Would those be football clubs whose budgets run into hundreds of millions of pounds a year?

Would it be football teams whose revenue even three divisions down generally dwarfs Trinity’s?

Let’s be realistic here, we are a club who currently at a guess turnover less than 3 million a year. I know for a fact that the Kingfisher Chippie at Durkar has a similar turnover.

So yes we are stretched even before we take the rebuild into account.

As I say the club are aware of the shortfalls but surely you can see now is not the ideal time to tinker.

Social media done on an industrial level is not as easy as some suggest. It needs doing properly and have a plan. That’s my point. At the moment there simply isn’t the time to sit down and do that.

Surely it’s better to wait a while longer until all the modern facility are in place and do it properly?

Yes you can run social media from a bedroom for some products, but not imho for one as diverse as a RL club.

It’s a shame as we were doing well up until a year ago but sometimes events overwhelm. Just remember though how hard people worked during Covid on social media to keep you all in the loop. There is no lack of effort it’s just plain difficult at the moment.

Might be easier now the players are back at BV, we shall see.

The game is already on Trinity TV now

I can see why away fans call BV the worst ground in the league. What a miserable existence it was stood there yesterday. Never again. If I go to the Fev game I will be trying to get in the seats in front of the flats.

And when Hull come, well good luck. They travel well, even for friendlies.

I'd even consider paying for a feed with all the posh folk but even that is sold out for the Fev game.

Morgan Smith will stand out this year. He will get a lot of MoS points I believe. I for one am quite excited about watching him every week.

Hate to say this, but agree with this, awful experience. I just hadn't realised how bad it is.

I stood on the west terrace for years until moving to the North Stand and it never seemed that bad tbh. However yesterday I have to agree it felt pretty dire. Maybe it was the general state of the ground, everywhere you looked was a mess and this just added to it.

Nobody and I mean nobody at the club would argue about the viewing angles on the West stand. You only have to look over at the new terracing on the North to realise how unacceptable they are to modern standards.

I know it's the first thing the club will do on phase two when the cash becomes available, however fans have to accept that what goes on the ground directly affects the player budget, there is simply no way around that unless somebody gives us the cash to do it.

I was stood beneath the TV Gantry and just seeing the original portakabins rotting and falling apart was saddening. I remember when they craned them in back in the day!

This was the worst thing for me - I'm not the tallest bloke in the world, and I must admit I felt about 10 years old again, plus my kids constantly wanted to get on the barrier and then we still couldn't see.

Looking forward to getting back in the North Stand. Thoughts and prayers with away fans...

They weren't great then but now they are tragic, but the good thing is that the main reason they now look so bad is because whats opposite will look so darn good. Bit like when you buy a new carpet and you suddenly realise how crap your suit is

I appreciate and understand the situation, just didn't realise how bad it is around there for viewing.
Get that North Stand finished !!!!

is there any plans to have part of the northstand open for the Fev/hull games? or even the N/W corner?

I'd imagine the west terrace will be pretty cramped if not, it felt cramped and the pictures backed it up that some posted. Fev and Hull will attract bigger crowds as well I'd imagine.

For anyone not happy with the viewing area from the Western Terrace. I can offer you a discounted hospitality ticket for £35 per person for the Hull FC game. I have posted this on the RWBA Group but happy to offer to others on here who aren't a member. Normal ground entry will be £17 for the Hull game so for an extra £18 you will get a two course meal, tea & coffee, player interviews before and after the game and a better viewing area of the game than the Western Terrace.

If you are interested then message me on Facebook or on here and I will sort for you.

My guess in no but perhaps for the Hull game?

I actually don't think it will be the build as much as getting a safety certificate, that's my fear.

I know the whole stand wont be ready for the 29th but it seems thqt only 3 sections need adding to the terrace and then I guess the backing would need sorting for the safety and the crush barriers installed, seems a lot to do as I type this out.

Just wasn't sure if there was plans to open the area in front of the screen

Just wasn't sure if there was plans to open the area in front of the screen'"