Ainley Top
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Regarding best and worst grounds. Best....Thrum Hall apart, i used to love coming over the moors to The Watersheddings. I remember lines of Fax cars and coaches snaking over the tops and us calling in at Denshaw for a pint or five, then parking up at Moorside and after a jar there walking down to the social club at the ground. Into the ground and a proper old stadium much like Thrum Hall but with the addition of that double decker stand. Great memories
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Worst....Odsal.
As for Sunday's game i haven't a clue what team Kyle Eastmond will pick so no idea as to the result.
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I've noticed that Liverpool are at home to Aston Villa on this day. Surely the football will be moved as I can't see the police being happy with two games a mile or so apart on the same day.
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5 hours ago, Click said:
They own the main lease now after buying it back from the RFL don't they?
Corruption at it's finest
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It's got to be Chris Anderson, although technically he came as player coach. Player only, maybe Colin Dixon who became coach for a short period before he was replaced by the aforesaid Anderson.
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20 hours ago, Click said:
I don't really want to get into a back and forth as it'll derail the thread, I'll say that it isn't all "bad and pointless" sure, but we just have a large group of intolerant people in our sport.
That's life and you're never, ever going to change it.
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Bradford's attendance figures.
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16 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
Yeah the points are only marginal but could have been enough to make the difference over Toulouse.
No worries for the bulls. Nigel has just negotiated a new deal with IMG whereas clubs receive a full point if the 508
runs past your home ground. 
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On 14/05/2025 at 18:40, ricky said:
This feels less like an attempt at sincere discussion than an irate response to an opinion you don't care for, but to answer the question: in recent months, I preferred Wakefield Westgate
Belle Vue and Batley Mount Pleasant, but did not prefer Paragon Craven Park. Shame Goodramgate Bootham Crescent doesn't exist anymore.
Try Halifax Town centre
The Shay via Union Street, delightful️
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On 13/05/2025 at 12:37, DEANO said:
Proper rl ground is dewsbury. Makes me wonder though if dewsbury were good enough to get into sl would the ground be considered good enough. If the answer to that is no then Huddersfield shouldn’t be allowed to use it
Dewsbury's ground is better than Castleford or Wakefield's.
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26 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
From a Fax point of view if they were to swap with Huddersfield there is a very good chance they would have had most of that talent that you mention plus so many more talented players that went on to become stars of the game. Now I am not saying it would certainly happen, but given the talent that the area produces which must be up there in the top 2 or 3 of any area that the game covers, there is a chance.
Spot on
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2 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Concerning times for the Championship with Halifax only naming 18 players and London 19 for their match-up this weekend and Widnes also only able to name 19. A lot of Championship clubs being padded out by loans and DR, plenty of clubs struggling for depth especially when the inevitable injuries arrive.
That's the plan
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22 hours ago, AB Knight said:
A bit like all the Halifax fans saying Ken Davy is going to redevelop The Shay into the Nou Camp/Wembley of the North
Utter rubbish!
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19 hours ago, Simon Hall said:
A lot of Championship clubs seem to be relying on loans and DR quite heavily again. Must be confusing for the players when they've played for 4 clubs already this year.
Correct and the SL clubs will be loving it.
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56 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
Was worried for a minute when I saw that headline.
Me too!
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3 hours ago, phildog said:
So Cornwall bites the dust, who is really surprised? Will Bedford Tigers buy the franchise and take their place for 2026?
Good call!
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On 29/03/2025 at 14:16, ricky said:
What are the reasons for preferring York over, say, Fax, Fev or Widnes?
The latest fad!
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On 28/03/2025 at 13:56, Gerrumonside ref said:
Word of advice, don’t mention Bradford! Haha
Why not? They're iconic don't you know?
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1 minute ago, Fevrover said:
I did just say enjoy it while it lasts lol,till Sunday at least.
Hopefully.
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Well done lads! As i said after the Fax game, Barrow looked a good team.
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8 minutes ago, Fevrover said:
It's going to be a very interesting Championship this year going by these early results. Great result for Barra and the travelling supporters must be ecstatic.
So am i and i've been supping in't pub down Elland!
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4 hours ago, whatmichaelsays said:
My over-riding thought when this story first broke was that it was a piece of brinksmanship by Davy to coerce Kirklees Council into supporting his "New Giants stadium" project. If not directly through financial support, at least through favourable land and planning agreements. Councils and local politicians tend to get nervous about not being seen to support local sports clubs.
Whether that strategy needed to go quite as far as this, I'm not sure but if it is a threat, it is something that he seems willing to follow through with.
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1 hour ago, Worzel said:
Because enough people don’t seem to want to support the Giants in Huddersfield and so an eventual merger in a few years after their few fans have got used to the commute might make sense?
Huddersfax Giant Blue Socked Eagles
Don't be silly!
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9 hours ago, Amber Avenger said:
You're wrong
- Bulls played Fev and Keighley before Leeds that year
I mean the club have done some stupid things in the past so I wouldn't put it past them - but what on earth did the leaflets say given both the competitors and venue were yet to be confirmed at the time of printing...?
Can't remember now. But it was something akin to them being in the semi final and preparing for it.
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SL clubs look to reinstate Nigel Wood.
in The General Rugby League Forum
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But by then he will have achieved his objective.