Viking Ste Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I have personally enjoyed my away day trips to Championship clubs more than Super League in my 25 years of following my team. My top 5 are as follows: 1. Batley 2. Halifax 3. London Broncos / Skolars 4. Toulouse 5. Gateshead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Batley Everybody else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 A weekend in the South West of France/Spain for Catalans remains undefeated. You don’t quite get the same weather or ambience while cars whistle past you on the M60 at Salford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Whitehaven Barrow York 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Wire because we stay over in glorious Chester (not that Warrington isn't glorious in it's own way) Leeds - great city centre bars/restaurants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Lancashire Lynx, Trafford Borough Edited January 29, 2021 by Les Tonks Sidestep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishknight Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Toulouse, great weekend away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Toronto - it’s only now that I can realise how lucky I am to have seen my team there. Like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. Catalans - rugby heartland, small town, talk funny. Just like Yorkshire really, except pre-match drinks are a bottle of wine or two in a nice restaurant Toulouse - Young and lively cosmopolitan city. The stadium at Blagnac was a nice mix of big stands and Groundforce inspired beer garden and I was looking forward to visiting Ernest Wallon before the whole getting promoted thing. Either London club - can’t say I’m mad on Trailfinders but New River is a decent view despite the running track. Main thing is it can be tied in to a day in the smoke who is always enjoyable. One day hope the fixtures are kind enough to have Bolton down there on a Saturday and Leigh on the Sunday. Closest I got was the other year when Leigh played at Trailfinders on the Friday and Bolton played Brentford the following day...at home Halifax - best boozing town in the north as far as I’m concerned. So many cracking pubs to choose from. Knowledgeable home fans, usually a good game and a great vantage point from the terracing at either end. Honourable mentions to sunshine trips to Whitehaven and, to a lesser extent, Barrow. Being clapped in to the Sin Bin bar in Hull after we won there in 2017 was certainly an unexpected bonus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Ste Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 How could I forget Whitehaven, another gem, not so much on a Thursday night away. I also had a thing for the Don Valley, felt like being at a European football game. Most random away was watching the Mile High challenge in Denver 2018, epic three weeks away. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Here we go 1/Workington Town 2/Whitehaven (Both because its a trip to the lake district) 3/Lezignan 4/Carpentras 5/Hull FC/Hull KR (Pub crawl road the old town a fab night out) Cheers Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 13 minutes ago, Viking Ste said: How could I forget Whitehaven, another gem, not so much on a Thursday night away. I also had a thing for the Don Valley, felt like being at a European football game. Most random away was watching the Mile High challenge in Denver 2018, epic three weeks away. Funnily enough I used to make a similar Soviet Bloc analogy, but Don Valley is bottom of the bottom for me, marginally ahead of Odsal. To the extent that I stopped bothering going when we played Sheffield away. Always thought it was like having the game on a portable TV in the living room but choosing to watch it from the kitchen. Shame as Sheffield Utd away is my favourite football away day, but it didn’t quite work when the Eagles played there either. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1, Wembley 1988 2. Wembley 1989 3. Wembley 1990 4. Wembley 1991 5. Wembley 1992 6. Well, you get the idea, I guess... 4 The problem with being punctual is that there is no one there to appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 56 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: Funnily enough I used to make a similar Soviet Bloc analogy, but Don Valley is bottom of the bottom for me, marginally ahead of Odsal. To the extent that I stopped bothering going when we played Sheffield away. Always thought it was like having the game on a portable TV in the living room but choosing to watch it from the kitchen. Shame as Sheffield Utd away is my favourite football away day, but it didn’t quite work when the Eagles played there either. Oh , I don't know , the Spearmint Rhino girls improved things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wollo Wollo Wayoo Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1. Wembley 2. Newcastle (Magic) 3. Cardiff (Magic) 4. Catalans 5. Whichever part of London the Broncos are based at that time. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me. Wakefield Trinity RLFC 2012 - 2014 "The wasted years" 2013, 2014 & 2015 Official Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's left foot. 2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance 2019 - The Return of the Prodigal Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Should have been Toronto at 1 by a country mile, but on a places I will hopefully visit in 2021/22 perspective it is: 1. Catalans 2. Newcastle magic 3. Any England game 4. The Grand Final If Tolouse or York get promoted this year then they will be a firm favourite in 2022. Quite like going to both Hull clubs as it's got a RL city feel and being at the end of the M62 seem almost dangerously expansionist to our current leadership regime, that makes them both feel quite exotic to a Lancastrian. Honourary mentions to Warrrington, Leeds, Castleford and St Helens who always generate a good atmosphere. Least favourite are Huddersfield, Leigh and Salford, I find they are all just very dull and very bland experiences. Wakefield is an ugly dump, but to be fair it's never rained when I've visited and there is plenty of free parking. Edited January 30, 2021 by Whippet13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Double post Edited January 30, 2021 by Whippet13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Viking Ste said: Most random away was watching the Mile High challenge in Denver 2018, epic three weeks away. I was there on a 2 week road trip. The game was a surreal but unforgettable experience. Also some of the nicest car parking stewards I have ever met, told them we were from the UK and they let us park for free right next to the main stand where the running horses are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Catalans - what a weekend was had Toulouse - not as good as Perpignan and airport was a bad experience Wigan, Wire then Saints of the Derby’s HKR - as the older fans know about being in the Fax - pubs and view of a awful playing surface then most clubs with the exception of Sheffield And Batley which I tend to avoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Evans Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Toulouse Toronto Batley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) In the spirit of the question:- Batley Whitehaven Barrow Swinton Obviously the trips to Catalans, Toulouse and London are great for the trip value and of those Catalans for the match day experience. Edited January 30, 2021 by RS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Eel Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1. Catalans Dragons 2. Newcastle Magic 3. Cardiff Magic/CC Final 4. Lezignan (warm welcome, love the ground) 5. Carcassone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Rojo Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 In no particular order: York at Clarence Street Hull at The Boulevard Blackpool Borough at the dog track Oldham at the Sheddings Wilderspool days at Warrington 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Bloomfield Road,scene of our 2 National Cup wins Toulouse Wigan St Pats Leigh East Old Trafford Suncorp,been 3 times as a Roosters & England supporter & lost narrowly each time,but Caxton Street is as good a place to drown sorrows as anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Toronto fantastic experience Toulouse ditto Batley for the food Barrow for the welcome Edinburgh nice place to visit Cardiff ditto Dublin with England Lionhearts Serbia ditto Kilkenny with Cov Bears In fact the more I think about it it is hard to find somewhere I haven't been to and liked about something. My first two visits to York were the most unfriendly.I went with my Directors hat on and our whole party was completely ignored from when we got there until the time we left. I am glad to say that thanks to John Flatman the whole experience has turned around, it is a pleasure to go there now. 2 Ron Banks Bears and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Newcastle and Cardiff have always been good fun - Wembley too to a lesser extent. Cas can be fun, but equally I'm glad its only once a year. I don't mind Hull. Wakey is good (barring the ground), great city to eat and drink in, possibly better than Leeds in some ways if you know where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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