OK as a temporary measure especially if Trinity are relegated. A club killer over an unspecified period of absence from the city. I certainly wouldn't be wasting money on improving someone else's ground, not that Trinity have any. The transfer of the north stand and boxes would cost a fair wack so I guess they will remain.

Shows how far as a club we have fallen to be the junior partner in a share with Dewsbury.

Sad times.

Front page of this weeks wakey express "BOXED out of our city" Carter blames council leader for the one professional sporting club having to leave the city... With the first ten pages discussing the impact...

I don't know but at a guess I would say that might be Barnsley Council and not the club itself.

The actual playing surface is small and even we will need a ground with a capacity above 3300. I cannot see how this can be increased in fact it was not that long ago that part of the stand was condemned. If it is to try to put more pressure on the council it is not a good one.
I fear we have not handled the Belle Vue situation very well by thinking that by resigning it would thrust the Bank into immediate negotiations. We have now given them a property with no tenants which make it a much more saleable to buyers.
The question I would ask is how would you feel if Ted Or Glover had suggested leaving Belle Vue and sharing with Dewsbury.

I tend to agree with quite a lot of stuff that you post, however on this one I am on the side of Michael Carter. For a start Ted and Glover were never in the position that MC is now in so that point is really irrelevant.

Secondly Belle Vue is no longer a viable option. I am lead to believe that even if we wanted to remain there it would be financially impossible. Even if we got a rent reduction , Box would have his health and safety henchmen down at the ground demanding more safety work to be carried out that we could not afford. The place is falling to bits and it has had its day.

I didn't know the issues with Barnsley FC if correct.

I'd say Trinity need a ground that has a capacity of around at least 5000 if it's going to be a SL side next year.

The club could do with a lift...Brian Smith committing to the club for next season would do it!

dewsbury's ground holds just over 5,000 doesn't it? just had a new terrace built behind the sticks
plenty of car parking around there too so it should be fine.

Wikipedia says 5,100

I just hope he isn't using the club to fight a personal vendetta against the council because the only loser will be us the supporters.

How long has Belle Vue been crumbling and in a tired, sorry state? 25, 30 years, maybe longer?! Probably one of the catalysts for it's demise was the pulling down of the wooden stands(s) after the Bradford City fire, I think that's when they came down but not actually sure. When have the council ever been truly supportive or bothered about us. How many artists impressions of a new ground have we all seen down the years?! I remember in Sir Rodney Walker's time as chairman seeing grandiose plans that came to nothing as per usual. That was 20 years ago and we are no nearer to having a new stadium, yet in that time how many other stadiums have been built either sharing with a football team or purpose built for rugby? This was inevitable that's the sad thing, the day would come when we basically had nowhere to play because of lack of foresight, or apathy or whatever, probably living off past glories and not being brave or just burying heads in the sand and not looking further ahead than the next season.

One of the great things about our club is it's heritage and history, but it's also one of our negative points because it's like we were so successful in the 60's primarily, it's like we live off that all the time, in my opinion spending too much time looking back recalling past glories than worrying about the here and now and the future. I said earlier it was inevitable, but it really shouldn't have been if past directors, chairmen and the council had got their heads together 15, 20 years ago and looked ahead to now, instead of probably glorifying the past a bit too much.

Just looked up the Dewsbury Rams ground...small pitch but decent stands, not terribly bad corporate...could definitely benefit from a roof at the terraced end, a corporate block at the other end and a floodlight upgrade.

Where on Earth could they get that from though???

Shocking news!!! After supporting Wakefield Trinity for 59 years I think it is now time for me to take stock of the situation and seriously consider my future as a Trinity supporter. I find it unbelievable that some folk on here are looking at the prospect of moving to Dewsbury with glee. We will go the same way as the Oldhams, Swintons and Yorks of this world and disappear into similar obscurity. No disrespect to Dewsbury but it is NOT Wakefield. I would have grudgingly gone along to Fev (Wakefield MDC) or Barnsley (good ground and other facilities), but Dewsbury is too retrograde a step to take. A very sad day!