: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:05 pm  

TRB wrote:

Dunno - never heard it!

you wouldn't give us a date you said you didn't want to be let down

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:06 pm  

mutley cat wrote:

no sum bloke called phil , sounds optimistic in a cunning kind of way . why do we never get vasty on the radio

He hasn't got the face for it!

[Durham Giant]

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:06 pm  

vastman wrote:

Come on how many 12,000 gates have either of us had? Don't let's get a head of ourselves. It's taken you lot 15 years to even get close to filling your stadium. I'd much rather a small full ground than a big half empty one any day, especially one that has expansion built into it.

As for details, they will be fed to the media over the next month I believe.

As i inderstand it you are averaging about 8200 now. In recent experience moving to a new stadium ie HULL and WIRE adds on about 2000 .

If you continue being successful when you get big games you should be IMHO looking at topping 12000.

last year we got two 12000 plus crowds with about 15000 for the Leeds game. I see no reason why you should not be aiming for those sorts of crowd if the on pitch success continues.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:09 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

As i inderstand it you are averaging about 8200 now.

we are?

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:10 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

As i inderstand it you are averaging about 8200 now. In recent experience moving to a new stadium ie HULL and WIRE adds on about 2000 .

If you continue being successful when you get big games you should be IMHO looking at topping 12000.

last year we got two 12000 plus crowds with about 15000 for the Leeds game. I see no reason why you should not be aiming for those sorts of crowd if the on pitch success continues.

all in good time , as for me i would much prefer that the ground sells out for most matches and that BY popular demand that the WTW have no alternative but to expand .
1 must also not forget that cas are also hoping to get a ground of similar capacity and for an area like ours i think this is sensible.

if things were different and the galpharm had not happen but lets say 3 years ago a developer was going to build a ground mainly for the giants im sure most of us would agree a 12k stadium (with potential of upgrade) would be good enough.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:11 pm  

Wakefield No 1 wrote:

Yes but stilll very much in Wakefield!! no chance of Cas ever sharing a stadium with us, they dont want it..

only reason i say this is because when you read the press release it refers to things like "safeguarding the future of RL in the district" and it being a "community stadium" without being specific to Wakefield.

obviously we don't know full details yet but it was just something about the press release that seemed strange that's all.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:12 pm  

TRB wrote:

He hasn't got the face for it!

I disagree,he has just the face for radio!!!!!

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:15 pm  

Have a look at this.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_dept ... 078001.stm It's an article from Tuesday, 19 December, 2000. Can we all remember the disaster that was building Wembley. Well this article was published after Bates was pushed from leading the development. They paint a very good picture of Rodney, passionate, dependable, resourceful, wealthy, committed & connected. Just the leader this project needs. I honestly believe he is the man to lead us into our new era. Well done all involved, keep up the good work and the freedom of the city is yours!

Have a look at this.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_dept ... 078001.stm It's an article from Tuesday, 19 December, 2000. Can we all remember the disaster that was building Wembley. Well this article was published after Bates was pushed from leading the development. They paint a very good picture of Rodney, passionate, dependable, resourceful, wealthy, committed & connected. Just the leader this project needs. I honestly believe he is the man to lead us into our new era. Well done all involved, keep up the good work and the freedom of the city is yours!

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:17 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

As i inderstand it you are averaging about 8200 now. In recent experience moving to a new stadium ie HULL and WIRE adds on about 2000 .

If you continue being successful when you get big games you should be IMHO looking at topping 12000.

last year we got two 12000 plus crowds with about 15000 for the Leeds game. I see no reason why you should not be aiming for those sorts of crowd if the on pitch success continues.

Fair comment but look at how long its taken yourselves to get these crowds in and you must admit there are a lot of frebbies thrown around at the goatfarm stadium. You are in an enviable position at this moment in time and things are going well for you on and off the pitch, hopefully our stadium will be built with expansion in mind and should we ned to extend then this shouldn't be too diffiult. Building our crowds will take time but hopefully with this news a few people will crawl from under the furniture and out of the woodwork and start giving the boys and the club the support they deserve this season. It would be nice moving in to a new stadium with an average attendance of around 8500-9000 then with the new support that the new stadium will bring we should be able to create a great atmosphere.

On another note I will sorely miss Belle Vue, OK its a dump and well behind the times but it has great character and is one of the last of a dying breed that being a proper rugby ground. New stadiums may look nice and gain you valuable franchise points but they will never have the character of the likes of Fartown, Thrum Hall, Wheldon Road, our dump et al.

Onwards and upwards now for us, the best news we've had in years!

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:29 pm  

great news for the club, just drove back east bound past junction 30 and theyre drilling at the side of the hard shoulder, maybe going to widen it.