Firstly congratulations to London on winning the Million Pound Game. Danny Ward has done a fantastic job with I’d imagine smaller budgets than Toronto, Leigh and perhaps Featherstone and Toulouse.

However is the Trailfinders Sports Ground really good enough to meet the minimum criteria of stadium for a Super League club? I would say no it is not. It looks like an amateur clubs ground.

This is a genuine discussion point. As the last thread on this topic was locked, please keep all posts on topic or refrain from posting.

No, it clearly doesn't meet the criteria. However, criteria were essentially abandoned whe we returned to promotion and relegation. We can either have a criteria-based system for deciding who is in the top flight, or we can have a purely performance-based system. At the moment, we have the latter.

I guess on the plus side there's a good chance London will geta few sell-outs next year, as the travelling fans of the bigger clubs will easily fill out Trailfinders alongside the local support.

Wasn't the original topic locked? Don't worry Kev they will be fine

Give it a rest Sinfield, London have deservedly gained promotion to Super League.

I personally enjoyed our trip to Trailfinders during Leeds' first forray into the middle eights a couple of years ago. A very friendly atmosphere, a cracking club bar and they put on a good BBQ as well.

Yes, it's a far cry from Wembley or Old Trafford, but you cannot fault the effort of the people involved when it comes to matchday and supporter experience.

Well its a ground that i will look forward to going too.

I would imagine that 95% of travelling fans would much rather visit Trailfinders than Lamport,

I can get away with not taking my Wife to the Trailfinders ground as its not an over nighter, but if i went to Toronto which is an overnight stay I'm 99.9% sure my wife would want to come along but not for the game but for the shopping

The minimum criteria for stadiums was ignored years ago

Hopefully it won't have umpteen different coloured lines like Toronto. Drove me mad looking at that.
Must be distracting for the players.

If the RFL do say London can't play there, where would be a viable alternative? Loftus Road or Griffin Park perhaps?

Looking forward to going, miss the day out at London, loved it when they played at Brentford, pub on each corner. Wonder if there is any traction in looking at playing at Brentfords new ground. 18k capacity

I believe they have already given it approval

Trailfinders is better than a 4/5 empty ground IMHO.

They've built a stand now behind the sticks where the away fans stood on the open terrace, I've stood there a few times with a plastic bucket filled with ice with 5 cans of VB in it, so classy