I would dearly love to stay at a revamped Belle Vue, however, that is nothing more than a pipedream at the moment. Newmarket is real and has been promised by WMDC and the developer, even though it has stalled at the moment and both appear to be trying to wriggle out of it. We must fight to get the promises delivered and who knows, that may eventually lead to a revamped Belle Vue if the twists and turns lead us that way - however, if it is to be Newmarket then that is the only real option we have.

Once again the old girl lives to fight another day...I have lost count of the number of times over the past 30 years that we have been moving out of Belle Vue, but we always end up staying...perhaps because it is our rightful home ??
Congrats to MC, CB and everyone else at the club in agreeing a deal with the BOI, which now guarantees our short term future.
It is now time to re-sharpen the knives and stick them into Yorkcourt and WMDC in order to guarantee our long-term future...time to put the tin hats on again Messrs. Mackie and Box...we're back !!

The good news for me is that MC will have negotiated a lower rent which is nice. If we retain SL status ( big if ) SL will require us to make upgrades to BV so rent savings will help. I would have much preferred us to go to Dewsbury which is a far nicer ground and one which we do not need to spend money on. Agbrigg is a total dump, the local population have zero interest in the club, away fans have to park up in surrounding area which is dumpsville Arizona, home and away fans walking to ground have to walk through Agbrigg and dog fouled alleyways. Peter Box does not want Newmarket to happen, staying a BV plays into his hands. Leaving the City going to Dewsbury would strengthen our hand for Newmarket. You could gold plate BV - its still in Agbrigg.

Why not just come out and say it - talk about lumping all the folk of Agbrigg together. It may not be Trump towers or wherever you live but compared to some parts of Leeds and Bradford it's Shangri la!

Well said Vasty.

Easy up bellycouldtackle. I don't know where you park but it is not all that bad. I've seen worse places.

Well done to Mr Carter, an excellent poker game. I've said a few times on here that it was a game of bluff, and he could hardly give a public wink that we had nothing worry about.

As for the new ground campaign, we shouldn't be arguing for a redeveloped Belle Vue. That is my preference, but the campaign should be to enforce the condition of a community stadium. Once that is done, those with the cash can decide whether to go for Newmarket or redevelop Belle Vue. Win the first battle, and then decide how to spend the spoils when won.

I live in Outwood / Stanley area where the interest RL is massive, Agbrigg is a dump and residents have zero interest in RL.

So we are playing at the oldest rugby league ground in the world but should move because Agbrigg ain't so nice? I've heard better arguments for Newmarket, it has to be said.

Perhaps the club should reach out to the residents local to BV and try to get them interested.
Great news about the ground. Moving out of Wakefield would probably have been a retrograde step. I'm in the BV camp rather than Newmarket but I definitely support the efforts to progress the community stadium. If NM doesn't come off but we can revamp BV I'd be delighted. If NM does come off I guess I'd still be delighted. Most important now - lets just win the next two games!! Onwards and upwards Trinity!

Aggbrig area is a bloody mess no to bv .big yes to nm .come on trinity !!

A community stadium at Newmarket is the ideal situation for the long term future of the club in my opinion but I still enjoy going to Belle Vue due to the history the ground retains and the memories it gives me having played on it. Dump or no dump. Glad not going to Dewsbury.

Anyone seen the official announcement that we were promised today? I can't see anything on the club website.

Aw!! And I was looking forward to us playing at Tewkesbury; Gloucestershire's a lovely county!! Seriously though, that's great news. All we need now is to stay in Superleague and stick with Sunday afternoon games and we're almost there.

...... and convince a few thousand people to come and watch.

That's gonna be the hard part PT.

It is when there is no money or appetite to do it.

After a terrible season it's good to finally see some positive news coming from the club. Hopefully some more good news regarding Newmarket will further improve the atmosphere around the place.

The New York Yankees play in the Bronx and that doesn't stop them getting 49,000 there! And believe me it wouldn't be the dogs fouling the alleyways on a walk up to the ballgame!!

We don't need any convincing PT we always travel in numbers you know that.

Looking forward to visiting BV a few more times I couldn't care less about the surroundings for 90% of the time I'm in a stadium my concentration is on the pitch. If I can get a pie a pint and a toilet at half time I'm happy.

Ground = Belle Vue = History
Well since 1979 my time watching not always the best
Ground = Newmarket = New dawn / New start
Who knows but can't be worse than this season

No matter what ground I'm a Wakefield supporter (Trinity or Wildcat or both)
It's the team on the pitch that wears the Red White and Blue that I support
1-17 if they put in the effort then they are the ones that count

Come on win the next two games stay in super league and move onwards and hopefully upwards

I'm surprised you can see the dog muck the way you walk about with your nose stuck up in the air, you must have a big house if it covers the affluent Outwood/Stanley area, are all the doggies up there are potty trained as well

According to Ridings FM the deal is ALMOST done.

Any savings on the rent for next year will be spent on sorting out the aftermath of Smith, Locke & Lyne's recent exploits.

No they are not and the horse crap is even worse, although not too bad for the garden.

NM is the absolute dead set winner for me. I am struggling to see the negatives?

As much as Belle Vue has provided me with many good and bad memories over the last 30 odd years, lets be realistic. The place is a wreck. Parking is rubbish, access is terrible and based on pure guess work, i would imagine it would cost a small fortune to bring anywhere near to fit for purpose in the modern day.
Thats before consideration of the cost to actually buy it back from the BOI.

How do you work that out? There'll be no cost to the club as far as I can see - Lyne has been dealt with and the other two are OOC at the end of the season.