So a new pitch is the same as praying weed killer When did weed killer cost £350,000. and as I said before, as regards a new north stand that is for future development, ( as you righly said ) and for a year you know there was a link to the plans on the Rovers site, until Rovers redesigned their web page, but if your that interested, you can go to the guildhall and ask for copies of the submitted plans to planning, I look forward to you posting them on here

At the end of the day, while your ground is terrible its hardly old and falling down

I think thats a pretty fair comment, but I would have done a small edit

spraying weed killer, painting stands and ensuring you havie a good standard playing surface all fall under general maintenance of the stadium . (IMO of course)


The reason i mentioned the north stand is that when the licences where issued rovers expected to have the stand ready by the end of this season.
The clubs that the rfl have warned today also promised things which haven't yet materialsed.

Anyway I'm suprised at the statement given the recession.

Over and out.

The thing is ours is just redevelopment and although it may have slipped to the left a bit it is still fundamentally underway, work albeit a bit superficial has started on the north end and the east has been extended. The teams mentioned are all awaiting new grounds which are a lot more exposed to the current financial climate and plan B's don't exist if backers pull out and the go ahead is lost.

And we have a winner.

Although the RFL will probably want to see some progress on the upgrades in the not too distant future or you may be getting a similar letter next season.

Why would we get a letter next season and not this season then?

Oh yes idle speculation from the Dullers again

You were privileged!

I usually end up standing under one of the cute little roof holes we have dotted all over the place and the poor sods in the stand experience the wonders of paying large sums of money to sit on wooden seats that probably pre-date the Northern Union!

Believe it or not, Knowsley Road has held 36,000. That's the record attendance, I think in the 1940s (but it may be 1950s), for a Wigan-Saints match and included people sitting on one of the roofs. And that was when the Pop Side (the home covered terrace) was wooden and the toilet was the back wall.

Clearly, we have made some improvements.

We have been actively trying for 20 years to get a new stadium but to do so we needed the Council on board and they refused all invitations until McManus joined us - the man is a business genius. If Taylor Wimpey, the company buying Knowsley Road, don't go belly up (and they threatened to do so at the beginning of the year) then we should be in our splendid new stadium at some point during 2011. I think every Saints fan will miss Knowsley Road but likewise every Saints fan recognises the need for a new stadium.

So far as I can see, Hull KR are doing just fine. You ticked the stadium box when the licences were handed out, didn't you? Surprisingly, we didn't (along with the 10 mile thingy) and that's why we're on the RFL's naughty list. You didn't fail it, I presume, so you're not on it. So you didn't get one of the RFL's special letters.

Rovers ground met the RL Criteria simple as or we wouldnt of been given a licence in the first place.

Oh dear you haven't already seen the evidence that improvements have been made . You will be losing your A grade licence next year because a point lost will take place for finishing out of the top eight.