Will This Do?

Dreadnaught Stadium - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Looks great, I don't know how easy it'll be to push it through in the current economic climate but I'm sure Sir Rodders will sort it out. Wish it was Junction 39 though!

That is just temporary on field form. It has nothing to do with the social and economic strength of the club.



The fact of the matter is that Hull FC are a massive rugby league club, with great tradition, with a much more substantial fan base than Wakefield. That is why they were able, in cooperation with the Hull City football club, to have the KC built -- a wonderful purpose built stadium that I enjoy attending as a visiting fan, and that that they can actually fill with people from the city of Hull!



Hull FC also happens to have a great junior set up and the best club website in Super League.



The city and the developers knew that Hull FC could back up its claims. Wakefield just doesn't have the community strike power or national presence that Hull FC has.



Those from Wakefield who want to compare themselves favourably with Hull FC are living in a fantasy world.



But once again, the bottom line is the economic climate. It is hard to see it happening in time for the 2011 franchise decision. With all its other problems, Wakefield could see itself back in the championships, battling it out with Leigh, Halifax, and Whitehaven.



The only realistic solution is to have a Calder United Super League club, with Wakefield, Castleford, and Featherstone in the Championship division functioning as feeder clubs with their own hard core club supporters. Then the money and the fan base will be there for a 15,000 seater Calder stadium! This is not my original idea, I am happy to admit. Sir Maurice Lindsay, one of the most astute judges in the game, proposed this 15 years ago!

You have show there you no nothing.

At the formation of British telecom many years ago every local council bar one, hull sold the rights to telephone exchanges to the newly formed bt. Fast forward to 98/99 and Hull council have Kingston communications valued as part of an audit, they had it on their books at about £50million. They were more than a little surprised when it was valued at £2-3 Billion! so they sold it sharpish and spent massively in hull. This included the KC (Kingston Communications) stadium. They could afford to throw £20 million or so at it, what was it to them at the time? Peanuts. Hull football club and Hull f.c were gifted the stadium without any investment on their behalf.

You got lucky, really really lucky

I didn't get lucky. I just enjoy visiting the KC stadium after a very long drive, and a lot of time looking for parking.



But Wakey won't have any thing happoen, such as you have described, to back up their grandiose plans.

Note to self: don't bite. He is clearly crackers.

i can't beleive that anybody would take the time and effort to sit down and concoct such a load of B0ll0cks!

OK, have it your way!



I will be back here in early 2011, on the eve of the 2012 SL franchises being announced, to see how the Wakefield stadium plan is going.

Nigels got plenty of spare time up at Red Hall

I've got a better idea. Drive down the M62 and sit in it!

Does that mean you are not going to post on here till then



Hooray