Well Wigan get full marks

Edited for accuracy

ever stood in the south stand at caravan park??

joint 1st
Wigan, Hull FC, Huddesfield 20 points
joint 4th
Warrington, Widnes, Leigh 19 points
joint 7th
Doncaster, Sheffield 17 points
joint 9th
Halifax, Quins, Crusaders 11 points
12th
Rochdale 8 points
joint 13th
Saints, Leeds, Toulouse 7 points
joint 16th
Castleford, Salford 6 points
18th
Hull KR 3 points
19th
Catalan Dragons 1 point
20th
Keighley -3 points

so as you can see a deeply flawed system



Bradford had -8
Wakefield -4 same as Dewsbury

can you lose points if your ground cant be used when you want it?

im thinking back to the time wigan had to play a home play off game at widnes and when the good friday fixture had to be played on a thursday night.both because their landlords (wigan athletic) needed the ground for football.

By the same token you should get extra points if you actually own your own ground rather than being lucky enough to play in new stadium purely because you either rent one from a Football club or are lucky enough to have a council that has funded one for you to rent back.

cant argue with that

why penalise clubs that have a ground funded from their local council?

so in your theory, you get points for playing in inadequate dumps like belle vue and knowsley road?

Because clubs that rent a ground, whether that be from a council or Football team, have been very lucky. Why should a club, such as St Helens or Wakefield, be penalised because they arent lucky enough to have a professional Football team to rent from or a council willing to fund a stadium.



They are still assets which are worth millions and the fact that a club owns such an asset should be taken into account. If clubs, such as Wigan, have suffered from financial mismanagement and have been forced to sell their grounds why should they be treated better purely because they have got lucky and have a Football club owner in the town which has built a stadium which they can now rent.

both teams are relying on their councils for land and funding, why do they want new grounds i wonder?


not worth much if it costs them a franchise is it?

councils realise the importance of having a stadium for the sake of the local community, i have no issue with council owned grounds with an option of buying it off them in the future.

Neither have I. I am just pointing out that clubs that actually own their own stadium rather than getting lucky and having a new stadium built for them to rent, whether that is council or Football owned, deserve some credit for doing so.