All those years when they've said 'it may be our shed, but at least we own it'

Chairman Eamonn McManus said: "[iKnowsley Road cannot function for another year but the Halton Stadium is only a couple of miles from St Helens[/i.

its 9.7 miles..............not a couple.

Every saints home game is effectively away

They will have to put on free buses or something!

[url=http://www.saintsnewstadium.com/Looks like they could be changing their name to 'Saints RL' with a badge change aswell[/url

We're not changing our name.

It's only 5 from my house.

They probably won't be walking to the new ground either.

The club will have to put some kind of transport on, but I don't see why it would have to be free.

13,350 capacity, not sure how they will gloss this up.

we are lodgers for one season,after which we will own our brand new stadium,you lot are full-time lodgers,,getting told to change matchdays for the mighty latics !!!!

Why do we need to? It just means you'll get about 250 tickets for the derby next year

Well its more than a tad embarressing, season ticket sales down, match day ticket sales down, no revenue from food n booze, new shirt sales down. Going to be a costly year.

good point,,we might not be able to cover costs,honour players contracts,seal major sponsorship deals,,we might have to sell our ground to a major supermarket chain and move in as lodgers with the local football team,,,,no things could never get that bad

Why's it embarrassing?

We knew we were going to have to take a hit financially, we also (well most) knew that we were likely to have to play at Widnes or Leigh for all/most of next year as Knowsley Road [ihad[/i to be vacated at the end of this season.

It'll be embarrassing if we get gates of 4,000 next year, but that hasn't happened yet.

And yet still, we are in a miles better position than you will ever be

Im sure most supporters would be willing to spend one season at another ground if they knew that they would have a permanent home ground that was purpose built for Rugby League in the near future.

I don't think its embarassing at all.

Great stuff!

This is the best news Saints have had for many a year.

A purpose built stadium of your own is the dream for many a club.

The fact we are moving down the road for a few games (13) is not an issue for many, indeed I'd say most.
Especially as transport options will be provided by the club.

Season Ticket sales have never reached 13,500 so that wont be an issue for us, also deals are going to be on offer for those who take up the ticket at Widnes.

Only issue is for away fans who may get a lower allocation than this and previous seasons.

Fantastic news

You've been saying that to yourselves every year since 2002 though

Good to see you've given up on finishing in the top 4 next year...

We will see....

I can't believe a wigan fan just said that

I have no idea what revenue Saints will be able to generate from their new ground but it must be enough to pay for its upkeep as well as financing the team. They owned KR did they not and look what happened there.

If it isn't used Oct through Feb it's just a drain on the finances for those months.

I hope thay can make it pay but it isn't a simple matter of ownership being great, leasing being bad.

Dave

From st helens to widnes stadium is 5 miles not 13 miles as someone on here have said.

Only a club who don't own there ground but have to lease it off a football team would see that saints getting there own brand new stadium is a bad thing

He must be using the same calculator that mo had when we went over the cap

I would imagine we will get 3-3.5k for our game against next them next year, we will have the end nearest on the main rd