Nah, really wouldn't want to share at Wheldon Road.

I can't believe any Trinity supporter even considering sharing with Cas. Some Wakefield people dare not even step foot in Castleford. Crowds would plummet. People who say that Belle vue and the Belle Vue area are a dump clearly haven't visited Cas lately to see what a dump really looks like.

I could stomach a ground share with Cas. In fact, I think it's a good idea and could make good economic sense for both clubs. BUT - it would only work if both clubs had equal standing either, joint ownership or parity as anchor tenants. Any arrangement where one club was the tenant at the other's ground would be suicide for the tenant club. Any notion of us playing at a ground owned by Cas should be dismissed out of hand.

They play at Wheldon Road FFS!

There isn't a new ground in Cas to share!

This talk of "let's share with Cas" undermines our position of deserving our own ground, as promised.

A ground share at Glasshoughton is probably where WMDC and Mr Box would like Trinity to play.
It would be the end of Trinity.

Even IF the clock could be turned back and a stadium was built in Normanton, there would inevitably be strong calls for a merger.
Unless everyone wants to forget the past and lose their identity, this would be another non starter

People are on about ground shares and mergers, but there is one merger nobody talks about much.

Am I alone in being unable to stomach the idea of sharing anything with Cas but have no such qualms about sharing with Fev?

It's not ideal for either club but there are positives. Please believe me this is a last ditch solution but if we end up moving in with them then we may as well merge, for the sake of both clubs.

Featherstone IMHO would not be able to sustain a SL team alone - I think their more realistic fans see that. Likewise as it stands we won't be able to for much longer all be it for different reasons.

So here are the positives

1: Fev have a Stadium that could be upgraded at a cost that would not be beyond reach,.This doesn't mean that the council/developer shouldn't pay their wack but unlike BV it's at least feasible.

2: Fev have a decent fan base, combined with ours it would be quite handy.

3: Wakefield unlike Fev has the genuine potential to sustain a SL team and attract the corporate required.

4: Post office road is actually not that much further from the town centre than NM. Clearly access is not as good however it's still fairly accessible from either the M62 Normanton or Glasshoughton junction.

5: If the council can have 'provision' for parking near BV then I'm damn certain they can for Featherstone.

6: Featherstone has a direct train link to Wakefield Kirkgate I believe which is more than NM will ever have.

7: Fev produce a lot of players, fact.

8: Featherstone high street must be well overdue a re-development. A redeveloped that would be enhanced by an upgraded and far more commercially viable SL stadium.

God knows what you'd call the club but in an attempt to maintain some heritage and identity to each club both could run their own Academy under their original names.

The real downside and there are many is the risk that if success doesn't come it just ends up back as Fev but with a different name and ends up where Fev are now whilst we disappear altogether.

Jeez it's getting desperate.

You are on your own. Daftest thing I've ever read.

Wakefield Forever
Up the Trin

Merger ehh no just bollox

I've read some crap in my time on here but this forum is going into melt down

Unbelievable, some people have too much time on their hands

Went down well - you win some you lose some. However it was initially part of the great SL plan.

You should read some of your own posts mate - it was tongue in cheek - you and little Wayne do know what the little icons at the end of the post mean?

I went through Glasshoughton today.

I absolutely guarantee there is no ground there for us to share.

Great post and I probably agree with 95% of it. Academy news will shock you.

I don't think I made myself clear. I agree with you. There's no talk of "let's share with Cas" from me and there's no way we should be talking about it at this time.

Apologies if I have misunderstood you.

mines always meant with humour, unlike yours that are like a frigging essay trying to score brownie points,
remember a while back when you did a thread about how Belle Vue could get tarted up, you even redesigned Belle vue for us with pics and now all of a sudden your a doubter

anyway you don't need me on here I'm off for good

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It's a great post him wanting to share with Fev and not us, keep up the encouragement

I think it's time Vastman was banned from this forum he is driving everyone away. Now even Snowie has had enough and is leaving!

OK, so Vastman is a self-centred, selfish, egocentric, egomaniacal, self-interested, self-seeking, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-loving, narcissistic, vain, conceited, proud, self-important git.
That's fair enough but I can never see why anyone should be "driven away".

If you look back a couple of years there are far more regular posters on this forum than there are now and you used to be able to express an opinion without being subjected to personal criticism.

Tbf Facebook has taken quite a number of people who prefer to use that nowadays, quite a few I know who used to be on here just prefer the ease and access of Facebook, with it being on your phones, tablets etc. I even use Trinity's page and the Northstanders one myself, although I generally hate Facebook as a whole. It's also not just the Trinity forum that has fallen in numbers though its RLFans as a whole and you see similar threads about the situation.

Also for me, Vastman's been the same since I joined, so I doubt we can put the drop on his shoulders.

Who gives a monkeys about personal criticism in a chuffin virtual environment. How touchy can you get? They can go stand in a quieter corner of the playground.

I have always found Vasty rather interesting. He livens up this forum IMO.

Agree with this, Vasty is not the reason I don't post so much now, I can usually see where he is coming from.

It's more people like Pimp (just what is his/her agenda) and the one who recons he is in Aus and a couple of others.