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This is true to a point . I worked at the lido as a youngster, first summer after school as a pool attendant , on a hot day we would get over 1000 in . The pool systems were shot then . If it had been maintained it would be a money making asset , especially in these changing times climate wise. Park Avenue was the same, when the council took over after the football club went. They should have moved the Bulls in, think Headingley and with the south Asian community loving cricket, what a lost opportunity.

 

Bit late for April fool

 

Non Football but Wakefield Council have pumped money into Trinity (Pussycats) Castleford and Featherstone to improve stadium facilities £6 million in total.

 

It isn't going to happen with the council constantly being who they are and having no interest in football. Added to that a move to Odsal would lose a large chunk of fanbase who come from predominantly the north west of the city, not the south east of the city.

 

For some people it would depend on where it is. The people who come to matches at the moment by train would likely need to change to get a train to Low Moor then either have a long walk or a taxi to Odsal/Richard Dunns which will probably put some off. Same with busses, they might need to get a couple of busses so they decide to stay away or go less often like Bolton fans did when they moved out of the city centre.

 

A long walk to Odsal from the Low Moor station? It's about 10 minutes, fifteen at most, about the same distance as the much hyped North Parade to Valley Parade.

 

I don't get this, if the stadium is in South Bradford City fans from North, East, West of Bradford wouldn't attend, its not like Coventry who had to play at Northampton and Birmingham miles away from the Ricoh Arena their home ground.

 

I suppose those of us that do like a decent pint or "two" would probably beg to differ

 

Try catching a train from Baildon to Low Moor?
Not as simple as it was in the 1950,s .
Baildon, Leeds , Bradford Exchange , Low Moor , or Baildon , Bradford FS , walk to Exchange and then Low Moor . That would put an awful lot of people off Roger?

 

My crazy ex blonde cow lived in Low Moor from my 20's .... that's a good enough reason to stay at Valley Parade ha ha.

Saying that Wibsey was always a good night out .... just don't go for after match drinks if your a Rotherham fan

 

Odsal held crowds in excess of 20,000 in the bulls heyday. The stadium is not a problem to get to.

 

Regardless of what used to happen in the Bulls/Wibsey heyday, where would several thousand City supporters be able to have a pre match drink within 10/15 minutes walk of the ground if we moved to Odsal?

 

You think several thousand fans drink on north parade,

 

And how many of those are accessible by public transport from the north of the city without numerous changes or long walks?

 

I wouldn't call having a pre game drink before a midweek game a necessity and with regards your hypothetical situation a decision would have to be made one way or the other.
I'm not sure what living in Baildon has to do with the situation Kevin, if you have no transport and are coming from work in Keighley and not finishing till 17:30, no doubt having no transport makes it difficult.
If we were to build a new stadium and the chosen venue was at Odsal, because Citys fans finds it hard to have a pre match drink that would be a major concern with regards where the new stadium was built, I'd think it would be because of limited space within the Bradford area.
I'm sure there are City fans who don't have transport and attend midweek games coming directly from their place of work, that's a call they have to make, beer or no beer before the game.
But my reply was with regards limited drinking establishments in and around Odsal.

 

And we have a match thread for a game in 24 hours with 2 posts on it.

 

I’d be more interested if a couple of the young lads signing a professional contract got some games tbh, but instead Hughes will be ‘fair’ and give every senior player a chance to earn a contract when I’m sure most fans are happy to never see them in claret and amber again. Done with the season except the last game.

 

The council will put in bus routes if there's a stadium with 20,000 people going to it evert other week. They'll make money from it. Why would they bother making an investment now for so little revenue?