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.

Norwich is at least four hours drive from Warrington, and about half an hour inland from the coast.

Its pretty much in the middle of nowhere, although I hear there's a cracking owl sanctuary nearby.

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 is:

[uNewcastle [/u- Great venue. Smaller capacity stadium than Edinburgh, great city and a good night life.

[uVilla Park (Birmingham)[/u - 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.

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

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

[uDublin (Croke Park)[/u - 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

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