Those figures are misleading at present as Fax got 3K+ for the opening of the new stand (with lots of discounted tickets). Last season Barrow and Fax averages were almost the same.



I presume you're a Warrington fan. It takes 2 hrs to get to Barrow from Liverpool airport, so less from Warrington. Do you go to look at the stadium or watch the rugby ??

We got a 6,500 sellout against Wigan last season (although rumours are the real figure was over 8,000). It was a cracking atmosphere, everyone had a great day, got a beer and could see the action. What else do you need ??

The stadium, although old, passes a safety inspection every year and has in fact had its' capacity increased in the last few months. The RFL and Sky seem obsessed with 'facilities' and are pushing several clubs into financial disaster by insisting they sell up and move into council owned stadia.

Craven Park (Barrow) will be totally redeveloped in the coming 2-3 years (this is underway already). On the field, I've no doubt that we would put a competitive squad together for SL and I'm also sure that we'd get very healthy crowds.

We just need the opportunity. However, I fear that Cumbria will be cast adrift yet again. The sturpid thing about the license system is that we could win The Championship and Challenge Cup for the next 2 years and the RFL could still 'decide' to ommit us. The license criteria can be twisted any way to suit the decision of the RFL. I'm sure they'll use the current condition of Craven Park (a stadium we own worth approx £5M) as a stick to beat us with, but out BOD insist they won't jeopardise the long term stability of the club by selling-up.

You have to respect their decision.

Those figures are misleading at present as Fax got 3K+ for the opening of the new stand (with lots of discounted tickets). Last season Barrow and Fax averages were almost the same.



I presume you're a Warrington fan. It takes 2 hrs to get to Barrow from Liverpool airport, so less from Warrington. Do you go to look at the stadium or watch the rugby ??

We got a 6,500 sellout against Wigan last season (although rumours are the real figure was over 8,000). It was a cracking atmosphere, everyone had a great day, got a beer and could see the action. What else do you need ??

The stadium, although old, passes a safety inspection every year and has in fact had its' capacity increased in the last few months. The RFL and Sky seem obsessed with 'facilities' and are pushing several clubs into financial disaster by insisting they sell up and move into council owned stadia.

Craven Park (Barrow) will be totally redeveloped in the coming 2-3 years (this is underway already). On the field, I've no doubt that we would put a competitive squad together for SL and I'm also sure that we'd get very healthy crowds.

We just need the opportunity. However, I fear that Cumbria will be cast adrift yet again. The sturpid thing about the license system is that we could win The Championship and Challenge Cup for the next 2 years and the RFL could still 'decide' to ommit us. The license criteria can be twisted any way to suit the decision of the RFL. I'm sure they'll use the current condition of Craven Park (a stadium we own worth approx £5M) as a stick to beat us with, but out BOD insist they won't jeopardise the long term stability of the club by selling-up.

You have to respect their decision.