You must live near me. I can see the Bramhall Lane end right now.

instantly puts Sheffield in contention for a licence

also it'd be a good venue for an international or semi final

Noo it doesnt, need to 'tick the box' first
What infrastructure have they got below first team? average attendances etc? I havent caught much of sheffield in quite some time actually, always miss them when theyre on

...........and the other criteria? Or is it just about the stadium? If that's the case The Championship will be brimming with ex-SL sides St Helens, Castleford, Wakefield, and Salford in 2012

Why don't they assure SL status in the city by merging with one of the exisiting SL clubs ?

Huddersfield are one of the nearest .... Why don't they play some games at the Galpharm and the rest at Bramhall Lane ?

Just look down under, the St George / Illawarra merger worked wonders ! Why not here ?

Hardly getting your act together and sorting your stadium out is it, they've rented a football ground. Unfortunately the likes of Cas, Wakey and Fev dont have that luxury, its going to cost millions for them.

SL has been tried in Sheffield and its clear the public are not interested in enough numbers to support it. I would suggest they are looked at over the next 5 yrs to see how attendances improve so we dont have another ridiculous episode of Hudds/Sheff and Gateshead/Hull.

i previously wrote off sheffields chances mainly due to DVS.

the move back? to bramal lane is very interesting.

if the soccer club get behind it like quins have done then this will be very positive.

south yorkshire would be a good move for SL

i think it can, rl doesnt impede on the football season too much while ice hockey seems to have its own niche and hardcore suupport in cities its played so no real problem there. rl could and should be the no. 1 summer sport there

a bit off topic but i would like to see double headers at places like bramall lane, anfield, st. james and elland road instead of millenium magic in the future.

Yeah, while we're at it, Hull FC could merge with Gateshead ...

Ideally SL would want a team there just based on the fact they have a decent population base and the ALL important stadium.


Problem is, its just never worked there.


Still, you have to wonder about some teams currently in SL that get terrible crowds anyway and play out of terrible stadiums.

I agree, and in a way it's a shame because some clubs especially Castleford IMO could get some great crowds with a better stadium. Saints would obviously get much much bigger crowds as well.

The stadiums just about match up to the rugby at the moment though.

You do know nearly a quarter of the population of Cas goes to home games?

Now Wakefield on the other hand...

Yes I know that and with a new stadium with so much interest in the town in the sport of RL and then with a bit of success, they could be above 10,000 average with sell out crowds against Wakey and leeds.

Like what happens now then

All a new stadium will do is add a thousand at most new tag alongs who aren't really interested in the game, and a few more away fans. Cas' average attendance will probably be never higher then 11,000 max in a new stadium because of the size of the town/3 teams that don't take fans to away games.