Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:34 am  

Watching Leeds v Leigh on Friday played at Post Office Road you can't but admire what they have done to their ground. It just makes me wonder why instead expecting the local authority or Yorkcourt to build us a super duper stadium we didn't try to buy the ground back and gradually rebuild it as Featherstone have done. A few year ago all three Wakefield district clubs had crumbling grounds . Now the poorest of those clubs has a ground to be proud of whilst Wakefield and Castleford are still hoping for a fairy godmother to present them with a spanking shiny new stadium off the M62 !

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:46 am  

The ground was mortgaged and sold years ago it was a millstone. I think you will find the club was going to bid recently when it was purchased by the current owner. In addition the cost of refurb probably wasn't economical. Without going over ploughed ground again.

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:05 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

The ground was mortgaged and sold years ago it was a millstone. I think you will find the club was going to bid recently when it was purchased by the current owner. In addition the cost of refurb probably wasn't economical. Without going over ploughed ground again.

I think people should read the ploughed threads before throwing a tarp over it and planting rhubarb.
That's the trouble though, its gone on so long people forget what's happened and why things are like they are.
I'm sure if tarp and rhubarb was an option, it would have been done.

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:20 am  

I think, had we have bought the ground back a couple of years ago, this would be a very valid possibility, dependant on available funds.

For me, the difficulty is the west terrace, as I don't think there is much room, and I feel, for the ground to reach its potential, the pitch would need to be moved a little.

Without going on, Hull KR have done similar. Yes the stadium is still relatively new, but when originally built was very basic, but when required, and when they can, have done little upgrades here and there.

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:14 am  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Without going on, Hull KR have done similar. Yes the stadium is still relatively new, but when originally built was very basic, but when required, and when they can, have done little upgrades here and there.

Isn't the ground Council owned???

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:51 am  

My understanding of how fev were able to do so well with there stands was they did it via grants and bought the stand 2nd hand
Was it Scarborough fc they bought it from?

Those grants wouldn't be available to us as we are a pro club and fev semi pro

Agree though fevs ground is a credit to them

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:47 pm  

musson wrote:

My understanding of how fev were able to do so well with there stands was they did it via grants and bought the stand 2nd hand
Was it Scarborough fc they bought it from?

Those grants wouldn't be available to us as we are a pro club and fev semi pro

Agree though fevs ground is a credit to them

yes it was Scarborough stand and they also had an engineering company on green lane that helped them out with the volunteers as do Cas with theirs,
shame we had to rely on a generator and some kind hearted guys

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:50 pm  

ball-in-hand wrote:

Watching Leeds v Leigh on Friday played at Post Office Road you can't but admire what they have done to their ground. It just makes me wonder why instead expecting the local authority or Yorkcourt to build us a super duper stadium we didn't try to buy the ground back and gradually rebuild it as Featherstone have done. A few year ago all three Wakefield district clubs had crumbling grounds . Now the poorest of those clubs has a ground to be proud of whilst Wakefield and Castleford are still hoping for a fairy godmother to present them with a spanking shiny new stadium off the M62 !

I'm sure you've asked this question before and had it answered time and time again

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:19 pm  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

I think, had we have bought the ground back a couple of years ago, this would be a very valid possibility, dependant on available funds.

For me, the difficulty is the west terrace, as I don't think there is much room, and I feel, for the ground to reach its potential, the pitch would need to be moved a little.

Without going on, Hull KR have done similar. Yes the stadium is still relatively new, but when originally built was very basic, but when required, and when they can, have done little upgrades here and there.

Plenty of room on western terrace can't you remember the old west stand

Re: Why didn't we do like Featherstone ? : Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:45 pm  

Yes I do M62.

First season I went down to watch that I can remember was 1980-81 season, and I think the stand was pulled down almost immediately after the Bradford fire.

There just doesn't seem to be loads of room at that side.