York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:14 pm  

Just been on Calendar. York announce details of the new community stadium with shops, cinema, swimming pool and accommodation for York City and York City Knights.
Makes you sick doesn'i it!!!!!!!

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:16 pm  

Says work will commence in October and take about eighteen months, not ten bloody years plus!!!!

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:17 pm  

Redscat wrote:

Just been on Calendar. York announce details of the new community stadium with shops, cinema, swimming pool and accommodation for York City and York City Knights.
Makes you sick doesn'i it!!!!!!!

Yes it does make you sick.

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:29 pm  

Redscat wrote:

Just been on Calendar. York announce details of the new community stadium with shops, cinema, swimming pool and accommodation for York City and York City Knights.
Makes you sick doesn'i it!!!!!!!

Whats so special about that. those kind of developments are the norm up and down the land.
local authorities all over the UK can do this apart from WMDC who lurch from one embarrassment to another.

Also look at our City centre, its becoming a run down slum.

How this jokers keep in power beggars belief.

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:49 pm  

Pleased for York that there is some concrete positive news for their rugby and football teams. And if someone were to say make a comparison between York and Wakefield Councils in the media, Box and WC could be embarrassed further...

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:03 pm  

The issue for Wakefield Council is having three teams in one district that all need a new/redeveloped ground. If we were the only team in the district or we'd agreed years ago to share in somewhere like Normy it'd have been done years ago. But we are where we are.

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:04 pm  

Wigan Council managed to give Leigh a ground

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:19 pm  

djcool wrote:

Wigan Council managed to give Leigh a ground

They didn't give Leigh a stadium. Leigh rent the stadium and Wigan stadium has nothing to do with the council.

Re: York Community Stadium : Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:22 pm  

lets see if we can play there? only about half a hour away isn't it?

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:57 am  

jakeyg95 wrote:

The issue for Wakefield Council is having three teams in one district that all need a new/redeveloped ground. If we were the only team in the district or we'd agreed years ago to share in somewhere like Normy it'd have been done years ago. But we are where we are.

With all due respect to Featherstone R, they are a small village club outside of the top flight whereas the City of Wakefield comprises Horbury, Ossett, Wrenthorpe, Outwood, Lupset, Durker, Sandal, Eastmoor, Agbrigg, Kettlethorpe, Netherton etc. etc. As for Castleford, it appears they are are well on their way to getting a stadium plus sporting facilities. Therefore the argument that the district needs to build three stadiums or one super stadium geographically suitable to all is something of a red herring today.
The Metropolitan District of Wakefield encompassing such a large area was a stupid, ill thought out concept invented by some crazy tory politician back in the 70s. But surely, it need not be an obstacle any more.