Hopping Mad Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Keighley have given North West Counties League football club Steeton six months' notice to quit Cougar Park. As reasons, Cougars cite the cost of staging football matches, the inconvenience of preparing Lawkholme for football and a desire to protect their pitch as they aim for promotion in 2020. Steeton's Cougar Park league crowds this season have ranged from 47 to 103. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17982853.final-whistle-blown-steetons-cougar-park-groundshare/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I'm going next month with Emley, looking forward to probably my one and only visit for football Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, meast said: I'm going next month with Emley, looking forward to probably my one and only visit for football So a crowd of 49 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIWIT Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 You'd think family and friends would account for bigger crowds than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 9 hours ago, TIWIT said: You'd think family and friends would account for bigger crowds than that. Steeton's crowd range - 47-103 - is par for the course in their league. I attended a Steeton evening home game last season, and the woman on the Royd Ings Avenue turnstile told me her son was the player in the programme centrefold. I wonder if Steeton will now approach Keighley RUFC about a groundshare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 22/10/2019 at 22:48, Mr Frisky said: So a crowd of 49 then. Emley will bring that many Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Would it not make sense to share with Silsden who also used cougar park? Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 22/10/2019 at 20:56, meast said: I'm going next month with Emley, looking forward to probably my one and only visit for football Emley rings a bell, did they have a great cup run in the 90s? No idea why I remember this but fairly sure they played West Ham. Weird how I can remember that but not what someone has told me at work 5 minutes before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB Knight Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, Eddie said: Emley rings a bell, did they have a great cup run in the 90s? No idea why I remember this but fairly sure they played West Ham. Weird how I can remember that but not what someone has told me at work 5 minutes before. You remember well! I believe they beat Lincoln (at Huddersfield) then lost 2-1 I think to a West Ham team containing the likes of Rio Ferdinand. I’m sure Meast will confirm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 That's correct, the original club that moved to Wakefield and folded 5 years ago made it to the 3rd round of the FA Cup and were national headlines for a few weeks, the whole place was besieged by media crews, as it happens we were 7 minutes from taking a star studded West Ham to a replay, but it wasn't to be. 2 of that team were part of this season's management team but one of them resigned last month. Hopefully more glory days are ahead Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Population 1,867 according to Wikipedia. Must be one of the smallest places ever to have a team in the cup 3rd round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 hours ago, meast said: That's correct, the original club that moved to Wakefield and folded 5 years ago made it to the 3rd round of the FA Cup and were national headlines for a few weeks, the whole place was besieged by media crews, as it happens we were 7 minutes from taking a star studded West Ham to a replay, but it wasn't to be. 2 of that team were part of this season's management team but one of them resigned last month. Hopefully more glory days are ahead Good days for Emley. Ian Banks was a cracking player. Glynn Hurst was pretty good too. They used to have good pies and pasties there when the food at most pro cubs was rubbish, as it is now........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 15 hours ago, meast said: Would it not make sense to share with Silsden who also used cougar park? You'd think so. But they don't like each other, and I doubt Silsden's pitch would be up to the extra hammer. Apparently, hiring Keighley RUFC's plastic pitch is too expensive (certainly for non-RU users, who have to pay more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 In the 1990's we used to have a bricklayer called Steve who played for Emley. He had originally moved with his family from London to Huddersfield when he was signed as a teenage apprentice footballer. Unfortunately, they released him and so he had gone semi-pro. Nice lad. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfolly Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Steeton have a super ground of their own in Steeton along with a very good cricket ground. The cricket team play in the Airedale/Wharfedale league. I think they decided to play at Keighleys ground because they were wanting to move up the soccer pyramid away from the County Amateur League.My grandaughter and her husband live virtually next door to the ground .Her husband plays cricket for Steeton and has done since he was a youngster.They are obviously not short of money either because every year they bring an Aussie. over as their Pro. and they do not come cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 22 hours ago, longboard said: Good days for Emley. Ian Banks was a cracking player. Glynn Hurst was pretty good too. They used to have good pies and pasties there when the food at most pro cubs was rubbish, as it is now........ They still do! All home made as well Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, meast said: They still do! All home made as well A trip to The Welfare Ground is due for me............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, longboard said: A trip to The Welfare Ground is due for me............... Don't forget to take advantage of their £10 ticket deal Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 11 hours ago, fairfolly said: Steeton have a super ground of their own in Steeton along with a very good cricket ground. The cricket team play in the Airedale/Wharfedale league. I think they decided to play at Keighleys ground because they were wanting to move up the soccer pyramid away from the County Amateur League.My grandaughter and her husband live virtually next door to the ground .Her husband plays cricket for Steeton and has done since he was a youngster.They are obviously not short of money either because every year they bring an Aussie. over as their Pro. and they do not come cheap. Calling Summerhill Lane "super" is pushing it a bit! Steeton's ground is a partly railed pitch with a clubhouse at one end. It lacks both cover and floodlights. I'd go with pretty, myself, given the scenic Aire Valley backdrop. The insurmountable problem with Steeton's ground - and the chief reason they had to negotiate a deal to play at Cougar Park - is the size of the pitch. It's too small for North West Counties League (and other step six leagues) requirements, and because of the proximity of the access track and cricket ground can't be made any bigger. Summerhill Lane will never host anything higher than West Riding County Amateur League football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfolly Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Hopping mad, I did not know it was too small,but I will bow to your superior knowledge, genuinely,not being funny, and yes I realise now there is no cover or floodlights. I actually did not know which league they were playing in now,I am more interested in the cricket side of things.I believe the cricket groundsman there was a player there and also a groundsman for Yorkshire C.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 I watched the Waddilove Cup Final at Steeton CC a couple of seasons ago. It's a nice set-up. Interested to see what Steeton's footballers do next. Someone in the know reckons they are exploring exciting possibilities. I'm struggling to think of a ground in the Keighley area (assuming a share with Silsden isn't possible) that's going to meet NWCL requirements. One thing's for sure: Keighley's pitch will be much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, Hopping Mad said: I watched the Waddilove Cup Final at Steeton CC a couple of seasons ago. It's a nice set-up. Interested to see what Steeton's footballers do next. Someone in the know reckons they are exploring exciting possibilities. I'm struggling to think of a ground in the Keighley area (assuming a share with Silsden isn't possible) that's going to meet NWCL requirements. One thing's for sure: Keighley's pitch will be much better! Could Odsal be considered as being in the Keighley area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 17 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: Could Odsal be considered as being in the Keighley area? It could, Matt, but that's a big beast for Steeton to take on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfolly Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Would Keighley Rugby Union ground be suitable? If of course they were willing to allow it.I would imagine though that they may be very reluctant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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