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Who's going to the Mend a Puncture Jungle ? : Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:20 pm  
& is there a preferred watering hole where most will head to pre match ?
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Last time I went was in 2007, for a Castleford v Leigh Championship match. Stuart Donlon played for Castleford that day and they handed us a proper pasting.

The was a pub across from the ground called the boot room. I recall the day vividly as there was a group of supporters in the beer garden attempting and failing spectacularly to set fire to a replica shirt of the team from the dark side of the borough. One of the more bizzare away trips over the years.

I also recall the ground was looking a little tired and unchanged from my previous visits to Wheldon Road over donkeys years.

I will be interested to see what the ensuing 10 years of Super League and with it over £10 million of central funding has done in terms of improvements to the ground since.

As our next visit is scheduled for a cold bleak winter night in February, and I am getting on a bit, I pray for a little more cover from the elements this time round. :-)
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Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:
Last time I went was in 2007, for a Castleford v Leigh Championship match. Stuart Donlon played for Castleford that day and they handed us a proper pasting.

The was a pub across from the ground called the boot room. I recall the day vividly as there was a group of supporters in the beer garden attempting and failing spectacularly to set fire to a replica shirt of the team from the dark side of the borough. One of the more bizzare away trips over the years.

I also recall the ground was looking a little tired and unchanged from my previous visits to Wheldon Road over donkeys years.

I will be interested to see what the ensuing 10 years of Super League and with it over £10 million of central funding has done in terms of improvements to the ground since.

As our next visit is scheduled for a cold bleak winter night in February, and I am getting on a bit, I pray for a little more cover from the elements this time round. :-)


Harold as you probably know poop doesn't burn too well , but we did manage to incinerate it properly a few days later in my chimenea

We had just won the shirt in a pool ' Ashes ' test match in the Boot room , Big Gaz won the decider

We might well repeat it as I'me certain I've got an old pie shirt knocking about in the wardrobe ( won at an auction I think ) , as for Wheldon road , it reminds me of Hilton Park , nowt rong wi it
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Re: Who's going to the Mend a Puncture Jungle ? : Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:44 pm  
Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:
Last time I went was in 2007, for a Castleford v Leigh Championship match. Stuart Donlon played for Castleford that day and they handed us a proper pasting.

The was a pub across from the ground called the boot room. I recall the day vividly as there was a group of supporters in the beer garden attempting and failing spectacularly to set fire to a replica shirt of the team from the dark side of the borough. One of the more bizzare away trips over the years.

I also recall the ground was looking a little tired and unchanged from my previous visits to Wheldon Road over donkeys years.

I will be interested to see what the ensuing 10 years of Super League and with it over £10 million of central funding has done in terms of improvements to the ground since.

As our next visit is scheduled for a cold bleak winter night in February, and I am getting on a bit, I pray for a little more cover from the elements this time round. :-)


1. As the new stadium is going to begin mid way through this year it's pointless investing too much money into something we'll be moving out of. Bringing money into it just makes you sound bitter, guess what 10m when spent on other vital resources don't really leave that much cash left over.

2. There's always enough space for people to stand under cover down the side under the gantry.

3. Enjoy your visit.
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Re: Who's going to the Mend a Puncture Jungle ? : Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:22 am  
I thought pubs in Cas began and ended with The Junction - beer served from wood casks and a nice 15-20 minute stroll from the ground?
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Deeeekos wrote:
I thought pubs in Cas began and ended with The Junction - beer served from wood casks and a nice 15-20 minute stroll from the ground?

It has to be wooden casks nowadays as that's all the brewerys' will deliver, most of the metal ones get nicked.

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