I'm beginning to wonder if we're actually going to see a new North/Main stand first...

1) We'd wanted plenty of corporate boxes at the back of the proposed Southstand - the planners wouldn't allow this, and there was some comment I think that this is what was going to make the project viable. The corporate income from a brand new all seater, two tier North Stand with corporate boxes would be potentially greater?

2) There was the meeting with the council about "funding in line with other rugby clubs" at which Yorkshire Cricket were present - perhaps the council to loan the money to guarantee Test Matches/RL & RU World Cup games

3) Why bother with these works to the Southstand now if it only has to last less than another season

4) It's all gone very quiet on the "New South Stand" front

I dont know.Ive only been to citizens bank in Philly Ive seen most of them on TV.

Maybe its been decided with YCC AND LCC that its the North stand that will get done first.Remember the buy a brick scheme was for the NORTH STAND,not as you would think the other way round

What state was the pitch in? Reports are that, once again, our lodgers have massacred it after, once again, it was immaculate at the end of last season.

Fantastic post!



I was at the Rob Burrow game and it was pretty bad then.

Worst playing surface in Super League resembling a peat bog for most of the season. Still, it reminds me of the good old days when a lot of playing surfaces looked like that, particularly in soccer. But you cannot beat tradition, history, crap pitch and a real crackling old time atmosphere, none of the new grounds have it

Pissing against a Wall, standing on a crumbling terrace, catering from the 1800s, no facilities. Tradition and history, all at £25 a pop.

What a load of gash. Headingley is fast becoming the poor relation of RL grounds.

I see what you're saying G1 I do...but...You see so many of these new stadium's lose it's "spark"

Take the Arsenal's stadium for example, it's very pretty to look at but there's zero atmosphere.

I've only ever been past on the train.

I don't think there's any issue with Atmosphere at Hull or Warrington. Having seen St Helens new place I doubt there will be any less atmosphere there.

Wigan's lego construction with gaps in the corners doesn't help but I always watch our games there in the pub on Sky anyway so I don't care?

Did replacing the crumbling Eastern terrace with the Carnegie Stand improve or ruin Headingley's atmosphere?

No it didn't but having a higher roof compared to what we have now on the South Stand will affect things I would of thought?

Notcied the attendance at HQ is now back up to 21,500

Which further emphasises the point that GH was originally talking bollox when he said a new South Stand had to be built and built NOW, due to safety certificate for the old stand running out and not being renewed.

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