Re: Ground Improvements : Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:07 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I agree. The fact that this is one of the most liked post in ages shows you are not on your own.
I was in support of new ground if it was the only way forward but I much prefer to stay at Belle Vue.
I've been watching rugby here since the 70s. I want to keep doing it and luckily I am now doing it in a progressively more modern stadium.

Totally agree PT, Newmarket if it had come off I would have been there. But Belle Vue is where my heart is and I've never lost the excitement and expectation of walking down Doncaster Road to watch Wakefield play. I hope to do so for a few more years watching the club grow.

Re: Ground Improvements : Sun Dec 01, 2024 9:49 pm  

Just to clarify a few things.

NM was actually a last ditch thing that Ted cobbled up, and to be fair he had very little option.

The original scheme was to have been Thornes Park. Forgetting the fact that it turned out that the Council didn’t own the land, i personally think that one would have been a total winner. In many ways Thornes is better placed than BV.

I was a fan of Thornes. I was not keen on NM. Ted was, but the SWAG group was split. Not bitterly, just in preference. I don’t know if NM would have worked, nobody does, but for me it was to far out. Had it been in Stanley proper then yeah it would have been ok. But it was effectively in the middle of nowhere.

In the intervening 20 years Salfords experience has proved that to be a bad thing, but at the time it was nowhere near as obvious as it is today. That said, HKR ground was once considered a white elephant, but it’s doing ok now.

Truth is that on field success is a huge part of the success of any stadium.

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:24 am  

some great drone footage from the GKO films dude... (sorry I don't know how to link a video... I'm sure it will be attached soon by a techno nerd )... but this pic shows the extent of the current upgrade... I love watching this stuff!!

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:46 am  

Spookisback wrote:

some great drone footage from the GKO films dude... (sorry I don't know how to link a video... I'm sure it will be attached soon by a techno nerd )... but this pic shows the extent of the current upgrade... I love watching this stuff!!

There is a more up to date one than that kicking around. It shows a few more improvements, mostly cosmetic but interesting. I’ll find the link.

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:48 am  

Spookisback wrote: some great drone footage from the GKO films dude... (sorry I don't know how to link a video... I'm sure it will be attached soon by a techno nerd )... but this pic shows the extent of the current upgrade... I love watching this stuff!! Link. https://youtu.be/aU4knIvwfTs?si=WQC1E_aS3aGAOM1M

Spookisback wrote: some great drone footage from the GKO films dude... (sorry I don't know how to link a video... I'm sure it will be attached soon by a techno nerd )... but this pic shows the extent of the current upgrade... I love watching this stuff!! Link. https://youtu.be/aU4knIvwfTs?si=WQC1E_aS3aGAOM1M

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:46 am  

vastman wrote:

There is a more up to date one than that kicking around. It shows a few more improvements, mostly cosmetic but interesting. I’ll find the link.

I think this is the most up to date having watched it

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:21 am  

Dunkirk Spirit wrote: Link. https://youtu.be/aU4knIvwfTs?si=WQC1E_aS3aGAOM1M thanks techno nerd

Dunkirk Spirit wrote: Link. https://youtu.be/aU4knIvwfTs?si=WQC1E_aS3aGAOM1M thanks techno nerd

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:23 am  

That latest drone footage doesn't give a close shot of the north west corner which looks to be included in this latest groundwork project.

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:36 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

I think this is the most up to date having watched it

Could be, there are a few of them.

Re: Ground Improvements : Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:22 am  

pitch looks fairly well after being re-seeded