Judging from what was posted in the League Express it was your crowd numbers that affected the grade, though I suspect that will change once you move to your own ground.

[iLeague Express: Saints remain a major force in Super League but has fallen below the 9,000 crowd limit this season that would guarantee it an A-grade licence.[/i

Fair enough. It just can't be judged on a stadium that is now just a pile of rubble with some houses growing on it! (The comments of the RFL did relate to Knowsley Road)


The average was 10,000 for the years previous but 9000 for this year (presumably reduced because it isn't a full season). We are bound to have dropped drastically this year, well below 9000. We have only managed two matches with 10,000 fans present! (Wigan and Wire, strangely enough!)

I think the licensing system generally is a mystery but the grading more so. Not least because that dump of a stadium in Leeds has been given an A Grade and why?

Actually 8043 for the season so far so not very below the 9k

You need to find out when accounts have to be filed with Companies House.

HTH.

All of which would mean you couldn't get an A grade. The criteria published earlier is not the full criteria. The RFL will not take into account grounds that haven't materialised yet, and if renting/leasing etc to get an A grade there must be at least 5 year left on any agreement.

oh, a Saints Wigan dick measuring contest. Lovely

I'm going to bet on StainsFan.

We do play in 2 weeks. what did you expect. Any excuse for an arguement. Even something that is not really a threat to either club causes a nice oppertunity to have go with the semi only 2 weeks away.

Once we are in the new stadium there isn't any reason why we should not get a Grade A.

I'm amazed that Leeds can get a Grade A when the "away end" hasn't even a roof. Each of the other Grade A clubs
play under fully covered stadia. The criteria in this respect is crackers.

(a) They did. See the summing up in League Express this week of what the RFL said last time around.
(b) It most definitely has materialised. Unless that stadium with grass growing on its pitch is the stadium for another team.
(c) The two above suggest you were just guessing.

True.
Although a substantial ongoing support of the Lenagan family is mentioned in the accounts to see wigan through 2010/11 season.
it also says that additional loans from the family are necessary so the chances are he will re-structure the debt owed to his family.

However, this does not solve/disguise the ongoing trading losses of wigan even with your high support levels; whereas we can grow to reach profitability which = sustainability.

How can wigan trade their way out of continuing losses when you are going full pelt and having to borrow more and more from its owner?