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| Quote JINJER="JINJER"I think PB that the old ABC comes under phase three.
Regarding the "good old days" I had them, did the Tiffs, Mitre etc but as you say those days are gone, and that's the same for all towns and cities. Cities need to reinvent themselves as Manchester and more so Leeds have done, two incredibly vibrant cities. OK, we're probably ten years behind Leeds but at least the change has begun.
Everything (thankfully) is being stripped back in cities, no more is it compulsory to sit in bland stainless steel decorated bars, it's brick, mortar, wooden benches and a drinking pub style character. Plenty of options with Craft beer/Real ale/Homebrew which ever you want to call it.
We go into town regularly, we did good Friday this year, pubs nicely full, not full of knobs, stayed round Unity area till probably midnight, it felt safe as houses walking to the taxi rank.
A serious question Dave and not being y but when was the last time you went round the Unity part of Wakefield?
It was about five years since I was persuaded to give it ago and was relatively surprised, up to then I hadn't been in town for a night out for probably ten years.
If we need another SWAG meeting we ought to do that part of town.
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As an outsider I probably see the improvements in Wakefield a bit more clearly, certainly over the last 5 years there's been great improvements all over the city, with further plans it'll all come together eventually. Got to agree about the area around Unity, great bars and nightlife.
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| Quote vastman="vastman"Sometimes when I post on here I wonder if I'm being very simplistic and naïve. This is one such occasion but I'll post anyway.
There are two ground issues going on at present. The long running NM fiasco seems to be the main one at the moment.
The other is where do we play in the meantime. Can't be BV for much longer unless things regarding NM are rectified in the very near future.
The favourite seems to be Dewsbury, both short and long term. The issue seems to be how long the RFL will allow us to play there.
Now this is where I'm probably being simplistic but why do we have to be Wakefield, why can't we just be Trinity or even Trinity Renegades (for example). Drop the Wakefield bit for now as regards the team. Arsenal, Saracens and Wasps for example - no geographical ties.
I was thinking along the lines of forming two companies. The existing club based in Wakefield, and it's wholly owned subsidiary based at the Dewsbury Stadium. This retains a presence in Wakefield, creates a new SL club in Dewsbury.
I know it may be naïve and it's a fiddle but could it be done? Maybe not how I've phrased it but something along those lines.
Effectively we are selling our SL franchise to ourselves. It's probably all wrong but hey I just wondered.'"
Something along those lines crossed my mind. I am that sick of Wakefield Council. They don't deserve to have a club in the City. The name Trinity occurred to me too as the most important thing and I thought, you know what, I live in Beverley anyway! If they can get better suited elsewhere. a Trinity fan I will be...somewhere else! But I didn't like to say!
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| Quote JINJER="JINJER"
A serious question Dave and not being y but when was the last time you went round the Unity part of Wakefield?
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can tell you exactly when, it was the night prior to this years general election and I actually had a couple of pints in the Unity Hall bar on the corner.
I even have an alibi as I was drinking with TRB and the armoureddildo
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| Quote Prince Buster="Prince Buster"can tell you exactly when, it was the night prior to this years general election and I actually had a couple of pints in the Unity Hall bar on the corner.
I even have an alibi as I was drinking with TRB and the armoureddildo'"
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| Serious question : Back in the day 60/70's you could go around the City pubs and by the many pictures you could tell it was an RL City and we had an high profile club.
I don't go in all the present bars, but other than Harrys bar I don't think you would know RL existed in Wakey, may be I drink in the wrong places but is there anywhere were the club or the game have a profile.
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| Quote Prince Buster="Prince Buster"Serious question : Back in the day 60/70's you could go around the City pubs and by the many pictures you could tell it was an RL City and we had an high profile club.
I don't go in all the present bars, but other than Harrys bar I don't think you would know RL existed in Wakey, may be I drink in the wrong places but is there anywhere were the club or the game have a profile.'"
It's closed again now but the Elephant and castle had a blackboard which advertised that all Trinity matches would be shown on Monday evening, but yes there aren't many places that appear to support Wakefield.
An interesting aside, on Normy precinct practically opposite each other are the Midland and the Ole int wall pubs, the Midland always has a Cas flag in the window. Lately, allegedly, the landlords had a bit of a falling out. The ole int wall now has Wakey signs, beer mats (I'm assuming snowies) and Wakefield trinity road signs fastened on the wall, I think the corridor out to the beer garden is called Trinity walk or Trinity way, childish but made me laugh.
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| The Redoubt on Horbury rd has always been a good rugby league pub. Sells Trinity beer also
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| Quote Prince Buster="Prince Buster"Serious question : Back in the day 60/70's you could go around the City pubs and by the many pictures you could tell it was an RL City and we had an high profile club.
I don't go in all the present bars, but other than Harrys bar I don't think you would know RL existed in Wakey, may be I drink in the wrong places but is there anywhere were the club or the game have a profile.'"
Went out in Cas after the game on Good Friday and pretty much every pub was rammed with people in Cas shirts, had framed Cas shirts all over the walls and had Cas flags and other stuff like that all over as well. I know it was a bank holiday so will have been busier than normal but never seen anything like that in Wakefield which is pretty sad really. Barely anyone cares anymore.
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| Pot Oil in Wrenthorpe showed Trin games on a Monday night
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| Few years back went in that so called sports bar on Westgate. Nothing RL or Wakey in it, total joke to call itself a sports bar.
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| Quote Prince Buster="Prince Buster"Few years back went in that so called sports bar on Westgate. Nothing RL or Wakey in it, total joke to call itself a sports bar.'"
You must have been the only person legally allowed in there 
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| You should have seen it the Friday night before the 1979 cup final it was buzzing in Wakefield everybody had red white and blue hats and scarfs on remember going in the old speakeasy that night it was great loads of excitement and support for the club there was a lot interest in that Wembley team with players like Dave topliss , T skerret J Burke and the one and only W.ashurst.so what did the club do after the cup final sold the best players off for big money and we ended up in the old second division killed a lot of interest off in the city did that,that's what poor management does kills interest .
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