Covid riddled??? I live kirklees. In an area where there are ZERO cases of Covid.
I live 16 miles away from the concentration of Covid cases within kirklees. I actually live closer to Lancashire than I do to that area of kirklees.
Your stadium is 8 miles away from that conventration- perhaps it should be those in Wakefield that shouldn’t be travelling.......
You say “do t have a go” but you are claiming it’s ludicrous those in kirklees come to watch the game so don’t seem surprised when someone “has a go at you” when what’s ludicrous is the idea of all of kirklees being lumped together

Let's not get too carried away re: COVID. Plus guests to this forum be careful 'having a go' at posters or it may be a short visit.
Let's keep it RL related chat, thanks.

Just to get this in to perspective COVID riddled Kirklees in last seven days is 437 , wakefield is 1,998 so perhaps it’s wakefield residents that should be banned from coming into the ground to protect Kirklees residents.

The government guidance actually referred to north Kirklees - eg dewsbury, batley spen valley and Mir field , not Shelley Shelley denby dale scisset where there have been virtually no cases in the last three weeks.

We’ve bought three tickets and are prepared to come in to wakefield because we think the risk is actually pretty minimal.

Hopefully the ground will be as full as capacity will allow with a mixture of all fans, really enjoyed last week and felt very safe in the ground compliments to all involved

Relax man.
The news that was on yesterday evening referred to "Kirklees" and wasn't specific within the district.
It also suggested that people shouldn't travel to and from the area for anything other than essential travel.

If this has been clarified / updated since, that's great and I hope that you enjoy your trip over here (not too much, of course).

However, after what everyone has been through over the last 12 months or so, IF and I repeat IF Kirklees is on some kind of "red" or "amber" list, with guidance being not to travel in and out of that area, then, coming over for a game of rugby is bonkers.

As things stand, It's the actions of selfish people that has prolonged the pandemic in the UK (lets remember that it''s the INDIAN variant that is most prevalent at present) so, no apology from me but, I'm happy to be corrected if things have moved on.

As I said, enjoy the game !

lol indeed

Where's John Wayne when you need him?

Purely because I'm a stickler for accurate facts being quoted, according to official Govt figures seven days up to 25 May, Kirklees 485 positive tests, Wakefield 150. As you were!

you do realise how big an are 'kirklees' covers don't you? and 80% of the areas with the highest covid rates are smack bang next door to wakefield council area, surely if we are going to worry about case rates we should worry about where they actually are rather than what silly council name they come under. There are only 2 areas of HUDDERSFIELD with over 10 cases yet the 4 'Kirklees' wards immediately bordering Wakefield ALL have over 15 and as high as 72, clearly the issue is geographically closer to Wakefield than Huddersfield regardless of what numbers are given for some made up name for a large area, anyone can see this so to pretend it isn't an issue anywhere near Wakefield is pretty silly, it is it's on Wakefield's doorstep.

Clearly your not as my facts came from Kirklees and Wakefield council web sites . Seems to me your more of a stickler for finding facts that suit your preconceptions

Nah he/she/it is too busy looking for facts to demonstrate any common sense

Perhaps you should make a phone call and get the borders moved


I dont think that covid stops at city limits or fails to transmit to folk who happen to support Huddersfield and live cose to the city centre.
The point remains that Kirklees remains "an area of concern", with advice being not to travel unless neccessary, countered boy, "people should use their judgement" (whatever the hell that means).

Lets hope for some sunshine and a decent game and that EVERYONE stays safe. Oh and a Trinity win

Wonder if this has sold out yet? I saw the north stand tickets are out of stock.

Someone asked me to get them an e-ticket yesterday and East Stand Paddock was only area not sold out. I reckon if you bought a season ticket today you'd probably get in where you wanted.

Luckily I got my ticket for North stand early this week to avoid being disappointed. It seems that a few people are trying to get tickets but there’s no more available. You snooze you lose I guess.

Tell that to your fellow fan who seems to think that it stops at the 'kirklees' border and won't creep over into nearby wakefield, as i said the 'area of concern' is slap bang next door to wakefield whether you want to accept it or not and play stupid by pretending that 'kirklees' and it's infected areas are a million miles from wakefield.#

With rates been so high so close to your ground i'm probably safer staying in my area of 'kirklees' this weekend

It’s also slap bang next to Huddersfield abs anyone who lives in huffs will have to travel through it to get to Wakefield.
From a stats point the Kirklees NHS area are reporting 5 times the current cases that the mid west York’s NHS and Kirklees serves a 5th of the populous the Mid west York’s does, that means you’re 25 times more likely to become infected in Kirklees than Wakefield, whether you live in fartown Lockwood, birkby, minefield Batley or spenborough

Hmm yes I agree tell it how it is in the highly populated overcrowded Asian areas of Kirklees they a high incidence of covid Indian variant just like the equivalent areas in wakefirld. I note that you haven’t highlighted upper Denby , shepley emley etc rural areas which have had virtually no covid cases for a year you have virtually no covid for 12 months yet still get lumped into Kirklees

I have no problem going into our local shops bars etc but am quite frightened coming into covid central areas like that around belle vue

There isn’t any “high incidence of the Indian variant” anywhere in the WMDC NHS area, there is no worries at all, not even in the small area of agbrigg that you are eluding to

You’re quite right in what you say and there is clearly no hidden issue with your post despite a silly attempt to make it appear otherwise.

It’s a sad world.

Again do you know how big kirklees is? it borders, lancashire, derbyshire, south yorkshire, high peak, i'm pretty sure there's no to little chance of catching covid in some of these areas, a hell of a lot less than say, the belle vue area of wakefield.
you lot really dont get it do you, do you think there's as the same chance of catching covid in say Scapegoat Hill 27 miles away from your ground than there is in Chickenley 6.5 miles away even though they are both classed as being in kirklees, an area created because someone decided to lump half of west yorkshire under the same council, using adminiatration rather than geography is pretty stupid, as stupid as lumping all of kirklees under 1 umbrella.

I don’t think I’ve read a more tedious thread

I Would imagine that the large majority of those people who live around Belle Vue, have never even been inside the stadium, therefore, I think we who go to the game should be quite alright from any nasty old virus. I’ll be there sat in the old stand, hopefully for the final year, before it finally comes down.

Quote ="Kirmudgeonlyisback"Clearly your not as my facts came from Kirklees and Wakefield council web sites . Seems to me your more of a stickler for finding facts that suit your preconceptions'" https://coronavirus-staging.data.gov.uk/ No idea where you are getting your 'facts' from go to cases, look at local authorities and then Kirklees, Wakefield.

Quote ="Kirmudgeonlyisback"Clearly your not as my facts came from Kirklees and Wakefield council web sites . Seems to me your more of a stickler for finding facts that suit your preconceptions'" https://coronavirus-staging.data.gov.uk/ No idea where you are getting your 'facts' from go to cases, look at local authorities and then Kirklees, Wakefield.

It's got nothing to do with the individual areas and villages of Kirklees, or where it is next door to.

Kirklees is the administrative body responsible for the towns & villages where the covid rise is evident, so it is "Kirklees" that the govt intervention affects.

It's a legal mechanism.

Indeed.