AmberCelt

Which grounds would these be that are willing or able to allow their pitches to be either partly ripped up or covered over and yet still guarantee that the meeting will be on whatever the weather? Can't think of any off hand. Hampden is no longer the stadium it was when the Tigers rode there. COMS took out the athletics track.Old Trafford?The Emirates? Don't think so.

Try the Queen's Vaults across the road from the main entrance - the venue a few years back of a somewhat refreshed Carl Stonehewer masterclass(!) in cue artistry witnessed by Mark Loram and various others!

Must have been a ghost train I came home on then!

Newport Wasps 1964-72 Newport 73-6 Newport Dragons 77

Shuttle Cubs

Apart from winning 54-24 in '72 The corners of the the pitch were actually coconut matting so they could be removed to accommodate the Wasps after the County had played their home games.Many moans from Fourth Division players about dodgy corners(not for the last time at Newport!!!)

But the Gelredome in Arnhem does.

HT1 Mogridge,Stead,Morris,Masters 61.72 HT2 Tatum,Morton,Lanham,Pickering 61.16 HT3 Wilson,Compton,Coles,Howe 61.30 HT4 Robson,Fry,Cunningham,Tacey 61.36 HT5 Masters,Fry,Tatum,Howe 61.47 HT6 Morton,Stead,Coles,Tacey(Ret) 61.38 HT7 Wilson,Morris,Cunningham,Lanham(F.Exc) No Time HT8 Robson,Mogridge,Compton,Pickering(EF) 60.63 HT9 Wilson,Morton,Robson,Masters 60.89 HT10 Tatum,Stead,Compton,Cunningham 61.40 HT11 Tacey,Pickering,Morris,Howe 62.33 HT12 Fry,Mogridge,Coles,Lanham 61.59 HT13 Compton,Tacey,Masters,Lanham(Ret) 61.27 HT14 Fry,Stead,Pickering,Wilson 62.34 HT15 Morris,Robson,Coles,Tatum(F) 62.65 HT16 Morton,Mogridge,Howe,Cunningham 63.18 HT17 Coles,Pickering,Cunningham,Masters(F.Exc) 62.03 HT18 Robson,Howe,Stead,Lanham(F) 61.84 HT19 Morton,Morris,Fry,Compton 62.14 HT20 Tatum,Wilson,Mogridge,Tacey 62.10 Run-off for 5th place Mogridge,Tatum 61.75 1.Steve Masters 0301fx - 4 2.Garry Stead 22221 - 9 3.Phil Morris 12132 - 9 4.Alan Mogridge 32221 - 10 5.Kelvin Tatum 313f3 - 10 6.Ray Morton 23233 - 13 7.Leigh Lanham 1fx0retf - 1 8.Paul Pickering 0ef212 - 5 9.David Howe 00012 - 3 10.Michael Coles 11113 - 7 11.Sean Wilson 33302 - 11 12.Andre Compton 21130 - 7 13.Paul Fry 22331 - 11 14.Shaun Tacey 0ret320 - 5 15.Glenn Cunningham 11001 - 3 16.Stuart Robson 33123 - 12

Could it be they are waiting to see which nations qualify for Euro 2008 to avoid clashing?

Doesn't Montjuic Stadium in Barcelona still have the running track around it from 1992 Olympics?

It may appear on BBC 2W Wales Today Extra @ 21:40 (Ch 102 in Wales-not sure UK wide) but if some rugby player has sneezed I wouldn't hold my breath!

From the Western Mail http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/...-name_page.html

Wales On Sunday http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/...-name_page.html

These preview articles are from the South Wales Echo http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/...-name_page.html http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/...-name_page.html

'Fraid so. For next year perhaps they could ask Johnny Marr (ex-Smiths) to perform as he is a Belle Vue fan since 1973 according to today's G2 .