Bloody hell, here we have a chance to shine and show off and we are in the dark over what can and can't be done. I reckon we can get 10k in for this match easy so efforts should bemade to have all 4 stands open, no point having a shiny new 1/4 of a stadium if 2 other sides are for a big game, especially one on TV if it is.

We was actually last on against St Helens in the 2002 quater finals

Only in Halifax can a ground be built to hold 9000+ but not be allowed to fill it and be capped at 6300!!

They only get their free tickets subject to availability.

So if you allocate them 1,000 tickets for instance (or whatever the minimum requirement is for the competition) then any others who want to buy tickets in the Fax end have to pay full price.

Weren't we also on tv from the Shay in another cup-tie against Bradford when they put something like 68 points on us? Can't remember the year, though, but it was in the early 2000s I think.

But this would only apply if it was made an "all ticket". If it wasnt it would be turn up and use your season ticket, and the club just cant take that chance.

I personally think that they should sort out the north stand, then allocate the Bulls the North Stand, the Skircoat stand and half of the east stand, the remainder would sufficient for us.

A full stadium would be worth ten points to the fax team, we need a full to capacity stadium for this one, its perfect timing considering the franchise stuff. Bulls would bring 5 easy and we could get 5 easy.

Questions:

1. How much would it cost to bring the North Stand up to specification?
2. Would there be enough time to do the work before the Bradford game?
3. If this work were to be done and temporary toilets toilets installed to raise the ground capacity to it's maximum (12,400?) would it be an economically viable proposition to use this game to finance the North Stand renovation?

I think I read somewhere that the visitors are entitled to 30/40% of the available tickets. Once all those are claimed they would have to buy tickets from the remaining Fax allocation. Surely even the RFL could not force us to keep giving away tickets to Bradford until they are all gone.

Another question, it was also suggested somewhere that the "free tickets for the first round" system is subsidised by the RFL (i.e. the clubs are compensated). Does anyone know if this is correct?

What's suddenly made the Skircoat inactive? Even with a TV gantry put somewhere in there, it's not going to fill more than half of it. At York on Thursday they just stuck it in the middle of that side terrace and fans were either side of it.

East Stand
South Stand
Half Skircoat will still be approaching 8,000.

Anyway, with 7 weeks to go, I'm sure there'll be quiet words in peoples ears about getting the North done in time for then, I didn't even realise the work on that was going to be all that major. We've always had that toilet problem so get the terracing sorted first and cap it.

Portable toilets in North Stand, can't be that difficult or is somebody at the council taking the p1ss again.

Might need a 3 month report though costing £25,000 to see if the toilets would be viable.

It was 2001 remember it oh too well

I think that they only close the Skircoat Stand for Sky games so that they force the crowd into the South and East stands to make it look fuller for TV. The BBC may have a totally different opinion.

Aye, that's fair enough and makes sense but clearly if we need the 1,200 available after a gantry the Skircoat will be used for this game making the minimum available 8,000. Give Bradford the Skircoat and a third of the East stand and that should be around the 30% they're allowed.



Then if the North's open we're rolling in puppies and it's easy to sort.

they could always use one of the boxes as a commentary box then no need to close the skircoat stand at all