The 10,000 comes from the original plans for it to be all-seater, don't they? Could certainly get 12,700 and therefore big enough for Sale - the safety certificate would be a doddle now.

right, sod the ground capacity discussions - it's not going to happen.

LSV is run on £££s not sentiment. IF it is financially viable it will happen.

Is that a newer version of pop idol or a shag a celeb gameshow?

I just came on here to post this. I have heard the same thing from a great source.

85% sure it's happening.

If the HJ only holds just over 13,000 then there is no way LSV holds that many.

Not 100% then.

Yes it does, well 12,000 anyway but a few people in the know have said 12,700 so no need to doubt them.

Just going off the HJ really. It has a whole touchline of terracing, and all the other stands are bigger!

I think it's probably a little less than that, although you can probably squeeze some extras in the terraced end.

They should of made both ends terraced.

No, but they guy is very 'in the know'.

Would be great for you though, extra income no doubt.

I came over to the UK in October last year and was given an tour of the stadium by a very accomodating senior staff member. He told me then that the stadium can be configired and saftey cleared for 12700 but that the current (then) saftey license limit was 10000. Think I'll take his word for it.

If i am correct it was made to over 12,000 for SL standard no doubt someone will be able to give us the official figure.

Count the rows of seats in each stadium you will find the LSV has considerably more seats in each seated Stand, and the standing section behind the goal is much bigger too!

Don't go off just the size of the stands for the capacity, it's also dictated by the amount of space on the concourses etc as well. And the seating in our East and South Stands are considerably higher than the seating areas at Wire, I reckon.

It's quite straightforward really - the Leigh club is finally getting wise to the way the RFL works:-

RFL announces that minimum capacity for SL is 10,000.
Leigh announce 10,000+ capacity new build.
The RFL moves the goalposts and announces minimum capacity of 12,000.
Leigh announce a revised capacity of 12,000+, as the North stand will now be a standing area.
The RFL will probably announce a revised, revised capacity of 14,000.
Leigh will then announce that seats are to be taken out of the East stand, giving a new capacity of 16,000.
The RFL move the goalposts (and all other fixtures and fittings) and announce...........!

Don't think you're that far off the mark, to be fair Alan!

did I dream it or isnt there provisions (tentative ones I know) for the corners to be 'filled in' which will increase capacity to around the 18K mark?

Think that was the original idea, yes.

Also a 2nd tier can be easily added to the East, the foundations have been dug that way but it wasnt built due to the potential of low flying Geese

I also heard there are provisions to have a wembley-like sliding roof.

que the.
wigan will be playing at the LSV rumors again

They will have to wait until they fill in the corners then or it might be a bit breezy



Have they started to operate the shuttle buses from WIA?

There is also a machine under the pitch' which' merely at the press of a button in one of the unused ladies toilets in the East stand will elevate a 50 metre square area around the kick off spot so that should the LSV ever want to stage a pop concert' or a world heavyweight boxing match' it will enable extra fans to stand on the pitch and have a belting view.

Someones friend told my former mother in laws second cousins friend that the LSV had only been built because a Wigan councillor had been told by a fortune teller that there where pastry deposits round the area of Pennington flash.

And it's called Leighbly.

....... that in an effort to maintain the history of the game, any old stadium will do, capacity and condition no problem........
unless you want into SL from the outside