Spinkhill is a cold ground, Bracken Moor is absolutely FREEZING. It's not that much better than Mount St. Mary's to be honest, I've only been there to watch Wednesday reserves a few times though.

I think Bracken Moor is a cricket pitch now the expensive game has finished for the summer.

Is n't there a football ground at Stocksbridge. Was that ever considered?

Go to wikipedia and enter "Bracken Moor" as discussed above and it tells you where it is.

Quality.

Not a native of Sheffield just an Eagles season ticket holder. Merely trying to spare the Eagles blushes at playing a professional game on a schoolplaying field!

Don't be fooled by the propaganda, Concerned. It's a very well developed school field.

Working class lad. I don't do fee paying schools!

Put it this way, I don't remember my school having bar facilities at any point.

You didn't look in the right places Griff, you could get alsorts round the back of the school mobiles. There was even a bloke selling puppies once!

Just an explanation about why other grounds are not available

Bramall Lane: Reeseeding
Hillsborough: Reeseeding
Don Valley Stadium: Reeseeding
Millmoor: Derelict
Bracken Moor: Now a cricket pitch
Clifton Lane: Now a cricket pitch
Owlerton: Derelict by RL standards
Oakwell: Not in Sheffield (probably reeseeding also)
Belle Vue: Not in Sheffield
Keep-a-float Stadium: Reeseeding
Dewsbury: Not in Sheffield and defeats the point of it being a home game

Options pretty limited then

The RFL wouldn't have allowed Dewsbury.

Bit like your hairline Badvibes

Grammar fail! You mean "receding"?

Only in the same way you meant re-seeding instead of reeseeding, and in any case that's spelling not grammar.

Millmoor can't be that derelict if Rotherham RU are looking to move there next year?!

Bloody nerd, ruining my fun!

Anyway so car parkings pretty bad at Spinkhill?

Looks it from the outside and what we can see of the inside. Either way it's not in Sheffield.

Fair point, well made!

What about Abbeydale, or the Tigers ground? They host much more competitive fixtures there but don't seem to have been in the running? Abbeydale has a stand, a good clubhouse, a bar?

It also has cricket.

Tigers must have some limitation, because we're not using it for reserves/academy any more.

They are going to open up a field for extra parking apparantly. Hope it doesn't rain.

Coach and horses,3k capcity,Seating for 500 behind the goal,Standing area in proper sheltered area down the side and optional standing behind the goal and one side uncovered,The only downside half a mile outside of Sheffield

Near train station and bus routes,Plenty of parking,Wonder why it wasnt considered an option?too expensive to rent?A ten times better option than spinkhill but musnt grumble!!!!

I have a friend who follows Handsworth Fc,Making great strides in the non league,One of the best academy outside of the pigs and blades,better than Sheffield FC,Im just waiting to here back from him regarding there ground,Just for future reference really,If it would be upto scrath,Play at Olivers Mount,Stone throw away from Don Valley,By the pictures its looks better than spinkhill as a facility,club bar,stands cloe to the pitch,Will keep informed and pass on info,phone numbers etc,if it is doable in future,Sure theyd help us out.

Message i got back,

sounds great lee, handsworths ground has a capacity at present of 1,500 with standing and seating plus a great club house that next season will have an extension plus real ales.


Dont know if you want to pass this on to the powers that be Griff.
The real ales do it for me

Good shout!