Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:56 pm  

TF and the wire wrote:

"Headingley best ground in superleague" you're havin a larf, aintcha. It's garbage. Large sections of the ground open to the elements. even the new Carnegie stand. Main stand has wooden cramped seating. Bottlenecks at the corners for species trying got get to their places.

Outside their are few facilities, poor rail link, poor road link to the motorway. Absolute dump of place, and that's not just cos we got beat today

Headingley's main street is probably around the same distance from the ground as Warrington town centre is from your ground. It would probably be half the size as your town centre so has plenty of facilities.
If you class the Carnegie Stand as being open to the elements how do you feel about your own ground with its unproportioned high roofs compared to the height of the terrace?

Headingley's definitely a horrible place to lose a game at, especially if your the massive favourites

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:04 pm  

Dropkick Murphy wrote:

We went into the Wetherspoon's in the station for about 30 seconds, which was enough time to discover that it was too full to sit down and have breakfast, so Maccies had to do instead. It mostly looked full of Hull KR though. That was just after arriving at 10.15am.

Didn't set foot in another pub all day so no idea who was about.

Doesn't surprise me. It's busy on most days. On LUFC match days though it attracts a few none-scarf wearers, particularly when playing 'interesting' opponents

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:08 pm  

Les Norton wrote:

Headingley's definitely a horrible place...

You really didn't need anything after that.

Seriously though, whilst it isn't the worst ground in Super League, it's a long way from the best. And it definitely isn't an appropriate stadium/location to accommodate 13,000+ fans all travelling in from outside the city.

The train may be great for those who can afford it, but a family of four could have gone today for £20 on the official club coaches compared to £65 on the train.

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:17 pm  

Thelonius wrote:

You really didn't need anything after that.

Seriously though, whilst it isn't the worst ground in Super League, it's a long way from the best. And it definitely isn't an appropriate stadium/location to accommodate 13,000+ fans all travelling in from outside the city.

The train may be great for those who can afford it, but a family of four could have gone today for £20 on the official club coaches compared to £65 on the train.

What it's missing is a big carpark. Other than that i think it's comparable to most new grounds. Leeds is a pretty big place, it's not reasonable, unlike Warrington, to just expect a centralised location with good motorway links.

On a similar theme, I loved Wilderspool. Very atmospheric. Good bar at the back of the Railway End. A bit too much sand on the pitch though

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:20 pm  

Les Norton wrote:

On a similar theme, I loved Wilderspool. Very atmospheric. Good bar at the back of the Railway End. A bit too much sand in the pitch though

Give over, Wilderspool had the best grass pitch anywhere in world sport for several years. We covered it in manure every other week.

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:46 pm  

RoversTrace wrote:

Headingley really isn't fit for purpose when it comes to hosting such a big game.

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Big game ?, there was only 13k on today , Headingley regularly handles crowds of 17-18 k comfortably

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:07 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

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Big game ?, there was only 13k on today , Headingley regularly handles crowds of 17-18 k comfortably

Not when all the support is away.

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:09 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

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Big game ?, there was only 13k on today , Headingley regularly handles crowds of 17-18 k comfortably

not quite getting the 'semi final at a neural ground' thing are you?

Re: Coaches after the game : Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:10 pm  

Stick a roof on the away end and it'd be my favourite ground in the league.

Re: Coaches after the game : Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:46 am  

garyhulsefan wrote:

Stick a roof on the away end and it'd be my favourite ground in the league.

I think this is spot on & sums Headingly up.