Yes. And it was going to make Salford the richest club in the history of sport. Turned out to be slightly less than factual though, didn't it?



A 20-40k stadium?

This is, at best, a fantasy. Even more so that than the Casino, hotel etc in Salford.

Monster Trucks? Haye vs Klitschko? WWF? Bon Jovi? I see no problem with a 40k stadium hosting these events.

The loss of the casino was hardly Salford's fault, was it? A great idea that floundered due to outside influences, just as the larger scale plans were binned as the world entered financial meltdown.

Of course, a hotel next door to the massive industrial and business parks at Trafford Park and around Manchester and right on the M60 would be a disaster.

Not quite sure what your point is. You think a central hub for RL would be A Bad Thing?

If that’s what you think, then why did you spend 4 pages of posts arguing with me when I said the same thing earlier in the thread?

Admittedly, the first one of those is a club game … but "we can't fill Wembley"?

No , you said it was the main reason , I said it wasn't the main reason , why did I do that

Simple , I have been to lots of Internationals , but I'm that fed up of dissapointment , I'm not bothered any more , that and a general dissatisfaction with how the game is being run are the main reasons I have lost interest in International RL , read what is there , not what you think is there

I must say that if English RL needs a permanent home, so does Wales.


Devil's Advocate

There are a lot of "I's" there, did it not occur to you that I was talking about the whole of the Rugby League world and not just what you thought about international rugby?

That the site is also right next to a sewage works may well count against that flash hotel idea though.

The cold hard facts are these.

Rugby League is effectively a minority sport in the UK played almost exclusively by clubs from what has been called the M62 corridor.

And it has always been that way.


Until schools all across the country play league as their preferred code of Rugby rather than union then thats the way it will stay.


Also when you factor in the fact England/GB have won nothing at international level since a very high % of this forums users were born really doesnt help.

What on earth is the point in even thinking about holding an RL international at Wembley? Last years 4 nations clash between England and Australia at Wigan couldnt even sell out the DW. And Wigan is arguably in one of the biggest rugby league supporting areas in the UK.

Times have moved on since the game was drawing lots of fans for RL fixtures at Wembley.

Why should your average English supporter (who is most likely to be living in the north) have to travel to London to watch his national side get a flogging...when he can just watch it on Sky down the pub (if you can find a pub that is not showing soccer instead)

Think that may summarise part of the reason why that's a non runner

It's actually finding PUBS!!!

They are closing at about 40 a week in GB!!! and have been doing so for many years.

It will be the highly priced warm beer and the small bags of fried pig skin and fat (scratchings?) they sell behind the bar thats causing the punters to disappear faster than a labrador who has just seen Joel Monaghan reaching for the peanut butter.

British pubs are pretty ordinary.


Thats why Barry McKenzie refuses to drink in any other establishments other than Shepherds Bush Walkabout during the week and The Church on a sunday lunchtime.

You are at the moment living in London Barry,I thought all the beer darn sarf was warm anyway.