The thing is that this sort of thing will carry on no matter what sadly.

As a neutral I have just read this thread in horror. Sadly moronic behaviour and appallingly aggressive attitudes are not confined to your clubs, this football-style poison is spreading in our game.

I despair for RL at times, I really do.

It's the adrenaline that comes from a roofed terrace though. Quiet fans want to sing, aggressive and or drunk fans want to goad or worse.

You have to imagine what a fully mingled Wheldon Road end would be like against Us or Fev. (We used to share the Wheldon road end until it got too intimidating 9 years ago) Imagine throwing Hull FC fans into the covered standing at Craven Park. Fev fans into the covered Halifax home end if more ground improvements took place at the Shay. Bulls fans sporadically sharing the South Stand during one of Headingley's many daft Stand cordoning off escapades.

It's just a fact that there is more passion from fans who are occupying a kop like area. To share the north stand in any fashion just isn't feasible IMO.

It might be traditionally an away end but since I've followed Trin (circa 1992) there as always been around 500-2000 Trin fans occupying that end. It would be unfair to make those feel like interlopers. Until around 2005 many fans used to swap ends. Something that died out at most grounds as fans almost subconsciously opted for segregation.

I remember plenty of Wakey fans swapping at Leeds, Bulls, Hull FC, Cas and even Salford at a time our away following wasn't that large. These end swaps always saw us mingled. I think rising crowds and the SL intensity factor has given the game an almost football feel.

I can't quite remember if we did it at Post Office Road. I never saw it at Wilderspool, who would have fancied that?

The north stand the north stand the north stand of belle Vue
TRINITY FOREVER

I'm in the process of typing up an email to the club, so won't go into specifics. Neither side were blameless, both at times acted truly like a disgrace to RL, but this IMO stems from 2 CEO's who spend more time fighting with each other through the media & on occasions more underhanded political channels. Blame falls with BOTH those men, but ultimately with us as hosts.

My solution:

Work out the maximum number the north stand can hold (4000?). Barrier it off & man with security. Print simple tickets, to enter you show your ST/membership card & receive a ticket to get in, which you can use to enter/exit the stand as you wish throughout that particular game. Finally install CCTV throughout BV. Away fans are allocated tickets for the western terrace & have access to all facilities (with the exception of touchline bar) including new cover, away fans may also access the family area in front of eastern terrace.

The north stand needs to be reserved, the rest of the ground is essentially non-seg. Trin fans access all areas but have a reserved area. By restricting access to the north stand to ST/members we have a better chance of ensuring a inspiring & family friendly atmosphere- we'd have everyones name & address of needed!

You my friend are an absolute joke. You preach on this forum about being educated but you are such a self opinionated prick . Your obsession with RIchard Wright is pathetic. BTW how is your future international stand off playing ... and I quote!!!

You my friend are an absolute joke. You preach on this forum about being educated but you are such a self opinionated prick . Your obsession with RIchard Wright is pathetic. BTW how is your future international stand off playing ... and I quote!!!


Nothing more than a keyboard bully .... Grow some

Richard Wrights obsession with everything Wakefield is pathetic. Anyway casual lad it is essential that only the 3rd stripe of your adidas must be on show at all times the rest should be covered by a nice denim, you agree.
We're the north stand the north stand the north stand of belle Vue.
TRINITY FOREVER

He's also forgotten to mention the bit about Cas fans giving up their seats on the bus on the way home, and park benches marked "Wakefield fans only".

Welcome to apartheid.

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Richard Wrights obsession with everything Wakefield is pathetic. Anyway casual lad it is essential that only the 3rd stripe of your adidas must be on show at all times the rest should be covered by a nice denim, you agree.
We're the north stand the north stand the north stand of belle Vue.
TRINITY FOREVER



A good quality denim or a jumbo cord , only Lois though!!

I can't see where he said that. I think he's right we don't Want to see any more trouble at belle Vue. Wakey fans want to stand in our new stand if it doesn't become wakey only it will end up like last night and a away fans tend to arrive at belle Vue early they'll just go on the north stand then all home fans will be trying to get in and we have problems. The trouble with covered terracing everything is louder and everything gets esculated quicker that's why you rarely see mixed covered terracing. In a perfect world we would all stand together home & away fans side by side sharing sweets and shaking hands at full time but sadly that's rare these days so designated away terrace on eastern terrace is only option

Just like the south stand at Leeds, east stand at HKR, the covered terrace at Warrington it's not just wakey its about producing a better atmosphere for the home fans which passes onto the team

Another load of crap we have always stood together but now cos we have a roof we are now holier than thou and all it's doing is causing trouble hope you all enjoy the north stand and stay dry in the rain and watch all the away fans you have peed off bunch of gonads.