Stand still and the game will follow Comet and HMV who have refused to move with the times.



As a fan of the Broncos there is no bigger critic than me of what is going on. As Tony Rea says the potential is massive- if London RL becomes big SL will be better for it. Fev, Fax will never get crowds of any note that will exceed the poxy numbers we get at the Stoop currently (at best 2-4k for the bigger games-don’t quote the Pie CC one off)- The M62 area is saturated you really don’t get it do you.

Probably not.



But there is an obvious difference in what we would be trying to achieve in London, and what we are doing in Fax/Fev. There is also the question of the maturity of the market not to mention its potential etc etc.

Were they well supported? Realistically? Were they comparable to Wigan etc?If anything that’s a huge argument against Halifax moving up, with some success, good work at marketing/board level, a little luck and a fair wind, Fax’ could, possibly, with a bit of time, get to 80% of where they need to be.

Smokey, I remember going to Craven Cottage back in the day for a C.C tie & the place was rocking, maybe due to the novelty value.



But, thirty odd years have now passed by and the London experiment has faltered & stagnated to a hard core of fans, with a very wealthy bloke propping them up.



You can quite rightly bang on about “potential” but who’s going to pick up the bill when the Sugar Daddy finally bails?



Surely watching the game is all about aspirations & the supporters of the Featherstone’s of this world deserve to watch their team play top flight rugby.



They see their club meet the criteria on the field, they see the ground development & potential new sponsorship coming in yet, they tune in to Sky and see London getting spanked by Leeds in a ground devoid of any passion.



I would much rather see Post Office Road full to brim to see the all conquering Leeds side than the humiliation of empty stands at the Stoop, one may be a grimy northern town but the alternative is far more offensive on the eye.

Bring Back P&R!

That wont happen thats why we have to get out of the M62

2 years ago you could have easily argued that ‘the wakefield experiment’ had failed. London isn’t an experiment. It is an RL club in the same way Wakefield are an RL club. As for who picks up the tab when the Sugar daddy leaves? Well yes, someone has to. But you could ask that about Wakefield, and most other clubs. And especially about a club like Fev.



It doesn’t make sense to argue on one hand it is a bad thing that London are reliant on a sugar daddy because they aren’t reaching their potential, then argue they should be replaced by a club like Fev who would be miles away from getting the 10k needed to break even and where there is very very little potential that they will ever reach that level.





Post office road currently holds about 7k. Even if they sold out every single week, they would be 30% below the minimum sustainable level. Even if they got a new stadium and every single person in the town attended, they would still be getting 3/4/5k less than the big clubs.



There is also the matter that, in the interests of the wider game, every player brought through by an SL Fev, every new fan attracted by Fev could be attracted by Cas or Wakefield. The game doesn’t benefit from needlessly dividing its support base and player base between 3 clubs instead of 2 or 1.

There are a few SL clubs who don't meet your min sustainable level, so that argument/criteria is null and void.

The argument would only lack validity if you were some kind of moron.



Im well aware that some clubs don’t meet that level now, the answer is to get them up to that level not continually replace them with other clubs who also aren’t at that level and don’t even have the potential to get there.

Thought the well informed would know that Fev have purchased two 1300 seater stands from Scarborough FC,

soon to be erected.

They will substantially increase capacity.

by 2600, which still isnt enough, even if they were filling them.

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When a club is propelled into the premier league like London were, that's an experiment in my eyes.



Regarding sustaining clubs, if London were to go bust you would be advocating a rescue plan, if it was a Wakefield or Featherstone you would happily wave goodbye.







I would suggest Featherstone would be far more likely to get nearer 10k gates than London ever will & I know you'll go on about the shear size of the Capital, however, they're just not interested, it's like trying to introduce a croquet league in Cas.









Once their new stand is up I've no idea how many it will hold, however, they do own the ground & save a shed load of cash not having to pay rent for P.O.R. As for their crowds, I'm sure they could manage 7k quite quickly, it's not like there's much else to do round there.







Fair point, however, due to the parochial nature of the area, supporters don't tent to swap allegiances, it's not Leeds you know

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