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Sorry John, you're a bit of a drive by there - I was quoting you quoting Martyn! Completely get what you're saying - I think we're on the same page

Why do you have to conclude it happened during his playing career? The BBC says "Schofield underwent surgery to have an eye removed in September 2022 which he says led to "headaches, migraines, forgetfulness, anxiety and lack of concentration, all of which led to my brain damage diagnosis"." That's doesn't seem to suggest that his playing career caused the brain damage - or was the eye removed due to an old rugby injury?

Is it not just that two fat lads trundling into each other for a laugh on a Saturday afternoon isn't the same as two 16 st athletes running at full pelt and smashing into each other?

An I going mad, or did a thread about brawls get deleted?

Good point! Only one of the four lowest supported teams went down in 94-95, but boro brought a lot of fans. Oh well!

Whatever happened to the lovely grounds that were promised in the Calder area? As part of the licensing at some point did both Cas and Wakey not promise new grounds? I could be wrong here, so please correct me if necessary! The growth is very good, but looking at the dates, I have had a thought. Now this is just spit balling, so forgive me. In the mid-nineties, it seemed to became more acceptable for whole familes (and in particular girls) to support football. Looking at premier league average attendances (on worldfootball.net), they jumped by about 17% in the 95-96 season compared to the 94-95 season (by far the biggest change in average crowd during the PL era). Do we think something similar happened in SL? I note that from the last 'proper' winter season to the first SL season, we saw a 18% jump in attendances (from wiki and Parky's numbers). I'm sure that playing in summer had something to do with it, and it is likely just a coincidence, but they are pretty similar % increases.

Surely that will be Monday's kip - after the briefing...

Never had it for breakfast Oh aye larry - it didn't come through. Mind sending it again?

What band is that then? and where abouts in the Netherlands? I've never seen that in the Hague. Maybe that's because I have my bacon and egss blinkers on though.

The kind of illness that might stop someone coping with the stress of running a business probably won't stop you playing 20 minutes of masters Rugby. ..

Why after making concessions to help make catalans successful would the rfl have a disciplinary vendetta against them? Did the club release that video? If so they should get a giant fine for bringing the club into disrepute

There's three kinds of lie. Lies, damned lies and statistics

Is this not somewhat obvious? Players in wanting to play for top clubs shocker!

This would be my preferred option too, but apparently until the SL spot (presumably SL1) is awarded them there'll be no guaranteed dough

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