Exactly. This should be taken very seriously. I have doubts over the game on the 20th.

Given how tight building regs are these days especially where the public are involved i can't see this stadium being signed off by building control in the near future, they will need to find out why this has happened more than once, to sign it off as complete and safe they will need to be 100% certain that it won't happen again and at the min that can't be guaranteed.

At a guess i'd say its a structural issue as the design has been changed since the original blueprints were given the ok, it will have different stress and weak points now. When stadiums are designed they will take into account swirling winds inside that put an upwards pressure on a roof, it certainly shouldn't be happening as these arn't the strongest winds that were gonna get.

It could be something as simple dodgy fastenings that arn't strong enough to keep the roof in place, dodgy workmanship or at worse the structural integrity of the stadium needs a rethink.

Fully Agree Senior Fatbelly. Something needs to be sorted with that corner of the ground before a game is even played there, there have been far too many Stadia related disasters in sport as it is... let's not bring RL down that route also

Worrying times for them.

Reckon I'll bring my hard hat along when we visit.

I imagine there will be a significant number of helmets at each game there.

The Halliwell Jones Stadium - structurally secure since 2004.

I'd love to know what Jon Wilkin thinks of this - he's got an opinion on everything else.

One eyed Pie Eater in Saints worrying sensation.

Who was the Contractor?

Touching, isn't it? Funny, his alter-ego 'Onedego' doesn't seem quite so sympathetic on the Saints forum.

For the overall development it was Barr, who are experienced in stadium builds. However, they subcontracted the roof work to a company in Carlisle who usually construct roofs for Tesco (and in fact did the Tesco roof on the stadium site). However, according to their website they are inexperienced in the kind of work they did on the stadium. I guess that is showing!

He needs to get a life, if he's not drooling about flags and Brigantes, or counting the gate at the DW, he's having a go at Saints and us. I'm amazed he finds the time to do his marketing degree.

1st march 1990 same thing happened at Knowsley road after about 4 mins when they were playing us and the match was abandoned ! Same old skip different location !

Was it really only after 4 mins

I seem to remember us winning something like 15 -4 when the match was abandoned.

www.wire2wolves.com/history.php? ... se_level=3

www.wire2wolves.com/history.php? ... se_level=3

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On 14th March, Paul Cullen is sent off at St Helens and given an eight match ban which forces him out of the Challenge Cup semi-final and subsequently the final at Wembley. The match at St Helens was a replay of the match on 1st March, which was abandoned after 4 minutes when part of the stand roof blew off at Knowsley Road.

I never got my money back for that game. Send me a cheque now Mr McManus!

Yeah spot on a piece of corregation blew off a roof and struck our then centre Gary Mercer on the leg calling for the match to be abanonded!

I'd be suprised if their is much left of their ground come thursday, large sections of the roof are probably landing in peoples gardens as we speak.

Any more news about The Roof Hangs Free Stadium?

From BBC
St Helens are hopeful that the first match at their new Langtree Park stadium will go ahead as planned despite storm damage.

A triangular section of roofing was dislodged as gales and driving rain swept through the area on Tuesday.

Saints, who played at Widnes's Halton Stadium in 2011 after leaving Knowsley Road, are scheduled to open their new home against Widnes on 20 January.

A club statement said events leading up to the game would continue as planned.

It said: "Contractors accessed the site as soon as weather conditions allowed and they have now taken steps to make the roof safe.

"Work will continue to repair the roof to the highest standard and the programme of events in the run-up to the first match on 20 January against Widnes will continue as planned."


According to Wire FM this morning Saints have said the game v Widnes IS going ahead.....................................lets see what mother nature has to say about that!

i have just watched blue peter couldn`t believe their new appeal.NEW ROOF FOR DEADTREE PARK.They are asking for any tin foil products,if they can get 50,000 square meters of it, fold it over four times and with some sticky back plastic,the roof will be as good as new(oh sorry it already is new). note: all work wil be done by JOHN WAYNE constructions(yes another cowboy firm)

Well, the winds were stronger last night than the previous day and there is no further damage to the roof this morning.

But from a different direction.

So?