Surely if a website is set up to inform of developments with regards to The Shay, it should be the current owners that do it - Calderdale Council!

This is clearly a town fan's work, it has the same agenda but less of the bile!

The Council really need to step forward and the town fans need to realise their position in the big scheme of things - tenents with little or no say!

Getting desperate now aren't they

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Ignore them, little people with no ambition.
Take a look at the photo of Alfreton Towns ground in the Courier, the Town Luddites would prefer to play in a Stadium like that?
They are being offered a Stadium fit for purpose, do they want it?

Why is the current 'stadium' not fit for purpose? The only part that is not fit is the pitch.

If you can't be bothered to read through the posts to realise why it isn't fit for purpose - jog on! It's been explained enough times. It's not all about the two teams playing on the pitch!

Youre right Triran, its not about the two teams on the pitch. Just the one. The peanut huggers are just squatters

SO the Shay is perfect then?
No it isn't , for either team and it needs some investment which will NOT be coming from the council.
I'm afraid it's time to wake up and smell the coffee (from a new coffee shop perhaps), none of want to see the demise of the ground that has brought some many memories but it will only deteriorate if new funding is not found.

Please can we start refering to it by its correct name please......




Have to right click view image.

Just goes to prove the point we have all being trying to make, Town fans are happy with a deterorting stadium, a pitch that can't last the winter, in fact to live in their own little backward world.
Next Sunday the Stadium is going to host 8000 people, how many do you think will go away with favourable impresions of "The New Shay"?
Over to you Bubba.

The following is a quote from the groundsman at the Shay.

[i"I'd like to know how people see the shay as a run down stadium. Its better than a few in super league and probably wouldn't be out of place in footballs division 1 and even some in the championship. The council have improved it a lot in last. 6 months some of the things which aren't obvious to a lot of people. New guttering and drainage on the skircoat stand drainage and sewerage work linking skircoat to the south stand. New roof skircoat turnstiles as well as all the work on the north stand."[/i

Not quite sure what extra you'd like to see? The council have made sure that the ground is not run down. If you took a look at the ground just 15 years ago you'd see the differences from then. We don't need to redevelop the ground ever 15 years do we? It is absolutely fine for both clubs, if anything it is too big. No chance of either side ever filling the 12500 capacity, to make the ground bigger would simply make it a white elephant, akin to Darlington.

One minute I'm Gavin and one minute I'm Geoff. Make your minds up ladies.

Supergeoff is it really you ?This is like Surprise Surprise see ya next week .Bring the money you owe me .

yep nobody is denying that the Council have put money into the stadium and good but face facts this has only been done to get the World Cup game on Sunday, I doubt the North Stand and other minor improvements would have been done otherwise, I accept maybe the pitch would have had some money spent on it as it was a needs must.
On the down side I use the away changing rooms for 5 a side and they are deteriorating already with mould on the walls, damaged wall tiles & some roof tiles are mouldy plus a damaged treatment table which looks bad. The South Stand toilets aint clever and the walls in the banqueting and other facilities in the east Stand are all marked which looks poor, if they can't afford a lick of paint then blimey come on. A private concern would not allow this, front of house is important and these are the bits people see.

But the work has been done, so no worries on that front. I can only speak for the South Stand toilets on that front (ohh err) but I don't think they're as bad as you make out, certainly in better condition than most that I've been to not sure what you're expecting?

The only part of the stadium I have a major concern with is the South-East annex, and I would have no problems with Tony moving Reactiv into there.

I don't think I have ever heard anyone else argue AGAINST developing and improving something.

Enough said really, how can you have a sensible debate with reasoning like that.