Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:21 am  

Dewsbury ground 5.4 miles from Wakefield city centre. Feath ground 6.7 miles according to AA .At least try and be accurate when making a point Sacred Cow.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:27 am  

thebeagle wrote:

Dewsbury ground 5.4 miles from Wakefield city centre. Feath ground 6.7 miles according to AA .At least try and be accurate when making a point Sacred Cow.

As i stated i was quoting it from Belle Vue. Please try and read posts correctly before being a smart booty.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:14 am  

If it's any consolation to Trinity fans, if we have to move to Dewsbury Rams Stadium it has a Wakefield postcode [WF12 7RH]

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:28 am  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Do you really think the council would feel any embarrassment at us moving out of Wakefield? If so i can promise you that you are misguided on that one, they will probably hold a leaving party. In fact us voluntarily taking the option to move out with 4 years left to run on our lease to a ground outside the area is akin to digging our own grave, it gives another stick to beat us with. It is a decision that could have dire long term consequences without a guaranteed exit plan. And what chance that? You are right that Belle Vue is hardly in palatial surroundings and maybe we could be trying to polish a turd by doing it up but in my opinion it is better than moving away. As for the Fev thing a fair comparison is taking the distance from our current ground, the one everyone is used to visiting. In that case Dewsburys ground is getting on for nearly twice as far away as Post Office Road and that ground is already superleague ready. Would there not be a better option if possible?

Wakey's Belle Vue stadium postcode is wf1 5ey. According to Google Earth, Dewsbury Rams stadium [postcode wf12 7rh] is 6.7miles from Trinity Belle Vue ground. Featherstone Rovers stadium[postcode wf7 5en] is 5.6miles from Trinity ground so only 1.1mile difference. [these distances are by road and shortest possible route]

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:39 am  

KevW60349 wrote:

Wakey's Belle Vue stadium postcode is wf1 5ey. According to Google Earth, Dewsbury Rams stadium [postcode wf12 7rh] is 6.7miles from Trinity Belle Vue ground. Featherstone Rovers stadium[postcode wf7 5en] is 5.6miles from Trinity ground so only 1.1mile difference. [these distances are by road and shortest possible route]

I'll give you that one! The Owl Lane stadium is actually closer to my house than Belle Vue is, but i'd still prefer to be playing within our own boundaries. The fact remains though that not only is one is within Wakefield MDC and one isn't one will also need work to bring it up to superleague standard whilst one wouldn't. I would guess we would have to contribute to some degree to any building works, why spend money on someone elses ground for a years stay? It will be a very symbolic move to go outside the area to Dewsbury and a very risky one at that. Still just my opinion, others may feel different.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:48 am  

Sacred Cow wrote:

I'll give you that one! The fact remains though that one is within Wakefield MDC and one isn't and one will need work to bring it up to superleague standard whilst one wouldn't. I would guess we would have to contribute to any building works, why spend money on someone elses ground for a years stay? It will be a very symbolic move to go outside the area to Dewsbury and a very risky one at that.

It all depends on exactly why we are moving and how long we are expecting it to last.
Plus (and more importantly) any cost implications ie, match day revenue, rental costs etc, etc and availability.
It's far from straight forward and it may all be posturing to try and get some decisions made but, this is extremely risky.

Leaving BV, especially if the new development begins on the Super Bowl site could hamper and negotiations on rights of way etc and with WMDC planning not having covered itself in glory for other Trinity plans, it certainly make you worry as to whether we would ever return to BV.

Scary times AGAIN for the Trinity faithful and the biggest worry will be the effect on our pitiful home support.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:57 am  

Belle Vue is a toilet. I cannot wait to get away from it.
Having to walk through streets full of skank is not fun.
Last game, cutting through from the Catherine Street area onto Doncaster Road, we had to walk through no less than 30 used needles and paraphernalia.
You then enter the ground past piles off litter around Super Bowl.
It is a disgusting mess and a crying shame to leave it with bad memories (off the field)

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:11 am  

Manuel wrote:

Belle Vue is a toilet. I cannot wait to get away from it.
Having to walk through streets full of skank is not fun.
Last game, cutting through from the Catherine Street area onto Doncaster Road, we had to walk through no less than 30 used needles and paraphernalia.
You then enter the ground past piles off litter around Super Bowl.
It is a disgusting mess and a crying shame to leave it with bad memories (off the field)

Have you tried parking somewhere else? Sugar Lane perhaps.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:46 am  

Whatever your opinions one thing must be sure, that with us moving out one way or another things are finally going to come to a head very soon. You get the feeling the future direction and prosperity of the club is about to hit a massively crucial point in the next few weeks.

Re: Ground : Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:26 pm  

Not a smart arsenal at all Sacred Cow , the relevant factor is the distance from Wakefield centre to make a comparison of distance to travel. At moment I need to catch two buses to BelleVue, my son one. Roles reversed if at Dewsbury. One bus for me , two for him.Some winners , some losers as regards travel issues.