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[SRC]

It looks like there'll only be 10 teams in CC1 next season ......

"Blackpool Panthers RLFC have had their membership of the RFL cancelled and will take no part in the 2011 Co-operative Championship after they failed to meet a deadline from the game’s governing body.

The club, which went into administration in early October, was poised to present plans for their participation in Championship One on Thursday November 11 however no information was forthcoming from officials.

RFL Chief Operating Officer Ralph Rimmer commented: “The RFL has done everything possible to ensure the continuing involvement of Blackpool Panthers in Co-operative Championship One and we had every hope that a credible plan would be presented.

“Despite a flexible approach to deadlines and ongoing support from the RFL as well as a commitment from the club’s representatives right up to the last minute that a plan would be forthcoming, we have received notification that no proposal will be presented.

“With plans for the 2011 season at an advanced stage we have had no choice but to regretfully decide to cancel their membership.”

[Bluenwhite]

Whilst they have never had any reasonable gates, this last season was quite successful for the Club. Surely tis a sad reflection on, dare I say it, "the lesser leagues survival prospects".

To summarise which club is next ?

[Barrow Phantom]

Dare I say Gateshed???

[vocalist]

Dare I say Gateshed???

should't that be Shed Gate???????? oops... sorry couldn't resist

[Keith T]

Watch out for a new club for 2012 at Deepdale where Maurice Lindsay is the Chairman of the soccer club and the new RL club would probably be run by Bill Quinn who kept Oldham afloat. Watch this space!!!!

[MASONIC RL ASSOCIATION]

Watch out for a new club for 2012 at Deepdale where Maurice Lindsay is the Chairman of the soccer club and the new RL club would probably be run by Bill Quinn who kept Oldham afloat. Watch this space!!!!

Please not another Lancashire Lynx - they had a reasonable season results wise but could never attract a decent crowd - the fact is there is no interest in RL in what now constitutes the county of Lancashire.

[Baaarrow]

Agreed,
the folk of Preston have never even heard of Rugby League !!!!!
The words horse, dead and flogging spring to mind !!!!!

[Quinney7]

The amateur game in Lancashire is strong Leyland Warriors & Chorley Panthers have very good set ups, the problem with the Blackpool set up and the others before in Preston & Chorley were that they never linked with the grass roots of the game.

Jamie Ellis St Helens
Josh Charnley Wigan
Chris Tuson Wigan
Jonny Walker Wigan

All come from the Lancashire area and were developed at the above clubs if they had tapped into this they might have had a chance of improving crowds and have home grown players instead of players who didn't make it at other clubs outside the area.

There are many more talent players in the area who I am sure will go on to play Professional Rugby League thanks to the hard work the community Clubs do in the area.

The Tomkins Brothers also started their development in Lancashire

[Red Stripe]

Could it also be that the people of Blackpool who used to support the rugby now prefer to watch a relatively successful football team or can't afford to watch both.

[Oracle]

Dont even think thats the issue, i went to Blackpools last home game against the Hornets in the play-offs, and there was only a handful of home fans there, vastly outnumbered by rochdale fans. The people of blackpool simply dont care for the game, most dont even know they had a rugby league team, and i know this cause i live there. Thats one of the reasons they're being allowed to collapse, lack of public support.