Quote: Miro "With all due respect to Featherstone R, they are a small village club outside of the top flight whereas the City of Wakefield comprises Horbury, Ossett, Wrenthorpe, Outwood, Lupset, Durker, Sandal, Eastmoor, Agbrigg, Kettlethorpe, Netherton etc. etc. As for Castleford, it appears they are are well on their way to getting a stadium plus sporting facilities. Therefore the argument that the district needs to build three stadiums or one super stadium geographically suitable to all is something of a red herring today.
The Metropolitan District of Wakefield encompassing such a large area was a stupid, ill thought out concept invented by some crazy tory politician back in the 70s. But surely, it need not be an obstacle any more.'"
As Sandal Cat says, the council should help us get a perfect 106 agreement ala Cas. However, the point that there are three teams in the district all in fairly old grounds is not a red herring at all. Just think back to five years ago or so when the council offered all three clubs £2 million each towards their grounds. If that was for one team or one stadium then you've already got half the money and the rest would have been pretty easy to find at that point with no petty squabbling between all the various parties. It's a bit disrespectful to just refer to Featherstone as a village club as well, they got over 3k for the Fax game on Sunday which isn't far off some of our crowds.