We at Oldham are very aware of the ground situation and have measures in place. Terracing and more seats will apparently go in over the break. Rumours about our ground surface about every 40 mins at the moment tho.

Our reserves finished 5th in the league behind Whitehaven, Featherstone, Leigh and Widnes.

Oldham-always the bridesmaids!

This year may be our year, but I know there's definately a less desperate air this year after the year we've just had!

Best of luck York, always had a soft spot for you guys, great club. Still wear the 2007 home shirt I got off the net.

Go get em.

An exert from an Article last week reference Oldham and Blackpool's grounds. And i think it's a shame if for example Oldham did win that they were not allowed into the Championship just on there ground alone. (And York is my home town too)

Oldham, who beat York in last week’s Championship One qualifying semi-final, and Blackpool, whom the Knights meet on Sunday for the right to face the Roughyeds in the Grand Final, have both been warned their grounds do not come up to scratch for the higher tier.

They have been given a list of improvements by the Rugby Football League which, if not met at some point before the 2011 season, would mean they have to find a new home should they win the play-offs or stay in Championship One.

This could open the door for the Knights – the only other team still in the running – to be offered the second promotion place after champions Hunslet, even if they do not win the Grand Final.

More likely, the second-bottom team in the Championship, Whitehaven, could be spared relegation.

Hasn't it been said that the costing of the seating is too expensive?

we'll have some standing then

The step up to the Championship is a big one.

From what I saw in the Keighley vs York NRC Quarter Final this season. They'd need to improve significantly to have any chance of staying up.

We beat them easily that day and we weren't good enough to stay in the Championship.

Either way Championship 1 is going to lose one of the clubs with the best away followings in the division, for that I wish both clubs luck

I agree, but York were a different side then, the Coach was killing the team and the team was just going through the motions so to speak and we still suffered after nearly every single player leaving to go to Hunslet Knights, sorry i mean Hunslet Hawks, things have taken time and with Dave Woods in Charge and with him coaching his way the Knights have shown a good improvement, yeah not perfect but that will come in time.

It will probably dawn on whoever wins how big the task ahead of them is when they see the main event afterwards.

Championship players are just so much bigger, faster, stronger and more disciplined than their Championship 1 counterparts.

There are 4 or 5 teams that can play to the standard of Fax and Fev and the rest of the teams would probably stroll through Championship 1 undefeated.

4000 minimum capacity for a start. Floodlights have to be a higher standard etc etc...........

I have never heard this mentioned before.