I was at that game and in that stand. I'm only 5' 1" tall and even I struggled with the seat in front and had to sit on an angle. My best, and much taller friend went down to the concourse at half time and never came back up she was in so much pain.

On the Elland Road front we can only hope that Leeds staying in the Premier League leads to redevelopment as it is an ideal spot for big England games. The North is missing a good ground in the 30-50k bracket, England games either end up too small at Hull, Wigan and Huddersfield or would look a bit empty at the Etihad, Anfield, StJames' etc

there is hillsbrough which I've not seen in years don't know how dated it is

Its old, not been renovated since Euro96 and I believe was at a reduced capacity before lockdown as not up to standard. Sheffield is resistant to RL's charms too, the Eagles moving ground every year doesn't help matters.

England to play Fiji at Rochdale as a warm-up.

Was about to have a rant about this but will cut them some slack as remembered Rochdale has a large Fijian population and sold out their 2013 WC game and it's also to celebrate Rochdale Hornets 150th anniversary.

That will be a tough game for England. The Fijians have some superb players.

Which will be much needed as Samoa will give them a game in the opener, the pace then slacks off against France and Greece where I'd expect the squad to be rotated.