Make sure we knock the right ones down Snowie.

At the risk of looking daft (well dafter than usual ), what do we have flood gates at a RL ground for.
Is it to prevent water from the field coming onto the terracing or, the other way around ? and where would any water disperse to without these things in place ?

Sadly it's the floodgates on the field that have been opening all too frequently!!

snowie wrote:
next up is removal of the old dug outs in the east stand, these will be levelled to wall level either side and cut outs in the wall to make new flood gates as requested by the council.


Yeh, excellent. Have stood behind these dug out for years, from the days when the players came out of the tunnel there, often wondered why as they do obstruct the view somewhat.

Second thoughts. What will Daddy Cool ( the mascot not our chairman) do when he enters, nothing to jump on or stand on.

and if the mascot fell through it what would the publicity be like anyway its ideal for Big lads mate to vent his frustrations out on something after Fridays game

Had a quick look at a few pages on here- well done you guys, especially snowie who is obviously putting in a lot of work. We sadly lost a great man in Keith Burhouse recently who along with his family and other volunteers kept fartown going in a similar way after the Bradford fire meant grounds had to be upgraded. If it wasn't for him and his family we may not have a club today. It's guys like you that volunteer who keep the club going when it's needed most.
Keep up the good work.

ready to start the next phase,

we're looking at security on the south entrance,
bracing of the front wall in the car park,
smartening of more stepped area's,
a few nasty's that are a H/S hazard issue which have not been requested by the council,
barrier linking which will add capacity in the east stand (when the council gets its finger out )
removal of dugouts,
removal of a big tree that has grown unnoticed
cut outs for flood gates in east stand
we are moving into the seated area to check it out,
also we have plans to smarten the face of the flats

weather permitting start either sat morning but I'll be there deffo sat afternoon for a few hrs

Good to see you earlier, you just can't keep away from the place
Just to let you know, if you're looking at security, whilst at the Wakefield Cup finals tonight, quite a few "Youths" climbed in over the wall at the back of the north stand at the eastern end, so maybe some anti-climb paint or razor wire is needed