Happy new year to you and all the Wakey fans especially Wildthing bless him


Forget the tax dodgers and get behind the club and the team.

Agree!!!

Happy New Year Maffy

It would appear that the club have been royally shafted by all of this

Thinking of the two sites, I would say that most fans would prefer the Belle Vue development over Newmarket, but should situations arise, the plans could well be restrictive.

As for Newmarket, it isn't everybody's cup of tea, as it is a bit out of the way for some, but on the other hand, I feel there could be a bit of scope should the situation require it.

Reading back on some comments earlier in the week regarding other towns and cities sports facilities, the Barnsley ground isn't new, but has had a few developments in the 90s to bring it into line and Hull KR moved into their stadium in 1989, barely new, but again, upgraded bits at a time as and when they could and needed to.

One other thing, I read a few weeks ago, that the owner of OSsett Albion had huge ambitions of turning them into a professional club. Now I don't follow football as closely, and don't know how realistic this is, but how many tiers are they off, say League Two. Their current ground wouldn't accommodate the capacity requirements, so I can only see a groundshare as a viable option, with us waiting so long for a stadium, can't see the council approving another stadium in such a short space of time.

However, should this happen, and they go pro, and they progress even further like what Wimbledon did in the 80's, would either NM or BVs capacity accommodate them.

With potential of further revenue streams from visiting football teams, nearly twice as many games in a domestic football season, and with the FA probably having more oomph than the RFL, this could put huge pressure on WMDC and York court to deliver

They’ve already got plans to level and re lay the pitch , also changing, club house and hospitality facilities.

As have the council tax payers of the District; YCP have been gifted a development worth 10's of £millions, without so much as attempting to even vaguely hop in the general direction of the hoops they should have been robustly forced to jump through by WMDC; and we've ended up with a half-d semi-fix for the stadium situation, that will benefit yet another wealthy business man, to the detriment of the club.

And let's not forget, despite that fluffy press release, we are absolutely nowhere nearer to a redeveloped BV than we were in the minutes before it was written.

It's an absolute fudge, and even if it does happen, it's the worst possible outcome, that misses out the proposed training area and multi-sports facilities that would have benefited amateur sports clubs, not to mention the parking and accessibility problems that do and always will plague BV.

Why have the club aborted legal action if we are still no closer to getting what was promised, in some form or another?

Good question.

I really do hope that Wakefield are able to secure their long term future. In the meantime though credit to the petrol station that donated its forecourt roof to provide a little extra shelter down that south west corner.

Just noticed it? Only been there about 5 years

don't get there very often, even more credit that they've not asked for it back then!

Just your typical plastic Rhinos fan then????

These days, yeah

get there more for 19s games

And the leeds away end has how much cover

None, but the rest of the ground will provide a spectacular view from under your umbrella.

That's lovely

Just going back to jizzer question why abort legal action if the deal is not good enough

MC must think it is, for the club.

Either that, or maybe he thought we were unlikely to win. Just speculating, but maybe his hand has been forced to withdraw for other reasons...we are dealing with our council after all

Out of curiosity BLM, what is, or what will the capacity be at Ossett Albion, once their work is all complete.

Tidy little ground is Ossett Albion but I would think they need to sort out a different access route (maybe off Healey Road if that were possible) in order to have a viable expansion plan.

Only reason why I ask, is that according to Wiki, I think their capacity was something like 3000, and the average attendance in the 4th tier, should they go professional, and work their way up through the leagues was 4700. If this were to happen, and were to progress, and who knows, maybe even beyond that, then their ground would probably be deemed too small. We are still fighting for a new stadium, and have been as long as I have been supporting them just about. Should one day Ossett need to move to a new and bigger stadium, what is the likeliehood of this council delivering another stadium on top of what we are trying to achieve.

To me, a facility, which would be shared with us and Ossett, would seem the most feasable option.

There ambition to get into the next tier will also require ground improvement as well as a squad build. Exactly what recommendations are required regarding the capacity I’m not sure but they’ve already got a full time manager and a decent players budget backed by 2 very keen and ambitious young business men.

Can’t see where they’d put a new stadium in Ossett apart from at the holiday in on Queens Drive... which I’m sure was one of the original suggestions for a new Stadium... ever get the feeling we’re talking in circles!