Quote: M62 J30 TRINITY "If we had kept up being a top club like we were in the 60s we would still be one of the biggest clubs in the game. Sadly we have shown no ambition on and off the field for 50 years and run like a small town club with no ambition. No other SL club has had the lack of success we have had for the last 50 years. I have no worries about our support if we had a team that could compete every week in a stadium fit for purpose our attendances would be the higher end of the league. If we'd have had the sustained success St Helens have had we would be getting better crowds than them in my opinion. As a club they should be doing better at representing the City of Wakefield and should have been for the last 50 years.'"
Absolutely correct. I started going aged 8 in 1971. There was a level of expectancy that stayed with the club for maybe 10 years but a series of administrations that were completely incompetent and showed no foresight has destroyed us. Only David Garthwaite had any vision when he wanted to move us out of Belle Vue to a new stadium around 1980. As I recall, it was the fans who rejected that. If only we had listened. From sacking Ray Batten's assistant Alan Hardisty when we had nearly won the championship, to consistently overspending on many a player not worth it and many other dreadful decisions, w have limped along till we have gone off the radar of many people. I would say that if we had a decent ground and team and with the away support that often seems to come to a game with a competitive Trinity, we could expect gates on which we could compete, but it's not gonna happen with this rubbish being churned out. It is very sad. The name Wakefield Trinity is synonymous with the game and to see it on it's knees makes my heart heavy
