Count me in

Im happy to chip in if still needed

Not heard anything from the club yet so it might be getting tight but I see no reason why it won't happen at some point, so yes please, I'll take your money.

Anyway whilst we are waiting, and Jamie Heritage is probably the man, I need the following info.

1: Was BV in use from 1873?

2: Was it anything before that?

3: When did it stop being used as a veladrome?

4: When was the West stand built and what was it's capacity.

5: When was the South stand built and it's capacity.

6: When was the East stand built and its capacity (including terrace area)

7: When was the North stand built, when was it roofed, what is it's capacity at present.

8: When was the South stand knocked down?

9: When was the Cats bar built?

10: When were the first floodlights put up?

11: When were the previous floodlights put up?

12: Any other interesting info, oddball stuff like scoreboard, bars etc. Also when were the changing rooms in the east stand and when in the west?

Thanks

The first floodlights put up we're Sept/ Oct 1967. First game Yorkshire v Australia October 1967.

count me in please if its not too late

I did mention about the baseball in my previous post, but I think you may have missed it.

I’ll happily add it if you add to the kitty

OK folks it's hopefully on for the Wigan game.

I'm going to post the final version on here on Monday along with a bank account and a sort code for payment (as with the flyer).

To be honest I need £15 per person but if a tenner is all you can manage that is fine. I'm donating £20 so if a few do that we should be ok. The club will make up any minor shortfall.

Thanks again, I really think this is a fitting way to usher in the future and say farewell to the past.

Ok bit of a change for now. The club is now paying I believe although I have got to clarify that. However they have asked if you can still keep your pledges open for anything they may do in the future.

Thanks all the same

Do you know if you will be able to purchase one from the club if you don't attend the game ?

They are free.

So if there are any left I'm sure the shop will happily leave them on the counter.

If you PM me your address I will post you one.

I'm ok with that

That’s a nice gesture by the club then but my pledge remains open.

Sue my dad once talked about bv holding a grind iron match ? Could be mistaken!

Sue my dad once talked about bv holding a grind iron match ? Could be mistaken!

I recall a trinity team having an exhibition American football game at BV against an American Air Force team, around the mid 1970s. If memory serve well then it was the game that Ian Brook suffered that serious ankle injury that almost finished his career.

They did.

Was your dad called Sue?
Did Johnny Cash write a song about him?

Julian Clary, or Joan Collins Fan Club, once 'appeared' or did a turn on the pitch in a big tent


I didn't see him, wasn't included on my season ticket.

I went to that. One of my earliest memories of BV .
Seemed strange seeing the pitch marked up with lines every 10m... now

Was the US personnel from RAF Mildenhall from Suffolk as I recall. Maybe 1971???

It may well have been, i can’t recall any other American Football at BV.

There is an interesting piece regarding Belle Vue and the early development of the ground in '100 YEARS OF RUGBY, The history of Wakefield Trinity Football Club 1873-1973' by JC Lindley.

I bought that book at that time along with a special franked envelope and a card with information of the club honours to that date. The envelope and card are in a frame on the house wall.

Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to Belle Vue didn't he?