I think the first game was a re arranged game v Widnes, which we won

Yes, the original game , which we were well behind when dense fog came down causing the game being called off, and as you say, the rearranged game we won beneath the new lights.

Are the new ones halogen as I thought they would be LED ??

They are, my mistake.

Another floodlight gone up

Up the Trin

Just to be pedantic, the old ones weren't halgen either, they were "gas discharge metal halide" lamps

They were ancient.

God knows how Cas get away with theirs, they look wood fired.

Indeed. Cas are still seem to be using the ones like our original tripod tower lights from the 60s.
Weren't ours seen as dangerous as they were too close to the field and also not bright enough for sky?

No ours were set much further back than theirs, ours were behind the east stand of memory serves me. They certainly wernt pitch side.

I think ours were condemned as they were corroded?

You're right, they were at the back of the east stand and in line with the front of the west stand. A good distance from the field. Just had a look on the Trinity Heritage site. Amazing how your memory plays tricks. Maybe conflating with Cas' lights.

So, potentially another memory failure, were they condemned when the council owned the stadium? Or was that the west stand? Or neither?

I was at Cas a few years ago when Trinity played them and the match was abandoned as their floodlights caught fire! An interesting way to end a game. It looks as though they are still using them.

I’m not sure if the council owned the stadium at that time, or just had responsibilities for ground maintenance. I do seem to remember the council returning ground maintenance back to the club, and within days, the council condemned the lights as unsafe, resulting in new floodlights being required. Some things never change where someone in council doesn’t take kindly to Trinity.

I remember that night. An interesting end to the game.

I remember for the fact that the lights blew up and WE WON!!

My step-dad was Principal Electrical Engineer for WMDC at that time and I'm fairly sure he was the one that condemned the floodlights. It was the tubular steel poles that they were mounted on that were the problem as when they were originally installed they were not capped off, so over the years they filled up with rainwater and began corroding from the inside out. Apparently when they drilled into them to check their stability, jets of water came shooting out of each one and my step-dad couldn't understand how they were still standing, so had no option but to condemn them on safety grounds !!

Thanks for the explanation, it always makes sense when someone explains the reason behind the event.

Bradford Bulls have returned to play at Odsal but in their absence Stock Car Racing has been re-introduced resulting in the pitch now being 2 metres narrower than the minimum requirement. But they have been given dispensation by RL to play there! Anybody surprised by that decision ?

No I’m not surprised, some people are bending over backwards to accommodate the Bull, but I find it more surprising that the opposition clubs agree to playing on a undersized pitch, unless said clubs have given Hobson’s Choice.

It's 4 metres - 2 metres per touchline.

51 instead of the minimum 55 metres.

And, just to really rub it in - it was officially measured as 50.8 metres wide before today's match. That won't be made public though...oops!

I try to keep an eye on the council planning meetings, and today I noticed the June 17th meeting on the council site shows.

10:00 am CANCELLED - Planning and Highways Committee

I am aware that JM mentioned at the May Q&A, it would probably be the July planning meeting when both the Stadium and the Newmarket plot 8 applications would be heard. He also said they (the Newmarket lot) had been told by the council and Trinity, that the July deadline had to me met.
It mentions on the council site, “there are no meetings in August “ therefore, if the Enabling application (plot eight) isn’t heard at the July meeting, and as mentioned at the Q&A session the Stadium funding hasn’t been agreed between Trinity and Developers, the club would walk away.
We have not had any news on how or if those discussions on funding have been concluded or ongoing. I know the parties involved will have to keep meeting discussions, confidential until any agreements are signed sealed and delivered, but surely, we could be told, talks are taking place.
I, along with others on here, still have reservations about the developers, and considering that the club has still not asked fans, public, to support the plot 8 application, is a concern.
If the July meeting doesn’t work out for Trinity, then it’s highly unlikely that the September start date of Stadium redevelopment will happen.
Sorry to be a bit doom and gloomy just as the playing side of the club is looking brighter, but our long term future is still uncertain.

As someone involved in this since 2004, I'm not the least bit worried. It will happen when it happens and these delays overall are not huge.

It is worth noting that Covid has had a huge effect on the situation. You have to laugh, only Trinity could be so unlucky as to be on the brink of something big only for a pandemic to arrive. Nobody saw that one coming.

The electric power boxes, are they the grey cabinets at the back or side of the pylons and looked quite rusty if yes they are now green very shiny indeed. I would suggest they're new.

Well if the old bulbs were halogen, are they not going to be deemed illegal

What "old bulbs"?

The new lights are LED.

No the old bulbs that the LED lights replaced, if so we would have had to upgrade soon anyway, so good we sorted it now