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Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22568

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

ZNB12 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:50 pm **Posts:** 1121

Because this is the first stage of making the Premiership a super league. Start small, were no one notice it and it grows up the leagues until it's to late do do anything about the ELF making decisions over who goes up, due to stupid things.
Well, that's just my opinion bbolt

Kettering Poolie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 06, 2024 6:10 pm

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

I did think that myself- there are no issues between the fan bases and would give Pools an excellent revenue stream, with matches every week. Seem to remember we had them play at the Vic for half a dozen games a few years back when their pitch was under water. Don't really see how it would be much different ?sctatchinghead

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

Why what's happened now

Kebab&chips · **Joined:** Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:20 pm **Posts:** 171

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

We did a few seasons ago & it fecked the pitch up.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36386

And assuming the league will allow the fixtures being made to suit each clubs need , sounds like more trouble than it’s worth.

Bluebones · **Joined:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:11 pm **Posts:** 169

And how would it work when we play them 'away' at the Vic, it just wouldn't, there'd be absolute hell on . Imagine the farce over tickets, about 400 Heed fans occupying 3/4 of the ground and Pools only getting 900 tickets for our own ground. Nah, not for me thanks.

fckpoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:56 pm **Posts:** 194

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And assuming the league will allow the fixtures being made to suit each clubs need , sounds like more trouble than it’s worth.

Snowie's got it in a nutshell. We're going to have a lot of home games at the exactly same time as them and if the NL aren't going to let them into the playoffs because of red tape then they're not going to accommodate messing about with kick off times to allow for two games in a day at the same ground.

The Pools playing as an away team at the Vic is a good point too.

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 6673

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

MrI with all due respect , Please stop giving Raj ideas.
He will have us all driving to Gateshead for our home games. :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36386

Kebab&chips wrote:

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Why couldn't we have groundshared with them?

We did a few seasons ago & it fecked the pitch up.

It would be like when we had the pitch share with West, the pitch looked like the Somme battlefield long before the end of the season and was never quite rage same going into next season.
Even pitches need a break.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 8915

Let them use Sid James Park.
Mite up their support.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18916

there is something in the back of my mind where it says clubs in the same league cannot groundshare.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5376

Heed season tickets just gone on sale - £350 full price, £250 concession. A lot of dosh when the only thing at stake is whether or not they can avoid relegation.

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