2000 average crowd is minimum and their ground holds at least 5000 so yeah, that allows Featherstone to apply.Notice how the stadium standard requirements are’nt as strict as they once were ? Probably due to the west yorkshire clubs playing in dumps and getting nowhere with upgrades or new grounds.
Ain't that the truth!
About time we insisted that all major games were played on full sized pitches!
Re Stadia, the RFL should have kicked Wakefield out alongside Crusaders in 2011 if they were serious about modern grounds.
They didn't because they didn't want to promote Halifax who have a better ground but smaller fanbase.
The likes of Wakefield and Hull KR who have been near the bottom this year will be made up, makes their chances of relegation much more remote.
So relegation awaits despite the steps to limit the chances of the team chosen for 'promotion'. Effectively, unless the chosen team throws its own money at it, you are chosen to be a makeweight punch bag for a season!
Who could resist a offer like that? We'll have to wait and see, but if offered, I could see Leigh giving it a go.
Lots of whispers that Bradford will be the 12th team included in SL next year. It will create an uproar that surely Rugby League doesn't need right now.
I think the majority would agree that Toulouse would bring the most and be competitive but I believe there are Covid issues around a second French team in the comp.
So promote Featherstone, they earned the right on the field which is ultimately where it 'should' matter.
I can’t see how Featherstone can get in with the size of their postage stamp ground and I would imagine they only average crowds of 2-2,500.
The ground has a current capacity of 7,000 that could probably be extended further if necessary following the magnificnet efforts of the "stand gang" to dismantle, transport and build two stands from Scarborough AFC. Not sure what the reference to a postage stamp comes from, the pitch has been significantly extended in recent years and the ground is generally felt to outclass those of local rivals Wakefield and Castleford, not that that's difficult!
The Bradford whispers were probably started by Bradford fans.Absolutely no chance, it would kick up a shitstorm if they or any 'traditional' club were to get the 12th spot to replace an expansion club.
Think I have said it before any new club going into SL 2021 with the T and Cs as they seem to be is bonkers.
Get some common all clubs.....don`t apply !!!!
If the championship clubs got together and agreed not to apply then the SL would just say OK fair enough, we'll run with 11 clubs and keep the money.And no more promotion/ relegation.
The Bradford whispers were probably started by Bradford fans.Absolutely no chance, it would kick up a shitstorm if they or any ‘traditional’ club were to get the 12th spot to replace an expansion club.
As much as I hated Toronto they gained SL status like any other club, not for expansion reasons which means any club can take there place. Madness the terms that are offered to replace them but we should apply just to show our intent.
We don't qualify under the financial history rule however!
I don’t know if you’ve been to Featherstone recently Lord Lucan, but I went last season, were it started pouring down about half an hour before kick off, and the only place to go that was undercover in this top Yorkshire ground, was in between the rabid Featherstone fans, who looked and sounded like they were after blood. So the only option for Widnes fans was to stand behind the posts in the open and get drenched. I wouldn’t call that a good ground, that deserves to be in SL. It’s more like going back to the 70’s and 80’s. The ground, even though it’s a bit bigger than it used to be, still has a big slope on it, hardly SL standard.
We don’t qualify under the financial history rule however!
Never seen this do you have a link ? How the hell are Bradford still in the running.
Simples ... The RFL selected the criteria/date to ensure that Bradford wouldn’t be eliminated.
I don’t know if you’ve been to Featherstone recently Lord Lucan, but I went last season, were it started pouring down about half an hour before kick off, and the only place to go that was undercover in this top Yorkshire ground, was in between the rabid Featherstone fans, who looked and sounded like they were after blood. So the only option for Widnes fans was to stand behind the posts in the open and get drenched. I wouldn’t call that a good ground, that deserves to be in SL. It’s more like going back to the 70’s and 80’s. The ground, even though it’s a bit bigger than it used to be, still has a big slope on it, hardly SL standard.
I think he is a fev fan so he’ll be there every other week haha
We don’t qualify under the financial history rule however!
Never seen this do you have a link ? How the hell are Bradford still in the running.
It's on the RFL website Mick and the link opens up a long, boring document.No insolvency issues since Jan 2018.Bradford went tits up before that date.