Not sure if any of you lot visit our board regularly but someone has put pics of the demolition of KR. For anyone who is interested. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=485827

Not sure if any of you lot visit our board regularly but someone has put pics of the demolition of KR. For anyone who is interested. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=485827

Awesome, its never looked better


Glad to see the back of it

£60k worth of improvements there!

In all seriousness, I'll miss the atmosphere there on derby day.

I'm not. For me it's the last of the real old days experience for away fans in the SL IMO.
Leeds is the closest but with the open away end it just isn't the same.

Even as a passionate Wigan RL supporter, I will miss that old place dearly

Me too.

You're the type of fan I posted the link for. As a Saints fan I was sad to see CP go and I assumed that fans of other clubs (especially Wigan) would have been sad to see KR go too.

End of an era. Will be missed.

That's really sad. Last Good Friday, I took along my camera and got loads of photos all all round the ground. Brilliant old ground, with one of the best atmospheres.

I stick by my original post, will still be glad to see the back of it, yep i got my memories some good/some bad but as for missing it.....nope

I'll really miss it, no better away ground

You're entitled to your opinion, even though you appear to be in the minority.

sad to see, some fantastic (and not so fantastic) memories on that ground, more of our heritage gone, but hopefully saints will move on to better things.

like with CP, everytime i drive past tesco, i can still see the pop side and chipboard arms, it will be stange for saints fans to see housing estate, it really tugs the heart strings.

like with any old ground, remember her packed to the rafters during a derby match, not the pale shadow of what she once was

It doesn't look any different...

Though yeah, I'll miss the old dump too. had some great times there (as well as some horrible ones!)

It's funny, every time I drive past Tescos I can't help but just picture how it used to be. Still can't get used to it even now.

Thats how i like it

aww it is sad to see

and yes I will miss going there - some great memories but times change sadly

I'm sad in one way but glad in another.
Sad in that we've had so many good games and results and others at the wrong end of the scoreline.
I'm also glad Saints have gone from there and I think they just got out of there in time. The cost of running it put the whole future of the club in doubt. Staying there was not an option.
Once the new place was approved then the future looked bright again for Saints, if not KR.
I would far rather lose KR than the Saints club and at one time a few years ago I feared that we might have lost both.

Like others have said, I'll miss the old place, the atmosphere in that away end was fantastic and i'd be surprised if it's the same at Widnes and then the new stadium. But they had to move before the place fell down around them, and it does look better on tv/people new to the sport if the best teams are playing out of good, modern stadiums.

It will be missed, but it was time.

One of my best memories was around 2003/4 when Carney got the ball in his own 10m line at the opposite end to us fans.. I rather optimistically shouted 'All the way Brian!!' .. Next minute, he's evaded many tackles, flying through the middle and running straight towards us - The Wigan end erupted and he scored a brilliant individual try.

Are you trying to take the credit then

I shouted the same at Leeds away and it happened again! .. Tried it a few times with Calderwood, but that just fell of deaf ears!

Hopefully we can create an away end similar to the HJ. Wilderspool was fantastic on big game days and is even better at the HJ.

Hopefully we can do something along those lines!

I must admit when writing that I thought of the away end at the HJ, I do like that stadium! Although they aren't massive or state of the art, the new purpose built rugby league stadiums tick all the boxes in my opinion, you're close to the action and with standing and a low roof a good atmosphere can be created. Something which is almost impossible to recreate at larger modern grounds like the DW.