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Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:03 pm  

dboy wrote:

The irritation for us, on top of the fact that we are still battling to get the stadium/upgrade we want, we have to listen to this urban myth of "you only got in SL cos you promised X".

It may well be frustrating, but its not difficult to see why that will have taken hold. You get promoted after winning the 1998 Division 1. The next year Hunslet win it and get told they are ineligible for promotion due to their ground. The following year Dewsbury win it and get told the same thing. So either your ground was good enough, or you promised to make it so. You are saying it's the former. I don't know which is true, that's why I was asking.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:14 pm  

https://www.webcitation.org/5roV185aT?u ... 722356.ece https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2009/ ... dium-plans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-11606958 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bra ... 533503.amp https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ne ... wakefield/ Granted not a beacon of truth, but Wikipedia states that your 2007 application for the 2009 season mentioned being in a new stadium by 2010. You were told you wouldn't get a licence in 2011 without improvements of which you made none. You got in because Crusaders folded. Similarly, Cas according to those articles would be in a new ground by now and currently have what appear to be bushes growing out of the terraces.

https://www.webcitation.org/5roV185aT?u ... 722356.ece https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2009/ ... dium-plans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-11606958 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bra ... 533503.amp https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ne ... wakefield/ Granted not a beacon of truth, but Wikipedia states that your 2007 application for the 2009 season mentioned being in a new stadium by 2010. You were told you wouldn't get a licence in 2011 without improvements of which you made none. You got in because Crusaders folded. Similarly, Cas according to those articles would be in a new ground by now and currently have what appear to be bushes growing out of the terraces.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:55 pm  

dboy wrote: Where in that piece are you seeing the words "We promise to build a stadium by X date"? Will a headline which includes the word ' promises ' be sufficient? https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpr ... ium-698678

dboy wrote: Where in that piece are you seeing the words "We promise to build a stadium by X date"? Will a headline which includes the word ' promises ' be sufficient? https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpr ... ium-698678

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:01 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote: https://www.webcitation.org/5roV185aT?url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_league/article6722356.ece https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2009/ ... dium-plans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-11606958 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bra ... 533503.amp https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ne ... wakefield/ Granted not a beacon of truth, but Wikipedia states that your 2007 application for the 2009 season mentioned being in a new stadium by 2010. You were told you wouldn't get a licence in 2011 without improvements of which you made none. You got in because Crusaders folded. Similarly, Cas according to those articles would be in a new ground by now and currently have what appear to be bushes growing out of the terraces. Not a single one of those articles contains an attributable quote, to any club official, promising a stadium by any given date.

Egg Chasing wrote: https://www.webcitation.org/5roV185aT?url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_league/article6722356.ece https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2009/ ... dium-plans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... e-11606958 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bra ... 533503.amp https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ne ... wakefield/ Granted not a beacon of truth, but Wikipedia states that your 2007 application for the 2009 season mentioned being in a new stadium by 2010. You were told you wouldn't get a licence in 2011 without improvements of which you made none. You got in because Crusaders folded. Similarly, Cas according to those articles would be in a new ground by now and currently have what appear to be bushes growing out of the terraces. Not a single one of those articles contains an attributable quote, to any club official, promising a stadium by any given date.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:02 pm  

Ornery Optimist wrote: Will a headline which includes the word ' promises ' be sufficient? https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpr ... ium-698678 No because it's the journalist who has written "promises" and they are not the words of anyone connected with that club. The word "promise" isn't even used in the article!

Ornery Optimist wrote: Will a headline which includes the word ' promises ' be sufficient? https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpr ... ium-698678 No because it's the journalist who has written "promises" and they are not the words of anyone connected with that club. The word "promise" isn't even used in the article!

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:00 pm  

dboy wrote:

Not a single one of those articles contains an attributable quote, to any club official, promising a stadium by any given date.

They are plans for a new stadium submitted over a decade ago and approved. "Look Mr RFL man, we have approved plans for a new ground" (or Mr taxman at one stage)

A decade later and you're still in the same poop hole and actually appear further away from a new ground than you apparently were then.

You've taken the p*** for years.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:03 pm  

Moving to a new stadium around 2010. Told to improve the stadium or be kicked out in 2011. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/th ... ouncement/ 2021 rolls around and STILL no new ground.

Moving to a new stadium around 2010. Told to improve the stadium or be kicked out in 2011. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/th ... ouncement/ 2021 rolls around and STILL no new ground.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:14 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote: Moving to a new stadium around 2010. Told to improve the stadium or be kicked out in 2011. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/th ... ouncement/ 2021 rolls around and STILL no new ground. shame we haven't a professional football ball team to latch onto

Egg Chasing wrote: Moving to a new stadium around 2010. Told to improve the stadium or be kicked out in 2011. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/th ... ouncement/ 2021 rolls around and STILL no new ground. shame we haven't a professional football ball team to latch onto

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:19 pm  

snowie wrote:

shame we haven't a professional football ball team to latch onto

It is yes. Perhaps then you'd have solid facilities.

Our academy stadium is better than your first team stadium.

Re: Elite Academies : Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:23 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

They are plans for a new stadium submitted over a decade ago and approved. "Look Mr RFL man, we have approved plans for a new ground" (or Mr taxman at one stage)

A decade later and you're still in the same poop hole and actually appear further away from a new ground than you apparently were then.

You've taken the p*** for years.

I'm not a Cas fan, I'm Wakey.

We are closer than ever to actually getting real development.

I must ask though; aren't you a Wigan fan?

You don't even have a loving ground!