Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:16 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.

Featherstone have very tidy ground that they have redeveloped on their own so don't need a new ground.

The Council have negotiated a fantastic deal for Castleford where they are able to buy a £13m 10,000 capacity stadium for £1 which they will be the owners off and place it on their Assets Register.

So we only have one team that needs a new ground. We only ask that the Council negotiate the perfect deal that they promised so we have a new ground although unlike Castleford we would be tenants and unable to place it on our Assets Register.

This is not an attack on the Labour Party but an attack on the failures of Wakefield Council. The fact that the Council is Labour controlled is an irrelevance.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:37 am  

Miro wrote:

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.

Not too sure and stand to be corrected but wasn't that Tony Benn?

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:44 am  

chissitt wrote:

Not too sure and stand to be corrected but wasn't that Tony Benn?

Wasn't it Ted Heath Government who set the wheels in motion but were ousted before it came into play? We still had a Wakefield City Council around 1972.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:49 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Wasn't it Ted Heath Government who set the wheels in motion but were ousted before it came into play? We still had a Wakefield City Council around 1972.

Maybe I'm getting mixed up with the introduction of the post code with Tony Benn.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:58 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Wasn't it Ted Heath Government who set the wheels in motion but were ousted before it came into play? We still had a Wakefield City Council around 1972.

The Metropolitan Counties and Cities Act was introduced in Parliament in 1972 and the new metropolitan counties, metropolitan district councils came into force on April 1st 1974.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:08 am  

BOJ042 wrote:

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

Completely unviable option, other side of York, about an hours drive and that's without any traffic..

Really pleased for York they've had a hard time similar to us when it comes to there ground situation although maybe not to the same extent and I don't think there struggle has been going on quite as long as ours!

If I remember rightly they demolished there ground on the promise a new one was to be built only for the council or developers to go back on there word which was diabolical! Don't know the full ins and outs of there situation.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:25 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Wasn't it Ted Heath Government who set the wheels in motion but were ousted before it came into play? We still had a Wakefield City Council around 1972.

Yes, Peter Walker MP enviroment minister under Heath. Another Walker.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:12 am  

It is utterly galling to see York getting this, though good luck to them. How is it that our Council are so inept? We seem virtually alone in their abject inability to get anything achieved regarding facilities for it's flagship sports team. No disrespect at all to Cas but it should have it's own council. Wakefield Council should be sorting Wakefield issues like this out. It is dismal and Box should be making this a priority now. Several examples of recent successful projects have been seen lately in spite of austerity. Get it sorted!

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:23 am  

The amount of ducking and diving the council have done over the years with regards to this issue, it makes you wonder if it is a bit more than just our council being inept. Weren't they also part of the meeting that agreed Newcold wouldn't count to the trigger point? Hopefully they will prove us wrong and take MC up on his offer to loan the money for a stadium.

Re: York Community Stadium : Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:28 am  

Miro wrote:

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.

As Sandal Cat says, the council should help us get a perfect 106 agreement ala Cas. However, the point that there are three teams in the district all in fairly old grounds is not a red herring at all. Just think back to five years ago or so when the council offered all three clubs £2 million each towards their grounds. If that was for one team or one stadium then you've already got half the money and the rest would have been pretty easy to find at that point with no petty squabbling between all the various parties. It's a bit disrespectful to just refer to Featherstone as a village club as well, they got over 3k for the Fax game on Sunday which isn't far off some of our crowds.