St marys is infinity better viewing than don valley FACT.

I travel from Hull and not being a native of Sheffield have no idea where Spinkhill is! Sounds little more than a school playing field.
Although I have a season ticket I have no intention of travelling to Spinkhill on a Friday night. My season ticket was bought with the intention of watching matches on a Sunday afternoon preferably at Bramall Lane.
I,ve just found out that the home game against Barrow has now been moved from Saturday to Thursday. This is another game I will not be travelling to!
By now I wish i'd not spent the money on the season ticket. I won't be doing it next season.

I've every sympathy with you. Rugby League certainly doesn't help itself but, even in the old winter rugby days, the fixture list was just a basis for negotiation. A Saturday match in February could soon become a Wednesday afternoon in March.

The trouble with season tickets is that it's difficult to balance the discount you give to make them attractive to punters against the risk that they may miss a game. There's no certainty at all that they'd be a good deal for you at the time you make the decision to buy one. The whole system belongs to the members' clubs of the nineteenth century and needs a good looking at.

Spinkhill, just for information, is a couple of miles at most from J30 of the M1. A lot easier to get to than Bramall Lane on a Friday night.

They still don't seem very happy over on the Dewsbury forum. No pleasing some folk, is there ?

On the way home today I was listening to an interview on Radio Leeds with the Dewsbury coach. He said that they did n,t know when or where they were playing the Eagles but would probably find out on Tuesday!
Now does this mean that the RL have not completed their inspection of Spinkhill or are Dewsbury appealing against the venue.
He also said that he could not believe that 2 professional teams may end up playing on a school playing field. I agree with him on that!

i cetrainly agree,But on the other hand some of the grounds ive visited are not much more than that,ie London Skolars,Swinton,The championship isnt a franchise league so as much as its not ideal,Its a ground.If it was every week then somthing would have to be done,Hopfully it is a one-off as i dont think wed get away with it if continullay doing it.

The RFL say that the ground is grand.

If it wasn't, the game wouldn't be played there.

Is that a direct quote?

Er - no.

I see in RL&LX this week that Warren's not happy with our choice of venue for some reason.

Sorry to carry on, know the game has been sorted & we should deal with it but one ground that I don't think has been mentioned is Bracken Moor...

I've never been so can't say what it's like but looking at pictures, looks a lot better than Spinkhill.

Still in Sheffield & a lot closely for Rams fans to get go..

First ground I ever went to!!

I think that the stand is too small.
Many fans would suffer node bleeds because of the altitude
Good clubhouse but very small although there is a pub 50 yards up the road.

Not been for ages but used to be a fantastic playing surface.

Spinkhill is a cold ground, Bracken Moor is absolutely FREEZING. It's not that much better than Mount St. Mary's to be honest, I've only been there to watch Wednesday reserves a few times though.