I had my wedding reception there in 1992
(Second time round)
Prior to that played football, cricket for Hadfields when it was their ground.
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I had my wedding reception there in 1992
(Second time round)
Prior to that played football, cricket for Hadfields when it was their ground.
LR knew what the training ground was like before he took the job......or should have done.Every summer we get told how much investment has gone into it and every new manager states how many improvements need to be made. All this maybe true but the bottom line is that the Roundwood training ground has facilitated about 4 promotions and 5 relegations. I really don't think that had we a state of the art facility that we would now be sat comfortably in mid table.
Ta, is that before Arconic and Forged Solutions.
Sign has Rotherham Hockey Club and Sheffield Hallam Uni on it.
359 Bawtry Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hFVyFwCkKMnUbhTw9
Well said that man, if we had Manchester City’s or Liverpool’s training complex’s this squad of players would still be rock bottom of the Championship. They are simply not good enough.
Also the reason better players don’t sign isn’t the state of the training ground it is the fact they can get £10k to £20k a week elsewhere rather than the £5k to £8k a week on offer at the Millers.
Warney didn't "just put up with it," he allocated something like £600k from the sale of a player to improve the facilities as much as possible.
We need to remember the club doesn't own Roundwood and it's always seemed bizarre to me that they would spend significant amounts of money there.
I've said before, it's a bit like paying for an extension to be built on a house you're renting.
Doesn't make a lot of sense.
Yes way before Arconic and Forged Solutions
Both of those names linked to Alcoa, a name that got bad publicity following the Grenfell cladding fire
Aurora became Firth Rixson Aurora and Firth Rixson Aurora eventually became part of the Alcoa empire
That combined business was split into two logical business units with Forged Solutions being the traditional forges of the Firth Rixson companies and Arconic basically taking the rest non-forge businesses
Correct warne didn’t put up with it,they was doing analysis at the ground ,they was using the gym up the road,they was eating wherever they could and just training on the grass at roundwood.warne got that sorted,with warnock”s advice also,and they was now at least doing everything all on one site.!..what standard or quality of it that is and level of investment is open to debate.
I remember them training on our school pitch once, think they trained on other school pitches too, have had it worse in the past.