Worky

I genuinely don't get the attitude. After trips to the Millenium and Wembley with Carlisle United for the Johnsons Paint, I'd love a trip to Wembley (or other major stadium) to see the Town play, and lets face it the semi-pro clubs will not be getting to the final against full time clubs in the Challenge Cup. TBH - The performance against Dewsbury because oh noes we might get through to the next round and play London, didn't impress me as a paying spectator.

And yet in the days before professionalism Cumbrians Spyatree had to travel to Redruth in Cornwall and Plymouth in the Rugby Union National League 4. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_Courage_League_Division_4 For Cornwall, I seem to remember good crowds being reported and them being very close to competitive in their first season. Then we didn't let them into last years 1895 Cup, because unlike RU clubs it was too hard for RL Clubs to travel. Then the investment stopped. Then here we are (again!).

Well done to all involved at our Club. What do we need to push into the B rating? Did we miss out purely on League position (on-field component)?

After Cumbria v Jamaica at Town in 2022 and Cumbria v Wales at the Wreck in 2023 I was expecting there to be a match this year, likely at Barrow before the internationals. Anyone got any crack? Have I just been unable to use Search properly / been blind? Last year Kells took on the British Army at the Pit Field for Remembrance Day. Anything like that going on again next month?

Interesting point that Keith. There seems to be an attitude of bit of cash on the team a few wins and the fans come flocking but our experience has been stagnation and decline when the wheels fell off. I agree that West Cumbria is a special case for mergers due to the distance to the next Superleague Club. Rochdale fans wanting top flight Rugby League only need to go 25 miles to watch Wigan (less than Carlisle to Workington). My only concern is where will the extra funding come from to support a SL team up in Cumbria? Which sources of revenue haven't been tapped by Town or Haven or just simply unavailable at that level? For me Town and Haven should be independent if there is only funding for semi-pro RL in the area but I would add my name to those supporting a joint venture if the cash was there to go full time. Another depressing point on Co-operation was the Challenge Cup match between Haven and IIRC Warrington at the Recre a few years. It was an early kick off and televised. Town were playing an NL2 match up the road but stuck to the 3pm kick off thus guaranteeing any floating fans would miss the majority of the first half. I live out of the County but travelled back to see the Cup tie. I made the effort to travel to Derwent Park and be charged full price for around 50 to 60 minutes of the match. It was the emptiest I had seen Derwent Park during that period, yet there was no point in moving the fixture out by 45 minutes because Town fans don't watch Haven and Haven fans don't watch Town you see