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Route66

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  1. Lots of general speculation on this thread but can anyone genuinely answer the following. 1 . How much is the central funding from the RFL and how is it distributed. 2.There are rumours all the time in this sport about possible restructuring but is there concrete plans announced anywhere
  2. Has anyone any idea of how sales are going for the world cup,just had a quick browse at ticketing information and find the process more complicated than needs to be,why do I need to create a separate account with a ticketing agency?
  3. Dont think town have been stitched up more likely they know the cost of staying put would probably finish the club, remember not too long ago they sold the lease on the training pitch next to tesco in order to survive
  4. Agree with a lot of that there seems a lot more people in this area who class themselves as rugby supporters who dont go to games than those that do. A long term merger is the way forward unfortunately money from sky sports should have been poured into grassroots development for the last 20 year accross the county increasing playing numbers from Carlisle down to Millom,for too long both clubs have just looked at surviving that season
  5. Sounds like some big decisions in the next few weeks, hopefully a long term strategy will be brought in,for too long rl clubs have chased a mythical promised land and threw away money on contracts instead of spending the sky money wisely on facilities and community growth. Relegation is not the end of the world, become competitive get the pricing right and the club can grow back better
  6. We are already around half the match day squad of travelling players, in my opinion we need a lot less but pay more to get quality in the right areas. I really bought into Chris Thormans strategy last year when he seemed to be trying to develop young long term players, short term deals once a season has started is just asking for long term trouble
  7. I dont think anyone can fault what Newcastle are doing in trying to grow the game ,reserves, academy, links with the university, new amateur teams in the area,at least they do offer a pathway for young cumbrians, town and haven need to have a look and try to match what work they do. Unfortunately long term development needs patience and I'm quite disappointed that town seem to now have ditched that strategy and are just replacing people with anyone available
  8. Heard talk that Derwent park rangers are starting up again, hopefully get kids playing at a young age within workington, at the risk of people accusing me of just being a football supporter look at the reds development centre teams and see how they interact with the community and grassroots clubs
  9. Great performance and plenty of games left to play, decent enough crowd but great atmosphere, would like to see the club try a similar price offer for at least one more game.
  10. Hounds of love by Kate Bush, my daughter tells me that social media is in meltdown after Running up that hill was used on Stanger things
  11. Had a quick look says this is for all league games played but isnt broke down,what I have from elsewhere for home games is thunder 1205,fev 1007,fax 819 ,eagles 779 ,bulls 1031 and nothing available for knights and batley. Not great reading but hopefully the Broncos game will get a few in with the offer on,although its only good if everyone knows about it,no doubt a big push will come,a win tomorrow would boost crowds right away
  12. Route66

    Boxer

    Sad news, Boxer is one of the first players I remember seeing at town
  13. Not sure whether this is true or it is a myth that people keep bringing up,on relegation from super league the players contracts are null and void to protect them from having to pay out super league wages but I have never seen anything that applies to championship
  14. Really hope that the club is making moves to ensure that those players who have shown that they can cope at championship level are tied up for next season, which would hopefully get the club promotion at first attempt if they do go down. It's just a shame that as the lads are getting up to the level needed ,games are starting to run out ,still plenty to play for though
  15. Sounds promising so far but still a way to go but for the long term future of both clubs the project has to succeed
  16. A new stadium of sorts is still on the agenda not the grand scheme of the sort that should have been for the world cup but a more scaled down version which essentially will be a phased upgrade of reds borough park,unfortunately this will mean town leaving derwent park. They are still at early stages but have 5 million from the government levelling up fund to start with. Only time will tell
  17. Went along to watch Workington afc play on bank holiday Monday in the northern premier league- west division, I think it is classed as 8th tier and to be honest the game wasn't pretty, although 2 great direct free kicks won the day,crowd over 1300 on a day when the NPL had 10 attendances over 1000,anyway barring an unlikely slip up next Saturday from warrington rylands, the reds will be at home in the play offs against any one of Marine,leek town or runcorn linnets
  18. Not sure whether I will be able to go to this due to work but wondering how many will attend, was at reds game on Easter Monday and was told that these next months are critical for the project but both clubs are 100 % behind the idea, a bit of praise for the reds crowd though 1300 or so and a lot of young kids and groups of teenagers at what was a pretty poor standard of football
  19. Just read Chris Thormans tweet from last night ,sounds pretty ###### off with somebody, I take it someone has given backword at the last minute
  20. Having had the dubious honour of being taught by nuns at infant and junior school level, sister michael is a fantastic interpretation ,also love uncle colm ( I know a few of those)
  21. And far superior than the awful Hullraisers which followed it
  22. Good to hear Chris Thormans interview, trying hard to bring in the players needed, speaks really well and gives a little boost going into the derby game
  23. All clubs, at all levels have become too over reliant on central funding over the last few years, biggest problem is that clubs in the championship get different amounts
  24. Mayflies by Andrew O'hagan, best book I've read for ages ,nostalgic and thought provoking, would recommend to anyone
  25. Looking for Eric on All4 , keeping the Ken Loach theme going to watch I Daniel Blake tonight on Disney
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