Eddie

They should have bought a club elsewhere if they wanted to do that. Bristol Rovers would be a much better bet.

Would seem sensible, we have semi pro teams moaning about having to travel for more than two hours so an amateur comp covering the whole USA is clearly infeasible.

I didn’t know that tbf, but even so I can’t imagine they’ll go anywhere, the interest isn’t there other than from the BBC, it would be almost impossible for a club to establish themselves in the shadow of Man Utd and Man City.

Who’s speculating about investment from the Middle East and USA?

Salford City are a dead duck, a vanity project that’s captured the media’s attention but not fans. They were the second worst supported of all the 92 clubs last year and a move to the AJB would finish them off as they’d have the same access issues as SRD.

I doubt it will be an issue, Liverpool and Everton of course not but two completely different sports will be fine.

Only announced today apparently. Treasure Hunt was great.

Plus no empty seats to fret about, improves the tv matchday experience.

Shame to lose such a passionate long term volunteer, they’re few and far between and no clubs can’t afford to lose them.

Do you think the 1895 cup final would sell out Old Trafford?

Needless to say V’landys realises that rugby league in Qld/NSW is a very different beast to the North of England, and he’d know they couldn’t replicate what the NRL have done here.

If rugby league stopped entirely it would improve the RFL’s finances. I often wonder if that’s their strategy actually.

I doubt Blackpool FC know the 1895 cup exists.

Thanks for this @groundhopper, an interesting read as always. It’s such a shame that amateur rugby league in Sheffield has never kicked on.

Easily? They’ve tried everything and get 4k in. Also Leigh is a rugby league town and Huddersfield is a football town, they’re not really comparable.

Wembley is a massive draw for a lot of people, not many 10k capacity football grounds in the North are, despite being closer to most RL clubs.

Trouble is 5k in a 12k stadium still looks and feels poor, Hudds will never need more than 8k capacity and if they could get 5-6k in that it would be decent.

I tried pak choi for the first time this year, from seed, it’s been easy to grow and absolutely prolific - loads of stir fry’s.

If it was Widnes v Bradford then maybe. Most combinations though, no chance.

Where would York have taken more than 3,000 to in the North? Or Wakey 10,000 (allegedly) last year?

How did you get Batley’s? I thought Lord Lucan would be found before they announced a crowd.

What do you think Widnes would average if they somehow made it into SL next season - 5k?

Our allotments are closing in November which is a shame (the land was leased for 25 years and the owners want it back). The council are meant to be finding another site but it’s gone very quiet and I’m not optimistic.

Sorry to divert away from Huddersfield (the new Leigh), but does anyone know any of the weekend’s Champ or L1 attendances? Skolars v Anglian Vipers was circa 50.

Same with Saints, Leeds and Wire.