Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 12:53 pm  

Talking to a ex Widnes player today, he told me that the Widnes Vikings will buying the Widnes St maries and will be known as Widnes maries Vikings.

Anyone else heard this?

IMO would be great move for all involved in Widnes.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 1:06 pm  

whats the point of that though? i fail to see any real reason for doing it.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 1:20 pm  

I'm not sure, perhaps to create better links in the juniors? Buying them out isn't necessary for that though.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 1:26 pm  

Aren't their rules about sides creating 'super amateur clubs' or something like that?

Had heard Widnes were looking at buying up the Maries club / grounds to do with the Liverpool rec development so maybe it's based around that?

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 1:34 pm  

It would make more sense that whoever has informed St Pete about this has got the wrong end of the stick and is actually on about the Liverpool Rec site which the club will be taking over the lease on. Maries then to move into that site given that they are struggling financially themselves and taking on the 'Vikings' moniker.

There wouldnt seem to be any point in Widnes buying up the Maries or their site and given the amount of people that are linked to them on TIW it would have broke there first rather than coming through these channels.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 4:19 pm  

widneslardboy wrote:

It would make more sense that whoever has informed St Pete about this has got the wrong end of the stick and is actually on about the Liverpool Rec site which the club will be taking over the lease on. Maries then to move into that site given that they are struggling financially themselves and taking on the 'Vikings' moniker.

There wouldnt seem to be any point in Widnes buying up the Maries or their site and given the amount of people that are linked to them on TIW it would have broke there first rather than coming through these channels.

I'm obviously not going to name the ex player but I'd say he'd know whats going on and doubt he'll have the wrong end of the stick.

From what he said, Widnes St maries are in huge debt, the club house has already been shut down( so he says).

He said that Widnes will invest in St maries and provide new changing rooms, club house( on Liverpool road/lane he said?) and all young St maries Vikings players will go on to be Widnes Viking scholarship players.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 5:11 pm  

It sounds like pretty much what I had put in my previous post.

The confusion was from you putting that Widnes would purchase the Maries club setup whereas now it sounds from the latest post as though they will move into the Vikings new facility on Liverpool Road.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 5:25 pm  

widneslardboy wrote:

It sounds like pretty much what I had put in my previous post.

The confusion was from you putting that Widnes would purchase the Maries club setup whereas now it sounds from the latest post as though they will move into the Vikings new facility on Liverpool Road.

All I know, he said Widnes Vikings would be going in with St maries and being called Widnes St maries Vikings. They will settle the debt that the club has and also produce young maries players in to the Vikings scholarship.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 5:31 pm  

St pete wrote:

All I know, he said Widnes Vikings would be going in with St maries and being called Widnes St maries Vikings. They will settle the debt that the club has and also produce young maries players in to the Vikings scholarship.

Isn't that heavy an involvement with amateur sides barred though! IIRC Wigan & Saints tried it before and it was blocked.

Re: Widnes St maries : Sun May 22, 2011 5:33 pm  

seems like a lot of fuss over nothing. they could still get younger lads in the academy without having any formal relationship with the maries. the club are building a new training facility on liverpool road, so maybe the maries will play there. i suppose its better than the rumour i heard, that bobbie goulding was going to buy the maries, sure fire way to drive even more punters away, all hes famous for around here these days is being a drunk bellend who picks on old men and young disabled lads in pubs.