"Gerreminangerremout!"

He used to chew through 3 tongues if it was a close game!

so is there a few ex Crigg players here???

I must admit I did swing the bat around in my younger days

come on lets have some names! i was only a kid when Durz dd the tins! but thet guy is a legend!

I played for Crigg in the 60s. Derek father was the scorer and a very good one. I was lucky enough to play with some really good cricketers. Greenwood,Barraclough,Buxton,Mann,Green,Froggett to name a few. We used to struggle to get a 2nd team together and turned up short for matches. I remember being in the side when we struggled to make 20!!!
Those were the days.

Buxtons lad (Andy) is now the chairman and plays when needed. top bloke.

i seem to remember the floodlights being dropped down on a pivot when they need maintenance, but i may have dreamt that. wouldn’t that mean that if we put up these magical temporary stands then we’d have to consider relocating the floodlights in order that they could be maintained?

either way i think that the temporary stands are a waste of money as it would be money out of the game and the rfl would surely it be pumped into something long term rather than transient.

Far from it; if the temp stands get us a SL franchise, then an investment of around £400k on ground improvements will result in 3 years worth of SL money, gate receipts, sponsorship, advertising and merchandise, totalling millions.

A pretty decent ROI, don't you think?

yes of course i agree with the roi, however if i were the rfl i'd prefer that 400k to go into rl rather than into the hands of the firms providing the structures. that's all i'm saying.

one thing that frustrates me here is that if we can bring the ground up to scratch for the price of a couple of family houses then why the hell didn't we do it years ago?

On the first point I totally agree, but then this is the RFL we're talking about, and they covet shiny stadiums that are devoid of atmosphere but full of seats and baby-changing facilities above all else.

On the second point - maybe that one will be answered in Ted's memoirs?

Because most family houses have more spare cash coming in than any RL club. TBH you could say the same for Cas, Bradford or Saints.

Problem is fans. Fans are cash but they want the best players or they tend not to watch. It would be a brave Chairman to stop signing players and build stands for five years. It would take an even braver set of fans to keep turning up for 5 years, i mean it's been bad enough.