'Residents fear they could end up with everything from a supermarket to fast food chains on their doorstep and there was some suggestion that the Castleford Tigers could end up sharing the ground too.'

Funny the way thats written suggests that they are going to have to put up with a supermarket, a fast food chain and even Castleford Tiger fans!




My mate in Stanley (who supports Bulls) is well up for it and says the area is crying out for a supermarket.

they would soon be up in arms if it was going to open up as a open cast mine



if the pit was still there would they complain if they said they was going to knock it down for a new community stadium to cover all sports for the wakefield area, I think not

There was talk of a supermarket been built a year or 2 ago in Stanley and I reckon it would do quite well. After all what ever is built creates jobs

It only takes a 10,000 petition to help!You can all do your bit.

I have heard (might not be fact, do your own research, IMO etc) that he is an Aussie trying to sort an aspect of his life out before it can be made public.

Tin hat on.

my mum lives in a big house in stanley and has signed .. also seeing her neighbours to sign too... wonder if the locals would rather have a sports stadium used every other week or a supermarket used 24 hours !




it's gonna be developed, everywhere is !

I'll try and get a few sheets signed from folk around my area in Stanley, should not have any probs. Lot that have been talking about it seem keen about it.

Pubs would be a good bet, if everyone dropped a few off at their local (with the landlord's approval (which shouldn’t be hard for the establishments in the Stanley area!!!!)) then it should see the numbers rise significantly.

Schools as well. If the community department took a few with them at each visit and dropped a few off with kids to get their parents and friends to sign the benefits could be two fold. Numbers increase and the kids also feel part of something and may be more inclined to go to matches.

took 3 sheets to my local last night on the off chance and they came back full, will be dropping some more off later

last night showed me that Wakefield Trinity are still not held in high regard in Wakefield and it will take time to rebuild confidence following years of neglect and before the SWAG police tell me off I did explain that the building of the stadium has very little to do with Trinity...

No SWAG police here - well done you for what you've done.

I was dropping forms off in the shop yesterday and there was a couple in who were asked about signing / taking a form. The lady immediately asked if it was for the new stadium, when we told her it was she immediately replied 'well I won't be signing one'! We enquired as to why and she said it was because she didn't agree with it and that we should stay at BV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



We could all spend an awful lot of unproductive time trying to win favour from people with these types of opinions - don't do it, smile, be polite and move on to someone who does agree with what we are doing.

Having tried to sell raffle tickets to a sceptical Wakefield public I know the type of replies you can get - and there is just no convincing that there is a different way.

Staying at BV would be my option, but in the real world that can't happen so lets get this show on the road.

Not disagreeing at all - we all love it, because of it's flaws, but we ain't got a future there and that is more important than our romantic attachments!

Did I read that bit correctly?! Was that in the Wakefield club shop?

What planet do these people live on.

It is a shame we could not knock down Belle Vue and rebuild their as for parking around the grounds on match day, they could have park and ride from the muti story car parks, most would walk to ground only allow Disabled people to park near the stadium......

But ya that my opinion, so I will be in for forms Saturday, have them filled in Sunday, and back to SWAG Monday...

C'mon you Wildcats...!!!

Could have turned the old power station site into a car park and built some kind of walk way to the ground.

It is a good idea a coach and car park, call the Bidge the Wakey Walk

Tell your mate not to worry theres a big Morrisons down the road in Rothwell

I notice that Coun. Jeffries also said - `sooner or later the site would have been developed`, maybe the protesters should consider the alternatives - retail park, business park, site for travellers, wind farm, nuclear power station etc. I think they should rejoice at plans for a Community Stadium, with numerous facilites available to all residents, but they seem to think that the development will be solely for WTW, blinkered nimbys in my view

Which are?

Don’t take this as gospel but I believe there will be more then just a new stadium on the proposed site. Perhaps the facilities that were considered for the development in the park will be at Newmarket instead (minus the swimming pool).

Councillor Jeffrey's also told the protestors that it was green belt land and as such would be called in by the Secretary of State.

Been posting this fact but few want to understand/listen/believe.

Having said that even though part of the site is Green Belt and it will be called in by Government Office (on behalf of thr SoS) if there is overwellming support for the development and few objections it can be passed back to the Council to determine without the need for a Public Inquiry.

That is why the petition is so important.

More details on the other facilities/users would be a big help for collecting signatures so people could see something in it for them rather than just a stadium for Trin

In a nutshell!