this is news to me, where does it say that?

Is this a joke?

not a bit!
if you were to duplicate the east stand once finished, to replace the skircoat, I think the ground would lose some of its charm to be honest.

Besides, im fed up of the shay being a building site after 10 years, will be nice to have 4 functioning stands for a while

Well I don`t know as I am not privvy to what goes on but I cannot see the Skircoat stand being used much if at all once the new stand is opened. Just hope they keep it looking tidy and not let it be used for growing the Triffids like the ones growing in some parts of the ground now.

when the east stand is completed, we will (in my mind) have the perfect setup:

-One brand spanking new seated stand
-Two standing terraces where the nutters can jump about and sing
-A traditional/historic stand

what more could you want?

Like I said the Skircoat will rarely be open.

A crowd to fill it

asking a lot there...............

which bit is news to you?
the replacement stand or got it from man city?

bottom line says new skircoat stand. www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Su ... 5415433.jp

bottom line says new skircoat stand. www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Su ... 5415433.jp

both. thanks for the link

But it should be open for every game , with 200 free family tickets , no bar , no family no entry , find sponsors to provide free merchandise and free or cheap refreshments , bouncy castle , face painting , clowns , various other entertainments , giveaways , tickets only given out through schools or other kids organisations

800 people in it every game , nobody gets in more than twice a season

good idea, presume separate entrance too to ease the congestion. hunger hill could be used.

Totally separate from the rest of the ground , do it for the next 5 years and you will be pulling in 5/6,000 per match in the Championship

I would love for them to do something like that but I can`t see it they will not want to pay for the extra stewards and stuff.

That's why you get Calderdale council to sponsor the new Calderdale community Skircoate stand , it is a council ' facility ' is it not ?

get the council to pay for it!

Get Michael or Graham to get in touch with me and I'll ' sell ' it to them

Id love em to take roof off the skircoat (as a start), build more seats on the grassy knoll. so i could sit in the sun with a beer and watch the rugby


im sure we could get challenge cup semis and NRC, after all were 200 miles from cardiff, london, dublin, edinburgh, belfast, slap bang in the heart of league land, were central and should exploit our position


restricted views wont help us.

But... i think were getting ahead of ourselves, Shaymen doing better, Fax recovering, lets walk before we run.

That is a very good idea, maybe needs the twice a season bit increasing but still very good nonetheless

If you increase the twice a season bit too much people who are season ticket holders or pay most weeks wold start resenting it.

Thats the whole point , you have to sell this to your season tickets buyers as nobody will get in more than twice or some will not be happy and potentially not purchase next year

Ideally you want 800 different people coming to 15 matches , thats 12,000 potential new fans per season

I suggested 2 matches as some might get tickets via school and then a second through organisations like the BB,cubs,girl guides ,netball clubs ,footballclubs , karate/judo clubs

But you must ensure that nobody gets in free who doesn't decerve a ticket

something should be done so we can sit / stand in sun whilst watching superfax

the new stand will have sun on the seats for most matches. plus the rain for the rainy days.

That's why you can't beat Dewsbury on a sunny day (although when it's windy it's also effing freezing!). Maybe we need to take the tin roof off and have a a retractable awning!?