AB Knight
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On the subject of goading I hope we aren’t going the way of football whereby players get abuse all match and then criticised when they react. I remember Ginola back in the day getting all kinds of insults then he scored, did a shush motion and fans reported him to the police for incitement or something ridiculous.
In my opinion, you either accept there’s going to be a bit of back and forwards - Squirrel Nutkins (George Flanagan) got a lot of stick from York fans a few years ago and then was gesturing at full time when Bradford won. You have to accept you’ll get that.
Or the alternative is you have a ‘quiet please’ Wimbledon policy with no booing, no trying to put players off during conversion attempts or when catching a high ball.
One of my favourite ‘banter’ memories is Barrie McDermott getting a lot of insults from Castleford fans, Leeds then scored and as he lined up for the kick off he stuck two fingers behind his back and turned around with a huge grin. A nice bit of back and forth.
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7 hours ago, american said:
healthy looking crowd. does anyone know why york never publishes attendance?
According to a few comments on social media the stadium management company charge the club a fee to release that information to them.
I believe the crowds will be released at the end of the year as they have been done in previous seasons.
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I hope not.
York Wasps only existed for 6 years, average finishing position was 10th before going out of business. Even the name - wasps - isn’t ideal, a wasp is often labelled as a pest. It’s not exactly great from a marketing perspective (which IMO needs an overhaul).
Now, if the rumoured academy was to be called York Wasps that wouldn’t be too bad I guess.
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He’s one of those fans where you might not know their name but you see them a lot, either at matches or when the game is televised live. I encountered him a few times when I handled tickets for York Knights in League 1, a lot of fans can be abrupt and rude (after all they just want to get in the ground) but he was always friendly. RIP Kev.
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1 hour ago, Expatknight said:
But who is the CEO of the RFL ...........
Obviously a lot of this would need fact checking but someone posted this last week on the general forum:
The RFL bought the lease in 2012 for about £1.2m.
They were spending about 190k on maintenance annually.
Bradford bought it back for £260,000 in 2024.
In entirely unrelated trivia in 2012 Nigel Wood was chief executive of the rfl, leaving in 2018. In 2019 he became an owner of Bradford and in 2021 their chairman.
He's now returned as rfl senior executive director (definitely not chief executive) but remains a part owner of the Bradford.
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Re: Odsal pitch, apparently measures 55 metres wide and 88 metres long which is the absolute minimum sizes allowed by the RFL. Previously after leaving Dewsbury they were given a dispensation.
LNER has no such problems, 68 x 100 metres.
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12 minutes ago, Bullmania said:
What I was trying say was the hangover of a cup win could sometimes be the second game after players still on a buzz playing on pure adrenaline. Oldham have had the last too weeks off they spanked you round one maybe caught you cold but I beating all the same you owe them you’ve had two very tough games and they’ve had the rest sometimes a good thing get bodies back sometimes back fires as not up to the pace
Ah I see. York don’t actually play Oldham for some time:
Widnes (a)
Featherstone (h)
Sheffield (a)
Bradford (h)
Barrow (h)
Halifax (a)
Oldham (h) - 3rd August
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8 hours ago, Bullmania said:
I’ve noticed my word starting with S having hit in the middle and ends with e was taken out my post that ain’t helped me
I followed most of it but I don’t understand the Oldham part:
a lot of time and think it could be with York the hangover is the game after that’s a well rested Oldham that you owe for the opening game battering but it will also most likely be your trophy on the pitch game to the fans to lift the team one more time makings for a good game.
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2 hours ago, Kyle Grason said:
Was Chris Thorman out there as assistant coach today or was my eyes playing tricks on me.
Apparently he started midweek as assistant coach. Can’t say I’ve seen an official announcement.
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22 hours ago, dboy said:
I take it all back - the testimonies on his other website are...interesting.
It’s a witch-hunt!
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28 minutes ago, dkw said:
Also, loving that little ginger bread house thing Dewsbury have...
They have a gingerbread house? I’ve been a few times but never seen it.
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1 hour ago, RBKnight said:
Yes, the atmosphere will be tremendous after York have done a lap of the ground with the 1895 Cup.
To return the Bulls gracious hosting favour (even forming a guard of honour for the Knights as they enter the field of play) York will award each Bulls player with their 2025 "Bulls Would've Brought More" medals (sponsored by AB Sundecks)
And we won’t mention Bradford’s average home crowd this season is only approximately 500 more than York’s
Anyway, all home wins:
Barrow Raiders by 24
Batley Bulldogs by 8
Bradford Bulls by 12
Featherstone Rovers by 42
Toulouse Olympique by 24
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1 hour ago, Ethereal said:
They own a long term lease on it. 150 years ish.
The RFL bought the lease in 2012 for about £1.2m.
They were spending about 190k on maintenance annually.
Bradford bought it back for £260,000 in 2024.
In entirely unrelated trivia in 2012 Nigel Wood was chief executive of the rfl, leaving in 2018. In 2019 he became an owner of Bradford and in 2021 their chairman.
He's now returned as rfl senior executive director (definitely not chief executive) but remains a part owner of the Bradford.
I don’t know why I mentioned that, since it has no connection to anything. Just sharing some Bradford facts that happened to randomly be on my mind I guess.
‘While taking a pleasant stroll along the promenade of Rooley Avenue, I slipped on a discarded 2003 Bullmania flag. In a matter of panic, and unable to stop my forward motion, I somehow tumbled into the boardroom at Odsal stadium. In the apparent confusion, I put my hand out to grab anything to stop my fall, this happened to be a pen and I accidentally signed a contract buying back the lease for £940,000 less than it was sold for. As far as I am concerned that is the end of the matter, thank you.’
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Just looking at the IMG crowd criteria, it looks like they’ll get 2 points:
7501 or more average attendance: 2.5 points.
3,001 to 7,500 average attendance: 2 points.
1,501 to 3,000 average attendance: 1.5 points.
Less than 1,500 average attendance: 0.75 points.
League average
Bradford 2023: 3497
Bradford 2024: 3137
Bradford 2025 so far: 3075
3 year average: 3236Attendances taken from rugby league project, while it’s a good site I’m not sure how accurate the figures are.
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1 minute ago, RigbyLuger said:
How fan-heavy are the Bulls these days?
They have an average attendance this season of 2808 across all reported attendances in the 3 competitions (Championship, Challenge Cup, 1895 Cup).
There’s only one attendance they haven’t given - Doncaster in the 1895 cup.
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1 minute ago, Puk said:
Has been magnificent for the knights since he signed from Dewsbury and always gave everything when on the field,not sure if he has a club lined up as it would be a waste of his talent if he walks away from rugby league.
Keighley have announced his signing
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18 minutes ago, andyacko said:
I notice Liam Rush employed 'common sense' when Olpherts played the ball under his own sticks. If you watched it back he clearly obstructed Oli Field as Fev had no-one at dummy half till Connor Jones got there. He had a quiet word with Olpherts off the ball...
Yes, he is a ref who lets quite a bit go (for both sides)…….personally I prefer that rather than a penalty every few minutes.
Do we know if anything came of the Fev player put on report? I’ve watched it back a few times and can’t see anything in it myself.
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57 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
As a Fev fan, this reminds me of this famous Renaissance scene...
That’s just an average Tuesday afternoon in Castleford (certainly when I lived there anyway!).
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I love this pic from Craig Hawkhead, the expression on the faces of both the players and the Featherstone fans behind the sticks as they watch Harris pot the drop goal.
York Knights are blessed with a great commentator (Andy) plus the likes of Craig and Lewis getting some great action shots.
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2 minutes ago, Darwin said:
Absolutely. We have the best squad we’ve had in a long time.
The 2 mid season signings have made a massive impact.
We have sizeable wingers that are able to carry the ball out strong.Dee, Santi, Martin, Macca, Bailey and Tommo who do all the basics and are consistently 8/10 each week.
Harris and Ata that tear teams apart. For me, Harris is our stand out player so far this season.
And a pack that absolutely graft non stop even when they’re on the feet, yesterday was a prime example.
For me, there aren’t many players that we’ve had that would get into our current team. I do miss Danny Kirmond and Matty Marsh and Graham Horne.
Are there any other past players that would get into our current team?
I thought Ben Cockayne was something else for York.
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1 minute ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
That did look the wrong decision didn't it? If I were a York fan I would also have been aggrieved when the ref initially wiped the slate screen following a deflected Harris kick near the fev line in the 1st half, before changing his mind and ruling "not played at" perhaps on the intervention of the TJ) after the tackle had been completed. On the other foot, I thought Ta'ai's late tackle on Addy was very much of the forceful type that usually leads to a yellow card.
But we can all find fault with the officials and overall I thought they did a pretty good job and didn't really have a huge imapct on the game.
The brown knock on was ridiculous, I had to rewind it at the time. Likewise with Harris. But I thought York could’ve been pinged a few times for a high tackle. Overall very good officiating, it’s not an easy job.
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They did similar for the Valkyrie a couple of years ago
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4 minutes ago, StrennyKnight said:
Mata for me too. He looked a little unsure under the high kicks in his first couple of games with us and I was worried about how he would cope with the awful conditions yesterday. From where we were sat, which felt a million miles away from the action at times, he never put a foot wrong...and that late tackle was priceless. If I had to name individuals in a heroic team wide performance, I thought the Dee and Galeano also put in some really good work in tough conditions.
The big screen at Wembley being a few seconds behind the play was a bit distracting and annoying during the game, but it would be nice to review the match now we are back at home after the late train back last night - does anyone know if the full game is available anywhere? It seems to have dropped off the SuperLeague+ content. Highlights, if not?
Again, I thought the whole team were immense yesterday and feel for Fev fans who could say exactly the same about all of their guys too. Could easily have gone the other way.
One-all in 1895 finals between us and Rovers now - Decider next year anyone?
If you search ‘York Knights Wembley’ on YouTube there’s a 17 minute video of highlights posted by Fev, they’ve also just posted the full match.
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Fev home sunday
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Spot on, he’s been the best forward I’ve seen for York since I started watching them in 2016. The only thing I’ll never understand is why no one backs him up - most games he makes a break or two but there’s rarely anyone with him.