reading back my last post, I accept it doesn't appear to make much sense. I didn't emphasise that as the vast majority of rugby supporters who actually attend games are from Newport, if the Dragons left RP many of them would not attend.

George Street-Bridge wrote:Does "regional" rugby anywhere use multiple venues for first-team games? And if they did invest in Pontypool Park (which looks like a fantastic natural arena) and fund it by selling RP, would people from Newport travel there?

Pontypool Park won't be re-developed in any of our life times. The covenant story is all truth.


The people at PRFC have been talking about getting a different ground since at least the 1980's but they were the best team in the northern hemisphere then and still couldn't manage to do it. At times playing in front of 15,000 - 20,000 crowds. Let's hope this Jeffreys chap pulls it off though.


Pontypool need a new ground and so do we and it's got nothing to do with the Cuddy thing. No one knows the WRU's intentions but I don't trust them to do the right thing by a football team.


The clock is ticking, we need businessmen with deep pockets and passion for the club and not a well meaning committee of volunteers, as dedicated as they are. They're putting time in but not money in the sums we need to develop or even stand still.


The difference between now and our historic worries is that this time we know our expiration date!!!!!!

Yes it was. Support from the Monmouthshire valleys has always been important to County.

Dai Nelmes wrote:

George Street-Bridge wrote:Does "regional" rugby anywhere use multiple venues for first-team games? And if they did invest in Pontypool Park (which looks like a fantastic natural arena) and fund it by selling RP, would people from Newport travel there?

Pontypool Park won't be re-developed in any of our life times. The covenant story is all truth.


The people at PRFC have been talking about getting a different ground since at least the 1980's but they were the best team in the northern hemisphere then and still couldn't manage to do it. At times playing in front of 15,000 - 20,000 crowds. Let's hope this Jeffreys chap pulls it off thou


Pontypool need a new ground and so do we and it's got nothing to do with the Cuddy thing. No one knows the WRU's intentions but I don't trust them to do the right thing by a football team.


The clock is ticking, we need businessmen with deep pockets and passion for the club and not a well meaning committee of volunteers, as dedicated as they are. They're putting time in but not money in the sums we need to develop or even stand still.


The difference between now and our historic worries is that this time we know our expiration date!!!!!!

very well said and summerised

G Guest wrote:Yes it was. Support from the Monmouthshire valleys has always been important to County.

Yes indeed. Logic dictates i should have thought that any supporter from Monmouthshire/Gwent wished to see the premier football club in their county watch Newport county, as indeed any younster talented enough from the county would aspire to become a professional with the county? Of course in modern times teams from higher leagues mop up all the talent from much younger ages, which unfortunately gives most of those boys unrealistic aspirations.