have people seen this yet??? The KC Stadium is amazing - 25,400 all seater in division 3. Its only working on 90% capacity at the mo due to testing of facilities but over 20,000 tickets have been sold for the boxing day game against leaders hartlepool already
Maybe, just maybe, they have ambitions that go beyond being a Division 3 team. You can guarantee they'll be the best supported Div 3 team since Portsmouth's 15,000+ average 20 years ago.
Ironic that the two Football League teams who share with Rugby League teams in superb new stadia (Huddersfield and Hull) could well be playing each other in the Third Division next season.
Why the Wizards dont move there?. Hey, they should instead of playing in that big NFL/College Stadium.
Isn't Kingston-upon-Hull largely a rugby league city, anyway? It's a bit crude to pigeonhole a place like that, but there has to be a reason why a city that's what, the 8th or 9th most populous city in England, has one team and it drags the bottom forever like Hull City has. Good for them if this spurs them on to bigger and better things, though.
Apparently such talk is not popular in Hull. They are better supported the both rubgy league clubs put together, I believe. Wigan also share with a rugby league team, as do Rochdale. Watford, Reading, Watford, Wycombe Wanderers & Bristol Rovers all share with rugby union clubs, although with the 5 sides sharing with rugby union clubs, the ownership of the stadiums is not shared, the rugby teams pay rent to play there. Hull & Plymouth are the biggest cities never to have hosted a top flight team.
Have a look at the new Darlington stadium (should be ready for next season). It's supposed to have the best facilities of any stadium in the country, although that's George Reynolds talking, so take it how you wish. It does look extremely impressive close up. Just a shame the average crowd is currently around 3000, and I can't see it going over 7000 even if we are extremely successful. There will also be no rugby team to share it. http://darlington.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=955&p=2&stid=8063120 On a related issue, Darlington won the last ever game at Boothferry Park.
Wigan as well do, although they won't be in the third divisin next season. Although we could (but the ground isn't entirely new).