need to learn to read before you put anything.

Anyway back to what this thread is meant to about.

Hopefully this problem with Wakey's ground will be solved sooner than later as IMO if they play at Barnsley's ground for more than 1 year it will kill the club and that is something this game does not need.

Given it is a year to the inquiry decision and then another year to build the stadium (if they get a yes) Trin need to be somewhere for at least 2 years. For the licence they would have to guarentee that they have somewhere to play for 3 years, and that it would be economically viable to make such a move.

Some plonkers have suggested that wakey may acquire BV and stay there. They fail to explain how wakey will access the £ms needed to buy back the ground.

I hope wakey get a nice ground for championship rugby. If they are well managed they should have a strong C1 team for 2012. The fans could enjoy a season of winning more than 50% of games and a bit of success.

They'll have the same £300K salary cap as all the other Championship clubs. Most of the clubs in the Championship are spending the max cap, so there's no reason to expect Wakefield or any other club that drops out of SL to be able to dominate. They'll be recruiting an entirely new squad, for one thing.

A year to allow for the Public Inquiry takes us to Dec 2011. A year build would take us to Dec 2012. If this were to happen, which of course isn't guaranteed to, then only one season would be needed away from Wakefield.

2011 - Belle Vue
2012 - Alternative ground
2013 - Newmarket