Just wondering what people thought about the ground today. I thought it was tidy,easy to get to and planty of potential to expand. Also a gate of 1500 which I think would have not been improved upon if we had staged the game at Belle Vue.

I would have no problem if we played there better than the dump we are in at the moment.

I love the Dewsbury ground, always have. As a potential new (temporary) site we could do a lot worse than relocate there

More than happy with it as a temporary solution but current capacity a problem when the better supported teams visit.

Was it me or did anyone else think that there was more than 1500 . Apart from that nice ground with, like someone as suggested, room to expand.

Great little ground and have to say pretty much most of it is better than BV. Wouldnt bother me if we had a to play there
for a season or 2.

Agreed on both points.
We thought over 2000 there today and if the place holds 6000, I dont know where the rest would fit.
The pitch is short though (same as Cas ?) but, it's a tidy ground and could probably be expanded more easily than starting from scratch at BV.
Maybe "the flats would go at the opposite end to the scoreboard ?

Thought crowd was a little over 2,000.

I hadn't realised just how close to Wakefield it actually is - about 200 meters.

I reckon my temporary/modular solutions could be used to upgrade it which would in turn give us a stake in the ground.

That's why I never understood when people complained it was too far away, it's barely outside the city limits and i think it's closer to Ossett than Dewsbury.

Temporary solution great. Permanent solution, not so good.

Well for me it's better , closer,and convenient

Anyhow regardless of what I think I fully expect Trinity to be playing out of Dewsbury in 2018 and I will be there to watch them.

If my memory serves me right, the boundary was moved about 20+ years ago and the old boundary would have placed a Ram Stadium within the Wakefield District.

Can anyone confirm or correct

I like the idea of those Vastman - when can you start putting them up?

Not ideal but count me in for as long as it takes. The club that counts!

Looking at the Local Government Boundaries Commision's report of 1987 for changes to the Wakefield/Kirklees borders, only one recommendation was made for the Owl Lane area. There was a very slight adjustment at Chancery Road. No other suggestions were considered, apparently. Therefore, the Rams stadium was probably always in Kirklees, Avenger.

Closer than Belle Vue for us Wrenthorpe lads I'd watch the mighty Trin there but it would only work on a temporary basis. We need a permanent fit for purpose stadium in the City of Wakefield.

Wow now are Sheffield eagles playing at bv or Dewsbury ?

Apart from been clean, having great access, plenty of parking, better corporate, better cover, better floodlights, better terracing, better facilities, soon will have new 4 G training pitch, the most important reasons why we should move to Dewsbury as soon as possible and on a permanent basis are that the local population will not hate us unlike the local population in Agbrigg and the local council will welcome and support us unlike Box and his cronies who also hate us and want to destroy us. Lets move now and let the new owner of BV flatten the place getting rid of the dump for ever. We could take the Benidorm flats with us and some of the roofing from the North stand. Influential people like David Hinchcliffe bleating on about the history and heritage of BV as reason to stay need to get a grip.

Bloody he'll. I remember beating the drum for Dewsbury about a year ago and finding it difficult to get backing. I know the circumstances were different but I seem to remember plenty of comments like death of the club , final nail in the coffin; you won't get me going to dewsbury, sold down the river., Barnsley would be better option, Mar C must be off his rocker etc etc etc. Just goes to show how opinions can be changed with a little knowledge .
It's Wakefield Trinity not wakefield city and our historic ground s B V and yes if a solution could be found to stay in Wakefield that would be great. Dewsbury the next best but if your welcome and accommodated in Dewsbury and rejected i and forgotten in Wakefield what should you do.

Well said, sums up exactly how I feel about our predicament.

My first visit to Dewsbury's ground yesterday, and I agree with the other posts on here. Nice tidy ground, probably a tad small from a capacity point of view as it stands, but somewhere I would be happy to go and watch Trinity play their home games if we did have to leave BV.

I agree other than sorting out a deal that gives us long term security and a genuine stake in the place I'm in!

For any dewsbury fans reading this I mean a stake not a take over as both clubs are viable and both could imho happily live together - I'd happily watch Dewsbury every now and then when the fancy took me - they would instantly be my second team. That has to be an incentive.

Finally I'd even go as far as calling ourselves just Trinity and drop the Wakefield tag - they don't deserve us anyway. We can sell ourselves on our heritage and the rugby we play!

Yeah. He's certainly had a big influence getting Newmarket sorted.

Of course you are right.
However, as more an more time passes by, people are beginning to realise that we dont have many other options and when the news first broke, there wasn't a full explanation as to why the move was proposed.
It lack of will from our local council to help get Newmarket moving has been a bloody disgrace, not to mention them giving planning permission for Newcold outside the Newmarket site.


I'm happy to say I've changed my mind and it seems like plenty of others have done as well.

Newmarket was "passed" in December 2012 and it's now January 2017 and we seem not a step closer to any new ground/upgrade.

Time to move on ?

A short term move to Dewsbury would be ok, but if you are talking permanently, are you and others on here prepared to totally lose identity and eventually become Dewsbury Trinity? I think you'll find a lot of supporters will stay in Wakefield where Trinity should be based. The name and identity belongs to the people of Wakefield not elsewhere.