In this week’s Express Castleford Tigers’ chief Richard Wright reveals plans to sell its ground for a supermarket development in a deal which would secure funding for its new multi-million pound stadium.

Will have to wait until tomorrow to read the full story - wonder what wakie will have to say

Might be able to help you on that. I have been told and this is very reliable and genuine. Castleford have terminated the deal with Ben Bailey homes some weeks ago. They have engaged a development company who specialise in developing land for supermarkets. The land value is much greater than if it was for housing.

It does sound as it is very good news for you and good luck.

We could do with a bit of good luck. but our new owners are starting to make their mark and we cannot be ruled out of anything.

Just for a bit of confirmation rlclick hererl

May I refer one particular rather negative Wakefield poster to the thread where I stated he would be eating his words within the next couple of weeks.

So are things signed sealed and delivered or is this just a plan??? Do we have an interested party or interested parties???

Let's hope this pulls off. It could only really be with Sainsburys as we already have the other big ones in the area? Still, in a sad way it'll be yet another thing to kill off the town centre.

It wont stop Morrisons & Tesco wanting in because they're in Ponte, moving into Cas will give them more customers because I suspect some people go to Asda just because it's the closest.

Nothing is sorted yet whatever becomes of this...

Hope its positive but there's a long long way to go yet

the vast majority of us Wakefield fans will wish you well... except of course, when you play against us...

I really hope this works out for you!




Cas and Trinity (and Rovers for that matter) forever... sharing and merging... never!

It's not up to them. There's a law preventing the companies to have a huge supermarket in every town.... hence why i said Sainsburys. It's why we're seeing "Express" shops opening up all over the place as it's a loophole.

www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1353

www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1353

its the year of the TIGER... we should all and and give the ceo the and say to wheldon road and wakey

You have to applaud the club's determination in attempting to secure the best price for it's current assets and RW's honesty in explaining why the build has been delayed. If a slight delay means having the whole stadium built in one phase, I think that's a positive thing.

My interpretation on the article is that they're actively in the process of seeking planning approval for the scheme and that the agreement with the buyer is already in place, and presumably subject to the scheme being approved by the council.

Good news and hopefully this will move quite quickly now it's been announced.

Thanks for the background fella - that's very useful information.

As it stands Cas has only one major supermarket (ASDA) which is ludicrous for a population of around 40,000. Compare that with Selby (population of around 14,000) which has three major supermarkets and it would suggest this is something that Cas desperately needs.