Quote Originally Posted by TauZero View Post
I couldn't find the Herald article, but it refers to a discussion paper for the Newcastle council's strategic sports plan. A couple of quotes:

Sport Specific recommendations - Football (soccer):


Regional and District Facility Master Planning - Arthur Edden Oval


I assume the paper itself will appear on the council's website at some stage.
With Cookers not getting the NPL nod, who would use No2?

Interesting figures in that article indicating that football (soccer) is far and away the biggest sport. Miles ahead of league and glaxies ahead of rugby. Rugby, according to the article, will be the big "loser" out of this.

Pressure will be on for the other Councils to keep up.

I'd love to know if there was any reference to ground sharing in the report. Is Harker Oval provately owned or a Council asset, and if so, should it be shared? Same applies to other sporting grounds with sinlge users including football grounds.