| Ospreys 13:09 - Jul 8 with 4516 views | YrAlarch |
Have announced that they will move to St Helens,Swansea from Season 2025/26.
There will be substantial ground improvements, including a 4G pitch.
Not been announced where Swansea CC will move to.
St Helens will be shared with Swansea RFC and Swansea University RFC.
From WR thread.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c98q79j7y90o
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| Ospreys on 19:05 - Dec 20 with 549 views | KeithHaynes |
I’ve still to get a reply from the club on the Swans payments to the Ospreys throughout the season, especially the last three. |  |
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| Ospreys on 23:27 - Dec 20 with 442 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Ospreys on 11:07 - Jul 9 by majorraglan |
I think you’ll find it was Cardiff City Council that wrote off a lot of the Sophia Gardens costs.
St Helens is a poor ground, it was a terrible ground when I watched cricket there back in the day. Operating 2 stadiums is a costly so it comes down to prioritising and Sophia Gardens won. I think if offers so much more than St Helens. |
It is not that costly operating two stadiums most of the cost running St Helens was not bourne by Glamorgan. They pay a relatively small match high fee. The match day costs were more than covered by local sponsorship and generous donations by the balconies.
What Glamorgan did lose when they reduced championship games to Sunday league games to 1 a season was large gate receipts and membership from Swansea postcodes including Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. Once there were 5000 Glamorgan members in the area now less than a couple 100.
A loss of membership income of over £500,000 a year.
The Cardiff area membership has not increased either despite more games.
The development of Sophia Gardens nearly bankrupted the club as income from infrequent test matches never reached Glamorgans estates.
They were only saved from bankruptcy by Cardiff City Council and the Glamorgan chairmen writing of millions in loans as well as a financial bale out from the ECB. | |
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| Ospreys on 19:10 - Dec 21 with 338 views | theloneranger |
Ospreys 23 v 22 Scarlets |  |
| Everyday above ground ... Is a good day! 😎 |
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| Ospreys on 19:19 - Dec 21 with 316 views | Whiterockin |
| Ospreys on 19:10 - Dec 21 by theloneranger |
Ospreys 23 v 22 Scarlets |
Cracking game won in red time. |  | | |
| Ospreys on 19:26 - Dec 21 with 292 views | max936 |
| Ospreys on 19:19 - Dec 21 by Whiterockin |
Cracking game won in red time. |
It was indeed great game between two mediocre teams , first half it looked like the Scarlets were going to run away with it Ospreys dug in and stuck at it and got the win in Fergie time 
Jack Morgan is a class act fair play.  |  |
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| Ospreys on 20:34 - Dec 21 with 265 views | onehunglow |
| Ospreys on 19:26 - Dec 21 by max936 |
It was indeed great game between two mediocre teams , first half it looked like the Scarlets were going to run away with it Ospreys dug in and stuck at it and got the win in Fergie time
Jack Morgan is a class act fair play. |
Enjoyed that.
At least the ending
Always good to send the Turks back over the bridge tail between legs | |
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| Ospreys on 20:42 - Dec 21 with 256 views | builthjack |
They did the kick off time to attract a good crowd. 6,836. Local derby. |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Ospreys on 20:52 - Dec 21 with 236 views | onehunglow |
| Ospreys on 20:42 - Dec 21 by builthjack |
They did the kick off time to attract a good crowd. 6,836. Local derby. |
Pitiful really. It shows people have lost interest on both football and rugby | |
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| Ospreys on 21:13 - Dec 21 with 216 views | Whiterockin |
| Ospreys on 20:42 - Dec 21 by builthjack |
They did the kick off time to attract a good crowd. 6,836. Local derby. |
Us being home for 2 matches over Christmas didn't help the Ospreys as we have priority on days. Next year will be different as the fixture will revert to the normal boxing day irrespective to whether we are home the same day or not. | | | |
| Ospreys on 21:15 - Dec 21 with 205 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Ospreys on 20:52 - Dec 21 by onehunglow |
Pitiful really. It shows people have lost interest on both football and rugby |
Well it shows the WRU have all but destroyed the fanbase for rugby. Several years back the place would have been full to the rafters with more people wanting tickets.
Football crowds have dropped a bit but tonowhere near the same degree as rugby.
If the WRU culls the Ospreys they may as well close the whole shoddy edifice down because when the most succesful region gets culled, what is the point? Can you imagine any other sport in any country deciding to cull a team and then choose the historically best team as the victim? It would just look like a spot of sports gerrymandering, get the )'s out of the way so Cardiff have a chance. | | | |
| Ospreys on 21:20 - Dec 21 with 199 views | onehunglow |
| Ospreys on 21:15 - Dec 21 by SullutaCreturned |
Well it shows the WRU have all but destroyed the fanbase for rugby. Several years back the place would have been full to the rafters with more people wanting tickets.
Football crowds have dropped a bit but tonowhere near the same degree as rugby.
If the WRU culls the Ospreys they may as well close the whole shoddy edifice down because when the most succesful region gets culled, what is the point? Can you imagine any other sport in any country deciding to cull a team and then choose the historically best team as the victim? It would just look like a spot of sports gerrymandering, get the )'s out of the way so Cardiff have a chance. |
Have an up arrow
Thankfully,I remember the good days
Swansea Llanelli always special
They hated us | |
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| Ospreys on 22:04 - Dec 21 with 156 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Ospreys on 20:52 - Dec 21 by onehunglow |
Pitiful really. It shows people have lost interest on both football and rugby |
The regions have been lazy. Shrinkage was not an option let alone a choice. What efforts were made to get those 14,000 free seats at the Swansea.com filled?
The Irish gave done it. Shrinkage leads to extinction. |  |
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