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Quite the opposite, we are happy with who we are , it should be the other clubs that  could be paranoid and  will need to accept that, unless the championship decides what it is , Professional, Semi Professional, Community clubs or possibly even amateur!! there will be no real future, many clubs are already Semi Professional with more coming to the end of their Sponsors support. Only today in the Telegraph there was a discussion on the possibility of an under 23 league to give academy players more game time, what will that do to the championship sides? Perhaps a radical solution would be to limit championship clubs to English players only and to develop from within. This might also help develop the English game.
Caldy is determined to keep its Identity and ethos with promoting from within as much as possible .We are realistic and understand this is not always possible. 
We have come through Covid and some clubs borrowed to keep going, they now need to find how to repay the loans. Big clubs have big overheads, god knows what energy bills will be for the coming season. Playing under floodlights will be costly. Caldy has come from a league which gets no money from the RFU so anything is a bonus especially if we need to fly to Jersey and Cornish Pirates (if there are any)  Cost of Coach travel will probably double. 


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“If there are any” what??
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Originally posted by Puli. Puli. wrote:

workerbee …… You forgot to mention the one asset that Caldy has that most other clubs would love to have………. Big Eddie.👍👍


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Originally posted by Big Eddie Big Eddie wrote:

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So, you've left us. Thank goodness. I was getting tired of your lucid in depth analysis, now we can have someone talking snakefruits in National One. 

Eddie, promotion couldn't have come to a more decent bunch of people whose love of the game is only exceeded by your love of Pot Noodles. 

I wish you all the best for next year, run free and enjoy yourselves in the rarified atmosphere not far from HQ (Birkenhead Park). 

Now, about Minimum Ground Criteria - when does the build on the 10,000 seat stand begin? 

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The key to ground criteria is the definition of "Stand" we have a big stand capable of holding over 2000 , just no roof or seats.
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Would love to visit Caldy this season. Is there a stand at all there? Or is it like Ampthill?
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Originally posted by workerbee workerbee wrote:

The key to ground criteria is the definition of "Stand" we have a big stand capable of holding over 2000 , just no roof or seats.

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Originally posted by FHLH FHLH wrote:

Originally posted by Big Eddie Big Eddie wrote:

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So, you've left us. Thank goodness. I was getting tired of your lucid in depth analysis, now we can have someone talking snakefruits in National One. 
Eddie, promotion couldn't have come to a more decent bunch of people whose love of the game is only exceeded by your love of Pot Noodles. 
I wish you all the best for next year, run free and enjoy yourselves in the rarified atmosphere not far from HQ (Birkenhead Park). 
Now, about Minimum Ground Criteria - when does the build on the 10,000 seat stand begin? 
Foghorn 

It is all a bit surreal FHLH........we were convinced we reached our peak when we got to the rarified and dizzy atmosphere of National 1. Travelling to clubs like Moseley, Rosslyn Park and Cambridge was a journey none of us ever expected to be going on. Travelling and winning (or drawing) made it just that little bit more enjoyable.......but the Ravers motto WOLWAOTB..... 'Win Or Lose We Are On The Booze' is a lifestyle choice that now needs to survive an engagement with the Championship.

It is unlikely we will be changing any time soon
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Originally posted by dropout22 dropout22 wrote:

Would love to visit Caldy this season. Is there a stand at all there? Or is it like Ampthill?

Workerbee has advised you of the classic nature of Caldy's facilities........if you visit you will be assured of the warmest of welcomes......and possibly balmy conditions if you come early September or perhaps the end of April. For the rest of the season conditions can be challenging but the view and the occasion is always spectacular.

When Caldy first entertained Southern based league opposition there was clearly some trepidation amongst newbie visitors.....it was the North, it was Merseyside and most would probably conjour up images from grainy, gritty tv dramas where the heroes and heroines were wrapped up in a never ending struggle to survive.......on arrival at Paton Field I have heard first time visitors look around with some bewilderment at the truly gorgeous vista and exclaim to their colleagues 'Do you know I believe One could almost live here'......and that was before they had even tasted a Pot Noodle.






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What is there in the way of reasonably priced hotels for those making the long trek up from Cornwall ??
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Workerbee . . . also be aware its a tad exposed there and the elements definitely play their part!!!!Smile
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Originally posted by Geoff DC Geoff DC wrote:

What is there in the way of reasonably priced hotels for those making the long trek up from Cornwall ??

There are a number of reasonably priced hotels within a couple of miles of the club. Ahead of the fixture list I will produce a list of hostelries and eateries.

Caldy was slighly remiss in not giving such information to some of our visitors from Chinnor this season who booked into accommodation in Birkenhead which is the 'racier' part of the Wirral sometimes likened to Las Vegas as it has some similar attributes to America's Casino City.......the most prominent of which is the ability to court alluringly pleasant female attention with a bag of chips
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The Easyjet route between Liverpool and Jersey is really very good. Barely an hour of flying time and 'most' flights are on time. My son will be doing his last year at UoL from September, so if the fixtures are friendly we will look forward to tasting the Caldy hospitality.
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There are a good range of hotels close to Caldy. 
  • Premier inns Heswall and Greasby 
  • The Ship Inn Parkgate
  • Jug and Bottle Heswall
  • For the supporters with a little more money - Thornton Hall , Thornton Hough
  • For the very Rich - which is probably most of the supporters from down South - Hill Bark - Frankby and it is just an eight Hundred walk to the rear of the clubhouse through the woods although the walk back can get a bit tricky. 
  • Some supporters like to enjoy the night life of Liverpool 1. Great pubs great restaurants, the Beatles and the cavern, Try to avoid swimming back across the Mersey after 10 as the ferries stop. 
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Originally posted by Brizzer Brizzer wrote:

The Easyjet route between Liverpool and Jersey is really very good. Barely an hour of flying time and 'most' flights are on time. My son will be doing his last year at UoL from September, so if the fixtures are friendly we will look forward to tasting the Caldy hospitality.

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What is your definition of “down south “? Cornish visitors will not be second home owners.
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Originally posted by Big Eddie Big Eddie wrote:

Originally posted by Brizzer Brizzer wrote:

The Easyjet route between Liverpool and Jersey is really very good. Barely an hour of flying time and 'most' flights are on time. My son will be doing his last year at UoL from September, so if the fixtures are friendly we will look forward to tasting the Caldy hospitality.


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Huge decision....Probably go for the Piri piri pre match and the bad boy after a few ales. Do they come with packets of mini popadums?
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Originally posted by Brizzer Brizzer wrote:

Originally posted by Big Eddie Big Eddie wrote:

Originally posted by Brizzer Brizzer wrote:

The Easyjet route between Liverpool and Jersey is really very good. Barely an hour of flying time and 'most' flights are on time. My son will be doing his last year at UoL from September, so if the fixtures are friendly we will look forward to tasting the Caldy hospitality.


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Huge decision....Probably go for the Piri piri pre match and the bad boy after a few ales. Do they come with packets of mini popadums?

That could be an innovation for this first ever season in the Championship. In the normal course the more fiery Pot Noodles are accompanied by a nutritious and filling crisp sandwich. Proper butter and 'One stop' value crisps......washed down with a few pints of 'Trapper's Hat'
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Originally posted by workerbee workerbee wrote:

There are a good range of hotels close to Caldy. 
  • For the very Rich - which is probably most of the supporters from down South - Hill Bark - Frankby and it is just an eight Hundred walk to the rear of the clubhouse through the woods although the walk back can get a bit tricky. . 


Maybe, but Cornwall is not down south, down south is just a richer part of England
Cornwall is far west and definitely not part of the Rich South/Rich Wirral/Rich North West.

Or even Ingerland when it comes to Rugby - AAAAARGH CoolCoolCool

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Continuing the Cornish theme, do any of the Caldy cognoscenti have a view on the recent County Championship result? The Cheshire side, which IIRC was predominantly made up of Caldy players, lost to a Duchy side which was effectively Redruth plus a few Nat 1 players and a couple from level 6.
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