maybe we should send a few of the boys round to have a word?

A letter to the grundian from the club wouldn't be a bad idea, "disappointed by the image portrayed of the club " and inviting the "journalist" to be a guest at a game to get a better view of the current position of the club.

Her mate probably got it up cheapside every Saturday night after coming out of rooftops and she didn't that's her problem

Kerching!

Well said Neil. Much rather read your works than the bile she spouts.

She certainly does not know her history. Sandal Castle being "allowed to go to the whippets" - it was one of the finest examples of a Motte-and-bailey Castle and is famous for the Battle of Wakefield in 1460 where the Duke of York was killed. Much of the Castle was destroyed by Cromwell after the Civil War as Sandal supported the Royalist cause so it wasn't "allowed to go to the whippets"

I was born and raised in Wakefield and I'm proud of the fact and and not afraid to say where I'm from. I'll bet when asked she says she is from Leeds. Thats why I like Jane McDonald, proud to be from Wakefield and tells everbody that she is.

Wakefield and Proud.

People love rhubarb in the Limousin region of France where I live.
Served in some quite sophisticated restaurants.
So maybe Wakefield should twin with somewhere here and become sophisticated enough for the supercilious twit who wrote that article.
Had rhubarb yogurt for breakfast yesterday, bought from local supermarket.

Sandal Castle was was excavated in the mid sixties and not left to rot.
I know that because I worked as a volunteer on the dig.

When you read the comments, she's there trying to defend herself and keeps going on about the social deprivation and neglect of Wakefield, I'd love to know where exactly is all this neglect and social deprivation. I know we've got a few areas in town that could do with sorting out and most of it is going to be but what Cities around the country don't have their more run down parts and also have problems around City Nightlife, which Wakefield has improved vastly since the 80's & 90's.
I'd make a guess the article has been written to get a bit of attention for herself and the only thing she could think of, is to pick fault with her home town while writing a article about Rhubarb, makes sense. It especially makes you laugh since it's written by someone who is now living in London, which has far far more areas of neglect and social unrest than the whole of Yorkshire.

It really does tell me more about the writer of the piece that the town itself to be perfectly honest. The article seems to be particularly lazy and dishonest for the simple fact that in my life time, I've never seen so much regeneration around the place as there has been the last 5 or 6 years and continues to be, the City's unrecognizable in some parts to what it was 10 years ago.
Poor article from a immature girl.

I wonder if she is familiar with the M1 and M62 running through Wakefield? If so, maybe she should go play on one of them.

I am proud to say i come from wakefield and i was born and raised leeds

She was born & raised in Durkar, so obviously she has first hand experience of the derpravity she speaks of.



In the words of the great Alan Partridge "Some People".

Although with journalistic skills like that I'm surprised she's not on the "BBC gravy train".....

Wakefield & Proud love this club love this City

Ditto.

Although I do find it funny on days of national exposure (semi final 08 ect) these same people suddenly come out of the woodwork with a new found grace of civic pride. Phonies, wannabes & self aggrandized attention seekers.

If she's a Jan Moir wannabe then the good news for her is she's on the right track!

Silly girl!

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Ditto I love my City Wakefield for ever

Martin Kelner is interviewing the stuck up cow on radio Leeds tomorrow according to his Twitter thingy.

I wonder if she'll choose to retract any of the tosh she wrote last week, or attempt to justify it in some way?

Fortunately, her petty and mean-spirited article went largely ignored; the Festival was a massive success.

It's interesting how some people choose to attempt to divest themselves of their roots and in so doing, feel the need to criticise and denigrate the places they come from; unimaginitive and slightly pathetic, but still interesting.

Would like to rectify that problem

The success of the festival should really be the focus of attention here, rather than the immature blog post that sought to mock it. Sadly, it seems the young lady has found another vehicle to promote herself... unless Kelner is hosting a discussion about gay and lesbian communities and their lack of representation in the works of George Gissing. Hopefully, she'll get the 6AM slot, when most of us will still be tucked up in our beds, and she can spend her 15 minutes of fame enlightening truckers on the M62.

FWIW:- www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3149

FWIW:- www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/3149

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She will be on around 7:30

Excuse me but did she not disrespect our city in a national newspaper. We know the blog was immature but people believe what they read and the image of Wakefield will have been damaged. Outrage therefore is understandable and she most certainly should be the centre of attention on this post.

I am hugely proud of being a Wakefield Trinity fan and i can see that improvements are being made to the city centre, but parts of the city are an absolute shizzer hole, filled with some of the scrotiest no hopers i have ever seen.
That said these problems are all a result of a social and economic free fall over the last 20 years, maybe she should address these issues in her paper, many of whos readers are actively involved in these failing areas of our society.