Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:17 pm  

vastman wrote:

They are currently averaging 500 at Fev.

The Coach is a mate of my son and although I have no interest in them myself I do hear stuff.

The crux is ambition and potential and in that respect they have far more than Nostell Miners Welfare and Glasshoughton Welfare. The aim is to create a football club to suit a city of Wakefields size. By that I don't mean they see themselves in the Premiership in ten years or indeed ever. They want to create a quality semi-pro club competing with the likes Redditch or Stourbridge in the Northern & Southern Premier Division, Southern Premier Central and Isthmian League or not far off.

That is possible with the reasonably wealthy backer they now have.

For us that could possibly mean 22+ games a season, with an anticipated average attendance of 2,000 per game. Apart from the rent we get that's also a lot of beer and burgers we can shift. They won't be able to train there and we ourselves may have to have some of our subsidiary teams train elsewhere in winter, summer not an issue, but the gain would outway the loss IMHO.

Whether it happens, watch this space.

Interesting stuff, as an aside , I am sure Nostell Miners is that ground at the end of what was the lump in Crofton. I remember when Kear was coach we used to play our junior games on their pitch. It was just a field with a fence around it. Like you suggest it would require very little to put together a team to quickly rise out of a league that contained such teams.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:48 pm  

Wakefield AFC announcement due at 6pm according to their Facebook page.

Plenty of comments saying its announcing they are due to move to BV....

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:03 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Interesting stuff, as an aside , I am sure Nostell Miners is that ground at the end of what was the lump in Crofton. I remember when Kear was coach we used to play our junior games on their pitch. It was just a field with a fence around it. Like you suggest it would require very little to put together a team to quickly rise out of a league that contained such teams.

It’s part of the Crofton Sports Centre. I think the football team play on the floodlit pitch directly behind the centre and only they play on it. Our academy played on the top field, which is actually a decent pitch.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:04 pm  

upthetrin92 wrote:

Wakefield AFC announcement due at 6pm according to their Facebook page.

Plenty of comments saying its announcing they are due to move to BV....

I’m saying nowt

[PopTart]

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:42 pm  

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vastman wrote:

I’m saying nowt

Oh to dream

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:46 pm  

According to Minards the pitch we have now is playable for up to 38 hrs per week , and looking at it after the Halifax match it looks like it will live up to its billing with not a blade out of place . Not a footy fan myself but they can generate money that RL can only dream about, even the junior clubs are awash with grants from the football league , so it can only be a positive thing for the club as I see it

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:50 pm  

PopTart wrote:

[imgur][/imgur]Oh to dream

It's hard to imagine that any football blub would rather play on the POR pitch, with its long grass and slope, than play on the new surface at BV.
Of course this wouldnt be the only factor, not by any means but, the BV pitch is superb.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:07 pm  

Kettykat wrote:

According to Minards the pitch we have now is playable for up to 38 hrs per week , and looking at it after the Halifax match it looks like it will live up to its billing with not a blade out of place . Not a footy fan myself but they can generate money that RL can only dream about, even the junior clubs are awash with grants from the football league , so it can only be a positive thing for the club as I see it

Caveat on that.

Yes it can, but it will not be until it's first summer that it reaches full potential. We are possibly pushing it at present, but it should still be ok. Will be virtually indestructible this time next year.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:08 pm  

PopTart wrote:

[imgur][/imgur]Oh to dream

Likewise I can assure you.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:56 pm  

The pitch would be a massive draw for any side playing home games at Belle Vue......it looked absolutely fantastic for the Halifax game....a pitch you'd just love to play regular football on.

If the team have a bit if backing behind them and a bit of ambition...playing on a surface like that would be a big draw to get decent players in IMO...