East Midlands,,,Come to the West Midlands,,,i would love to see you lot @ Bescot Stadium....

maybe you should write to Andy Gatcliffe & suggest it?

the club are waiting for you to fund it.

I must admit, if the RFL are serious about expansion I do think going out into other communities (not just planting new clubs there, giving them an SL franchise and hoping for the best) is vital.

I don't know how much of this goes on already so I'm not going to pass judgement as it might be a lot for all I know.

As an example though, my ex-girlfriend was from Stamford and I discovered plenty of people there support Leicester RU. Leicester is about 45 minutes away from Stamford but because RU is widely played in schools there, they grow up with the game and Leicester are the nearest professional team so the support develops.

I can't imagine many people from 45 minutes outside Warrington supporting us unless they've either moved from Warrington in the first place or have family who did. Getting the game played in schools across the north in particular (most people I know from Manchester and Liverpool never played RL at school and look how close those cities are to the heartlands - Saints, Widnes and Salford in particular would benefit from increased exposure there) is potentially far more beneficial then creating new franchises or taking games "on the road".

there was a post on here somewhere a while back,some sort of engineering magazine link i think not 100% sure but it said something along the line of warrington expanding by 2014

Wire_Yed's geography A-level paper, yesterday.

To be fair they are not north or south, and i got an A in geography.

Look again at where Bath is.

It's near Bristol, but where does Middle end and South begin ?

Bath's further south than London! Incidentally, I would think of Northampton as the 'bottom' of the Midlands, and Lincoln as the most northerly point.

HJ stadium
Original capacity 14k+
Revised capacity 13k+

Announced in October 2009 the planned expansion to 18K over the next 5 years

that will be the current "Champions" Leicester who don't play in the midlands

This is what I was thinking. Warrington, geographically, are in a good location to tap into the Cheshire-Stafford populace. You've already built strong links with the University of Chester, so it makes sense. I just thought that if you're expanding HJ there could come a point where matches would have to operate with a reduced capacity due to construction. Would it be better to run with a capacity of under 10k or take a game on the road to try and gain more support to make sure when you have the 18k capacity you definately consistently nearly fill the stadium whilst developing the clubs identity in the region?

Anyway, I was just having a muse and wondered what your thoughts were. Cheers for the responses. Good luck with the rest of the season.

Play at Stoke's ground then ? only decent ground in the area, can't see it happening though, it's a complete non starter.

Just to let everyone know the RFL is trying to push the game forward this season down here in the Midlands. As part of this every club in the Midlands Premier League has been paired with a Super League club, they will support by giving advice and training.
The wires allocated club is the Redditch Ravens and I am planning to try to pop down to a couple of games this season to offer some wire support and I would encourage any other fans to do the same who live in the midlands area (also fans of other super league clubs who live in the midlands could look up who there clubs are sponsoring and do the same).
The Ravens did not make the best start to the season having lost to the Telford Raiders ( the team Saints have been paired with) but hope the best for the rest of the season.