Nah - Newmarket is equidistant between Castleford and Wakefield - it's a much better location.

And therein lies the problem!

But it's not between Fev and Wakefield.

Newmarket is NOT equidistant between Castleford and Wakefield and whether it's "a much better location" is debatable. You having a laugh Bren2K surely?
NM is OK if you like walking the dogs or even a bit of "stobart spotting" before you go to a game - there's nowt there.

I think GH is the perfect location and although it would never happen,I think the area would have one of the best teams in Sl.

I'd say NM is almost exactly equidistant, however we are forgetting fev, so if i am being 100% honest i would say (for this reason only) a joint community stadium in GH would be the fairer of the two, however another plot may have to be chosen, which of course adds even more time to an already too lengthy process.
As for walking dogs and Lorry spotting, if i'm off to a game there is little else i am off for (other than beer obviously) so it may as well be up a mountain or in the middle of a wind farm as Exscape/junction 32 etc etc etc.
I think a merger on these grounds where our clubs are kept as feeder clubs has some legs, but i'm probably in a minority as i dont where blinkers unlike many who would object!!

5 Towns RLFC ? I don't think i've heard anything less catchy in my life!!!!
God knows? but unless it had no mention of either club it would cause nothing but objections.
The amateur's if selected go on to play for the Wakefield District team!

Forget it. Neither club would ever agree to a merger, it is all or nothing , unless they both get grounds sorted out. Or of course other clubs go under like Bradford, and possibly Hull KR.

Any club with the ambition but not the money will run the risk of going under, thats how it works.
Teams without ambition will just struggle on and achieve nothing, and they're clueless supporters will then moan and start blindingly obvious threads such as this one because of it.
Now listen carefully, i will say this only once.
If all our clubs were to be kept as feeder clubs in the championship and the new representative club was in SL, wouldn't that be acceptable to all interested clubs and more importantly the RFL?
Don't reply straight away, think about it, you may see it makes some sense but you may run the risk of not posting something stupid. Think about it.

West Riding Fusion

Clearly i owe Homer J an apology!!!!

Thats the nuclear option.

On reading a bit about nuclear fusion I came across this statement

"Therefore, the main technical difficulty for fusion is getting the nuclei close enough to fuse."

How very apt, but if we could then ??

Only problem with this new concept would be the location of the feeder clubs base. i.e if CT sold WR and the SL franchise was based in GH - Where would CT play ? Same for Wakey - if Belle Vue became housing and the Franchise was based in NM - where would WTW play ?

Agreed - the idea has got legs, but the 3 clubs wouldn't agree to it.

Another main stumbing block would be CT and Fev's reluctance to have anything to do with anything relating to Wakey as a city which I wholeheartedly agree with. Other than sharing the same post code - we have nothing except rivalry, that of which has got a bit out-of-hand lately IMO.

Normanton?

Was mooted 15 years ago - too late now IMO. The ship has sailed.