Re: Why dont they try helping the club ??
16Deepdale opened a year after RP. OK, happy with cricket reference. I'm wrong on that but sure that football and rugby there are none older.
Isn't it the oldest in Wales?
Willthiswork wrote:
They had a chance but they blew it.
They realise that now and try to humour us by saying they'll do up the Market or one of the Arcrades. Again.
They could have had their cake and ate it but now they clean up the crumbs and then give them away too.
We voted them in tho'.
UPTHEPORT wrote:
From what I've read that's lottery money doing up both
Willthiswork wrote:
If they had bought RP and marketed it as Britain's oldest in-use sports stadium they may have got lottery money too?
Stan A. Einstein wrote:
Deepdale is older. Lords also. Many others.
Sorry to be a smart-arse here, Deepdale was opened two years before Rodney Parade in 1875. Preston North End didn't use the ground until 1878.Willthiswork wrote:Deepdale opened a year after RP. OK, happy with cricket reference. I'm wrong on that but sure that football and rugby there are none older.
I've read that also, but am quite sure that it said RP was the second oldest.Stan A. Einstein wrote:Sorry to be a smart-arse here, Deepdale was opened two years before Rodney Parade in 1875. Preston North End didn't use the ground until 1878.Willthiswork wrote:Deepdale opened a year after RP. OK, happy with cricket reference. I'm wrong on that but sure that football and rugby there are none older.
Rodney Parade is the second oldest ground being used inr League football today.OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:I've read that also, but am quite sure that it said RP was the second oldest.Stan A. Einstein wrote:Sorry to be a smart-arse here, Deepdale was opened two years before Rodney Parade in 1875. Preston North End didn't use the ground until 1878.Willthiswork wrote:Deepdale opened a year after RP. OK, happy with cricket reference. I'm wrong on that but sure that football and rugby there are none older.
For what it's worth I agree with you in that money would be better spent contributing to a sports stadium than the market and arcades. Just can't see it happening.Willthiswork wrote:I wonder how many visit the market or the arcades? I wonder how much income they bring in to the City?OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:I would love the council to help the club more .But financial assistance for building us a stadium ? In my opinion no chance. Lets not forget supporters of Newport County are a very small minority of the voting populace, and whilst I believe the council may have sympathy with our position I'm sure we are very low priority when it comes to spending money
They didn't throw their hat in the ring when the WRU did.Amberexile wrote:The problem being that there wasn't an option for the council to buy RP
There was no opportunity to do so, the only option the owners have was to the WRUWillthiswork wrote:They didn't throw their hat in the ring when the WRU did.Amberexile wrote:The problem being that there wasn't an option for the council to buy RP
If the Council had made an offer to the Shareholders it would have made Mr Hazell and Mr Brown reconsider the 'only offer' on the tabel from the WRU.Amberexile wrote:There was no opportunity to do so, the only option the owners have was to the WRUWillthiswork wrote:They didn't throw their hat in the ring when the WRU did.Amberexile wrote:The problem being that there wasn't an option for the council to buy RP
Amberexile wrote:The problem being that there wasn't an option for the council to buy RP
Crying shame when they demolished the cricket nets to build the hotelUPTHEPORT wrote:And Bramell lane is the oldest used football/Cricket ground
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