It's ok peple being fo the opinion that they don't want to go back to Edinburgh, but to claim there aren't any decent places to eat is going too far.

The city has more decent bars and restaurants than anywhere else I know (outside London).

Personally I'd be over the moon if it were to be at Murrayfield again, but I expect the whole concept will be shelved.

Eastlands is about 5 miles out of the city centre ........ give or take 3 1/2 miles or so. Doh.

Thing is there's no football club with an ounce of sense that will let us play 7 games on their pitch. Plus the venue has to have a roof. Plus someone has to fund the cost of the hire of the ground & staff. Now who apart from Murrayfield would accept those conditions.

Cardiff is only about half an hour further by car. Unless you go via A49, which is long but has the undoubted pleasure of the Ludlow Food Centre (and some beautiful scenery).

Steve. Nobody at Newcastle United has an ounce of sense. They've proved it year after year. If we could play it there it would be great. There's plenty of pubs around the ground and an additional plus would be for Gatehead to play a\game on the Friday night to give them a bit of a lift.

Now that Newcastle will be in the Premiership next season i'd be very suprised if they agreed to letting us stage the Magic weekend there.

As said before Elland Road could be a good shout.

I also think places like Portman or Carrow Road could be a good shout, a nice weekend in East Anglia.

Elland Road is a tired stadium. Have you ever been to Norwich ior Ipswich?

I've been to Carrow Road, it's a great ground IMO and would meet the requirements.

btw, wheres carrow road ?

Noting magic about this weekend for me, unless there were 30,000 people wearing invisibility cloaks inside Murrayfield on both days.

Maybe it's time to scrap the idea...

Norwich = East Anglia. A nice weekend down at the seaside.

thankyou, and cant see 20 000+ fans going to the 'seaside'
NEWCASTLE all the way!

Valid point.

Having done some research it now only holds around 26000 anyway. And with the four hour drive but having said that i've done it in 2 and a half - 3 hours myself.

Out of the venues menshioned my conclusion isNewcastle - Great venue. Smaller capacity stadium than Edinburgh, great city and a good night life.

Villa Park (Birmingham) - Another great venue IMO. A good ground in a big city. A 2hour driving distance and this would suit every team except Catalans. Also a god opportunity to try and promote the game in the Midlands.

Eastlands - An ideal location. In the middle-ish of the heartland clubs, easy to get to and would definatley bump up the attendances.

Taking it back to Cardiff - I liked Cardiff but fancy a change. A good stadium but again over seated for the attendances we bring.

Dublin (Croke Park) - Wouldn't mind it here myself however - issues such as cost and transport will crop up and rightly so. However a nice weekend in Dublin with some Guisness or Magners .

Personally i wouldn't mind a poll added to this thread just to see what the majority would pick. Maybe one of the mods, i.e. Cat could attach one.