Don't feel the need to justify me, some people don't understand the meaning of tongue in cheek!

I was actually referring to the ground rather than the Town, and yes, three sides of it are a dump. Why did they take the roof off one end?

Had a good chat with a couple of the locals so agree with you on that, apart from the one I mentioned earlier. What's wrong with Headingley? One of my favourite RL grounds and a smashing cricket ground too. Just happens to be in Leeds.

I'd much rather drive to Featherstone than Barrow. It might be "harder to get to" but it saves four hours (two there, two back).

Haven't seen many messy pigeons at Bramall Lane this season.

The Keegan in ESO is coming out,I can sense it,I'd love it,I'd love it if we had seagulls!!!!

SEAAAAAAAAGULLLLLLLLLLLS.

Why can't they be nice seagulls in Barrow like the ones at Scarborough when the cricket's on? They'd never poo on people/steal people's chips. Seagulls in Yorkshire have standards.

Few funnier sights than seeing someone have a seagull crap on their head, happened to a bloke stood in front of us at the Barrow-Halifax game this season

Must admit had two friends pooped on both at Bridlington,It is quite funny,Especially when one dived on the chair you was going to sit on



The Brid seagulls need some training,Send them to Scarborough.

The roof was removed for safety. The ground, the only one in the Rugby League=#0000BF,[size=150 [utotally owned by Barrow Rugby Club[/u[/size, is undergoing major refurbishment with donations and money supplied by the supporters.

The state of the ground is a major discussion point and bone of contention in Barrow but at least they OWN the ground and don't pay rent to anyone and the supporters are trying hard to up grade the standard, which is more than can be said by any other club.

What's wrong with Headingley ?............... simple Leeds Rhinos !!





By the way: it is meant to bring good luck if a seagull gets a direct hit.



Finally- since reforming played at Craven Park 10 times and won 3.

04-May-03: 30 -12
02-Jul-06: 32-12
10-Sep-10: 21-14

My wife should be lucky then - Ilfracombe 2005, sitting on a bench overlooking the harbour. Does the luck last a lifetime? If so why hasn't she won the jackpot on the lottery yet.

It wasn't good luck in 2009 when a seagull scored a direct hit on my shoulder!! A 15 minute walk back to the b and b with the overbearing smell of fishy seagull dump wafting into my nostrils.

Not for me it isn't. I could walk there in 15 minutes.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrm Featherstone? Owned by the club and being upgraded, 2 stands coming?? A number of acres of land owned by the club as well.











(but as there are no trains on a Sunday, they won't count will they!)

....and only five mortgages, compated with Barrow's fifteen.

There may be debts secured against the ground / land, but with its current value its nothing to be overly worried about. The current bod wouldn't allow us to slip back into the 'dark days'.

Absolutely.

and who owns our ground then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many mortgages have you got ?

none

Well, that's five less than Fev so you win !

lol

Ralph Rimmer has been at it again!! So four new clubs coming in thats good - Four clubs going up - any chance one might be welsh!!!?
TV deal that doesn't involve cash !!!! (payment in kind maybe!!!) - broadcasting NRC - thought that had gone. and anglo/french cup for top four - thats us then! do we get travel expenses - everything so vague except of course Mr Rimmer - He's so Vain!

I don't believe there's any hidden agenda to get a Welsh team promoted. If neither of them can manage to go up when 40% of the league is being promoted then they might as well call it a day.

The tv deal will probably be similar to the Football Conference deal, where teams will get more if so many people subscribe (which, for the Conference Football, the targets weren't reached). Don't like the sound of double headers though - does that mean a match could be kicking off at say 17:30 on a Thursday?

Don't even get me started on this Anglo-French cup.

After stewing over this one for a few days, i understand why the RFL are doing this. and i believe it is the right step to increase the size of the divisions. For me a division of ten is only workiable if its competitive, however next season i can see four teams that are well ahead of the rest which will effecftively make two divisions in one. Yes, the standard of NL2 will drop dramatically with new clubs joining the pro ranks, but with no disrespect, the standards not that great at the moment. Promoted team generally struggle.

The main thing the RFL have got to do is make the gap between $L smaller, not bigger. With any luck increasing thee size of NL1 will improve standards and turnover so the RFL can do away with this absurd licencisng/franchising/closed shop garbage.

Licensing/fanchising is making our proud sport a laughing stock, it must end. The only reason it was introduced was to make the England team better by not having to worry about relegation from $L. Given our atrocious showings in the last world cup and last years four nations, alongside the fact there are three aussies and a kiwi in the England squad this year, that idea clearly has not worked has it?

Time for someone to own up to their mistakes.

Is everyone on this forum too young to remember the re-election battle in soccer ? What was that if it wasn't franchising ? How has automatic promotion from Division 5 helped the likes of Rushden and Diamonds ? Soccer has the same problems as us - make no mistake. They're just further down the pyramid so you don't get to hear about them.

Soccer?

It would have helped Rushden & Diamonds if they hadn't spent a lot more money than they generated, because then they wouldn't have gone bankrupt and ceased to exist. An alternative would be to look at Dagenham & Redbridge/Wycombe Wanderers/Yeovil Town. And then you could reply with Chester City, Scarborough and Halifax Town. And then it repeats ad infinitum.