Do Sheffield have the best ground in rugby league now?

No they are playing at Bramhall lane

And they rob us blind with there hike in prices

I no they moved and was thinking where in sl is better than that? I suppose its on a par with kc, dw and galpharm

Big yes , better yes if they can pull 25,000 fans in per game , but with less than a 1,000 in they'd be much better somewhwere smaller

Yes i do agree that it is wasted on them with a small support but the thread was about the the stadia not the fanbase and i feel that the stadium is as good as any other

For the record, no talk of Super League is allowed in conjunction with Doncaster. We no longer allow it.

seeing as you're bored.

If you gave
1 point for 0 to 2000 capacity
2 points for 2001 to 5000 capacity
3 points for 5001 to 10,000 capacity
4 points 10,001 to 15,000 capacity
5 points 15,000 upwards

and

10 points for a stadium 15 years or younger
5 points for a stadium 15 to 25 years
2 points 25 +

-5 for every uncovered stand (potentially -20 points per ground)

bonus 5 points for any team that as played in top flight since the birth of Superleague
bonus 2 points for playing in championship since birth of superleague (excludes relegated from SL)

Who would be the top 20 teams (in order) ?

Will you ever get over Salford beating the Cougars three times in 1996?

I have absolutely no idea but I can guess You are going to tell Us.

Personally I don't understand RL's fascination with new grounds. As long as it is easy to park and get into, you get a decent view, it is at least 75% full and it has a good atmosphere then it gets a 10/10 from me.

I 100% prefer to stand at games as well.

As I just said on another thread it's stadia that puts other sports so far ahead of RL. It's a massive issue for our sport.

No it's not , it's money , both from paying fans,sponsors and TV revenue

If we could get all the clubs in SL operating at an average 80/90 % full and the Championship clubs operating at 40/50 % full we would start to pull in much more Sponsor and TV revenue

Unfortunatley we dont seem able to do that , when other sports , most notably football can

er im not that bored at the moment

Well Wigan get full marks

Edited for accuracy

ever stood in the south stand at caravan park??

joint 1st
Wigan, Hull FC, Huddesfield 20 points
joint 4th
Warrington, Widnes, Leigh 19 points
joint 7th
Doncaster, Sheffield 17 points
joint 9th
Halifax, Quins, Crusaders 11 points
12th
Rochdale 8 points
joint 13th
Saints, Leeds, Toulouse 7 points
joint 16th
Castleford, Salford 6 points
18th
Hull KR 3 points
19th
Catalan Dragons 1 point
20th
Keighley -3 points

so as you can see a deeply flawed system



Bradford had -8
Wakefield -4 same as Dewsbury

can you lose points if your ground cant be used when you want it?

im thinking back to the time wigan had to play a home play off game at widnes and when the good friday fixture had to be played on a thursday night.both because their landlords (wigan athletic) needed the ground for football.

By the same token you should get extra points if you actually own your own ground rather than being lucky enough to play in new stadium purely because you either rent one from a Football club or are lucky enough to have a council that has funded one for you to rent back.

cant argue with that

why penalise clubs that have a ground funded from their local council?

so in your theory, you get points for playing in inadequate dumps like belle vue and knowsley road?

Because clubs that rent a ground, whether that be from a council or Football team, have been very lucky. Why should a club, such as St Helens or Wakefield, be penalised because they arent lucky enough to have a professional Football team to rent from or a council willing to fund a stadium.



They are still assets which are worth millions and the fact that a club owns such an asset should be taken into account. If clubs, such as Wigan, have suffered from financial mismanagement and have been forced to sell their grounds why should they be treated better purely because they have got lucky and have a Football club owner in the town which has built a stadium which they can now rent.

both teams are relying on their councils for land and funding, why do they want new grounds i wonder?


not worth much if it costs them a franchise is it?

councils realise the importance of having a stadium for the sake of the local community, i have no issue with council owned grounds with an option of buying it off them in the future.