The floodlights at Castleford are even older than the ones the Council "cut" down.

Castleford were one of the first Club's with floodlights and may have been winners of the BBC 2 Floodlit Trophy I think it was called which not surprisingly was only open to Clubs with floodlights.

Wrong. The floodlights at Castleford are new. They were installed this season.

Yes because the old ones were a death trap, well done Cas for putting up new ones.

That brings me to another thought, despite Belle Vue having its problems we've never had to cancel a game or stop a game early due to structural safety of the stadium.

A further recollection is that while the ground was still under council ownership, new bigger bulbs were installed but then some of the pylons were deemed to be unsafe so they used steel cable "guide ropes" to make them more stable. This would have been around 1990 as I think it was done in time for the Australia match.

not been down there since the our game last season . However I can't
comment on the lights but the pylons were the same as they have always
been.

So do you mean lights or pylons ?

Didn't mention the pylons - I said the flood LIGHTS are new.

So you've put new bulbs in?

So the actual pylons must be about 50 yrs old by now.

By the way ,when our 'lights' were condemned by the council it was the pylons
that were deemed unsafe and they were about 15 yrs old.

No we've put new LIGHTS in. You know - its like a casing that the bulb screws into and then you fix the ligh case onto the top on the pylon and then turn the swicth on and then the flood lights turn on.

Neither have Cas.

It was stopped because someone thought there was an issue with a floodlight. Turned out it was a false alarm but an engineer and fire brigade were contacted to check it out as a precaution.

AFAIK the whole floodlights have been replaced. One of the sponsors completed the work for us and the lux is above the RFL's requirements.

It seems like every thread of this ilk becomes an attempt to have a dig at Cas or try and raise some conspiracy theory. It just sounds bitter to be honest. Especially since a lot of you won't have a clue what Cas have done, or are in the process of doing.

Cas have been praised for the extensive work carried out over the off-season, their compliance with H+S. This has been notified to the RFL, to be used as a case study for all clubs moving forward.

There were sparks raining down on the terracing!

The game was stopped early because of a health and safety problem within Wheldon Rd