Derek Beaumont calls out Super League teams playing in football stadiums

Derek Beaumont has been vocal about comparisons between Leigh Leopards and local rivals Wigan Warriors.

In fact the Warriors, were a key reason behind Leigh’s rebrand.

Meanwhile, Beaumont has also said in the past that he thinks that because of the difference between stadiums that Leigh games look better on Sky because it is smaller and therefore looks fuller than Wigan’s.

This topic came up again as he spoke on the Eddie and Stevo podcast calling out clubs for playing at football stadiums.

“I have said it before, is Wigan with 11,000 in a 25,000-seater stadium as good as what you’ve got here in Leigh?” he said.

“What if you get 11,000 in an 11,000 stadium? Should we score better for that or should we score worse for that because we’ve only got an 11,000 facility?

“I believe it should be index linked percentage wise. So, if you’ve got an 11,000 capacity stadium and you’ve got 8,000 in, what’s that percentage?

“Compare that with if you’ve got 11,000 in a 25,000, what’s that percentage? They should look at what’s your percentage of occupancy of your facility, that’s how you should actually score as apposed to attendance.”

He then went on to speak about Huddersfield comparing them to Barrow Raiders:

“I don’t want to pick on any clubs here but if we look at Huddersfield, I love Ken Davy, he’s a legend of a guy who has pumped loads of money, time and effort in.

“But they’ve got a big fancy football stadium, but it doesn’t look great with 3,000 or 4,000 fans in.

“The guy at Barrow would argue his stadium, that’s in need of redeveloping, with a full 5,000 fans in at capacity looks better and is more animated.

“Cumbria needs a team, but there is so much involved in it. Huddersfield fans will slaughter me for saying that but they are not the only ones.”