Technically you are right, but the golf stand where you sit out in the wind and rain AND pay top prices for the privellege?? I'd rather stand up on terraces!!

I agree. I remember getting hailstoned on there before kickoff in 2009. At least when you are stood up you can hop about to keep warm.

I was thinking more on the lines of new floodlights, east stand extension at one end with the other end ongoing, turnstyles.Granted, the golf stand is not ideal but it is only temporary and considering before we were promoted there was only a pile of mud at that end, I don't think we can be pulled up for that. For what its worth by the way, I do not buy into this ground mallarky, if the team competes, whats the problem? At the end of the day, we are only ever at the place for a couple of hours every week/fortnight, and the sport is not big enough for clubs to justify spending vast amounts of cash on new grounds.

You make a good point about questioning the need for top quality grounds. When all the football stadiums were improved it was mainly due to safety issues caused by the fact that they had massive crowds of up to 20,000 on one terrace. We as Rugby League clubs don't have this safety issues due to lower crowds so there isn't actually a need for super shiny new stadiums although we would all like one.

most sensible post i've read on here for months.

i think the one and only stand at wakey should be a grade 1 listed building!!

Ho Ho Ho, my sides are splitting. What do you do for your second spot?

I think the club with problems may well be Crusaders. If you look at the 'Red Passion' site you will see that the University have bid for Wrexhams ground via the Chairman and the FC are now in jeopardy. The Cru are very much part and parcel in that equation.

I watched us get relegated in the 80's when I thouogh the spell in the lower division would do us good and the 90s when I was fully supportive of the Superleague/ summer concept..

both times were un-mitigated disaster periods for the club... interest and crowds fell dramatically, and the profile of the club fell away in the city... something that has only really started to be addressed this year...


If you are looking forward to a period in the championship starting next year.. I can tell you now!

you wont have many people there with you!

Having gone through the 2 relegations with Cas, at least we had a confirmed "Win the League and you promoted" scenario. Maintaining the impetus was (relatively) easy for 1 season, but I'm not sure I would want to go through a 3 season stint in the lower league......

just thought I wouldclear up this thread by letting you know that Salford today confirmed Media City as the new club sponsor


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So the club has a new sponsor - relevance ?

Not heard of Media City UK then?

Just been working there today. If it gets any bigger then Media City coulsd swallow Salforde

Isn't that where all the disgruntled BBC employees are being forced to move to!? I'm sure Clarkson will be pleased by this news.

Seriously though its a great sponsor, even though its still effectively Peel.

New stadium is coming on. The recent pictures look great.

Yes, but don't get the point - we were sponsored by Sainsbury's for years and look at us now.

Beat me to it there Vastman.



Could he/she be inferring that as they've got a new sponsor they won't be booted out the week after next. In which case we're safe as well as we have a sponsor for next year and so have Cas and so have Leeds and so have Widgan...... errrr hang on, does this mean we're all safe?

Damn I changed it since then

nope

what do they do hack into phones

Couldn't give a toss.

And I never said I was 'looking forward to it' just that I am a realist and 'expect' we will be playing Championship rugby. Some people on this forum need to let go of their straws and get it into their heads that we will be removed from SL. Obviously if by some act of Chuck Norris we do get a franchise then we can party like its Thatchers funeral, but for now, take a long hard look into 3 years of obscurity.

edited for (what I believe to be) accuracy... I believe there is no timescale to the obscurity...

Perhaps, however I don't think the RFL would deny us a franchise with a new stadium at Newmarket.

The RFL will do whatever the RFL wants to do to fit their own motives at the time.
Lets just move back to P/R.

Absolutely correct.