Manchester

[Chris Taylor]

6 minutes ago, Cumbrian Mackem said:

A Manchester RL side playing out of the Etihad complex was ideal.

With the Man City owners pumping in 5m a year?

What is the chance of Man City being involved like this? In Spain, this is quite the norm. 

[Eddie]

18 minutes ago, Chris Taylor said:

With the Man City owners pumping in 5m a year?

What is the chance of Man City being involved like this? In Spain, this is quite the norm. 

Zero

[Chris Taylor]

6 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Not sure I want a brutal dictatorship pouring blood money into the game tbh.  Possible to do without them. 

That has already happened in the game, but that's for another thread.

[Cumbrian Mackem]

48 minutes ago, Chris Taylor said:

With the Man City owners pumping in 5m a year?

What is the chance of Man City being involved like this? In Spain, this is quite the norm. 

Was thinking more of just using the stadium.

[Davo5]

2 hours ago, Cumbrian Mackem said:

A Manchester RL side playing out of the Etihad complex was ideal.

Yeah they could call themselves Manchester Rangers,I’m sure they’d be welcomed with open arms.

[Cumbrian Mackem]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Yeah they could call themselves Manchester Rangers,I’m sure they’d be welcomed with open arms.

They were from the stadium complex side but just not the backwards thinking RFL.

[JM2010]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Yeah they could call themselves Manchester Rangers,I’m sure they’d be welcomed with open arms.

Are Manchester Rangers still around as a community club?

[Henson Park Old Firm]

6 hours ago, Wire quin said:

Maybe Man City could start a sports club with RL. Netball..............

better chance of Sale buying the out the club before that happens 

[Spidey]

Swinton doing some work in Manchester

 

 

[JM2010]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Swinton doing some work in Manchester

 

 

Great work from Swinton. I think they should target Manchester for fans as well as community clubs. Hopefully they can become Manchester's team.

I know they considered changing their name but could still target Manchester as Swinton.

 

[Wellsy4HullFC]

1 hour ago, JM2010 said:

Great work from Swinton. I think they should target Manchester for fans as well as community clubs. Hopefully they can become Manchester's team.

I know they considered changing their name but could still target Manchester as Swinton.

 

They actually changed it.

 

They quickly changed it back though!

[JM2010]

9 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

They actually changed it.

 

They quickly changed it back though!

Like posting the wrong message on Whatsapp and then deleting it before anyone reads it

[Cumbrian Mackem]

Where abouts in Manchester are the lions based?

[The Daddy]

39 minutes ago, Cumbrian Mackem said:

Where abouts in Manchester are the lions based?

Sale 

[The Daddy]

Mancunians will not support a team that does not have Manchester in its name so this is all pointless. Bit like Saints doing a few initiatives in Liverpool and then ditching them 

[JM2010]

7 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Mancunians will not support a team that does not have Manchester in its name so this is all pointless. Bit like Saints doing a few initiatives in Liverpool and then ditching them 

Creating new community clubs around different areas of Manchester is pointless?

[Cumbrian Mackem]

17 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Sale 

Which isn’t in Manchester?

should be sale lions. No?

[JohnM]

No. 

[Cumbrian Mackem]

Wasn’t the plan of the last swinton chairman just to change the name to Manchester lions and base them at Heywood rd sale?

[Cumbrian Mackem]

15 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

Creating new community clubs around different areas of Manchester is pointless?

Absolutely not. 
 

just throwing the name Manchester about is though. Just call them sale lions or Trafford lions instead.

[JM2010]

9 hours ago, Cumbrian Mackem said:

Absolutely not. 
 

just throwing the name Manchester about is though. Just call them sale lions or Trafford lions instead.

I agree with you. I think community clubs should be named after the community they serve

[Hela Wigmen]

9 hours ago, The Daddy said:

Mancunians will not support a team that does not have Manchester in its name so this is all pointless. Bit like Saints doing a few initiatives in Liverpool and then ditching them 

Yeah, it’s only the name that’s holding back the clubs around Manchester. 

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, JM2010 said:

I agree with you. I think community clubs should be named after the community they serve

I know what you mean. There is a problem, though. If we did that,  we'd have to call the England RL team the Moaning Minnies, as they serve the England RL community.

In any case, thesee days, the community a team serves is far wider than the locality of the team base. People move away and watch on Tv or listen on the radio. I bet there are many current and former Lions followers who live outside the area.

[Mrgameandwatch]

Are there any amateur rugby league clubs left actually playing in the city of Manchester?

[Cumbrian Mackem]

40 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Giving this a bump. With Salford facing homeless and an already marooned Swinton and Oldham facing the drop, might it be time for the RFL to throw up a mea culpa and as they move into the Ethidad Campus get a new team playing out of the MRA? 

If I was the Red Devil’s I’d approach Salford city Fc about a ground share at the football club.

what’s the MRA?