24-25 Apr: The Betfred League 1 Pre-season Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss these Betfred League 1 Pre-season games here.

SATURDAY 24th APRIL
Keighley Cougars v Coventry Bears KO 15:00
London Skolars v West Wales Raiders KO 15:30

SUNDAY 25th APRIL
Hunslet v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00
Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Crusaders only away winners? In fact, with coaches taking players on and off just to give them a run, anything's possible.

[Yorks Tim]

Cougars v Bears is behind closed doors obv but can be watched here:- https://live.keighleycougars.uk/ (PPV)

 

[spanishknight]

Keighley by 12, London by 14, Barrow by 26 and Rochdale by 14.

[Johnny Ringo]

On 21/04/2021 at 20:17, spanishknight said:

Keighley by 12, London by 14, Barrow by 26 and Rochdale by 14.

Barrow by 26? Not a chance. It will be close  Hunslet May even win on home advantage. 

[JonM]

Keighley 52 Coventry 4

Skolars 38 West Wales 36 

(Full time scores)

[Yorks Tim]

27 minutes ago, JonM said:

Keighley 52 Coventry 4

 

Bears showing some fight but clear which team had already played their first friendly.

[OriginalMrC]

1 hour ago, Yorks Tim said:

Bears showing some fight but clear which team had already played their first friendly.

Yes very rusty in the first half so not going to read too much into it. Much better in the second half though both teams made a lot of mistakes. Cougars do look strong though. 

[Moose]

Hunslet 6-12 Barrow

Close, hard fought game, both teams should have a good season.

[JonM]

Rochdale H 22 N. Wales Crusaders 12 FT. Crusaders up 10-0 after half an hour, but then Tommy Johnson was sent off.

[FearNothing]

20 minutes ago, JonM said:

Rochdale H 22 N. Wales Crusaders 12 FT. Crusaders up 10-0 after half an hour, but then Tommy Johnson was sent off.

TJ???? Sent off??? that is totally out of character!! any idea why?

[Hughsehhh]

10 minutes ago, FearNothing said:

TJ???? Sent off??? that is totally out of character!! any idea why?

High tackle according to the Cru FB feed

[Josef K]

I don’t know if this has been mentioned and i apologise if it has, but their are no fixtures on the BBC Ceefax for League One games. That is very poor. 

[Johnny Ringo]

30 minutes ago, Josef K said:

I don’t know if this has been mentioned and i apologise if it has, but their are no fixtures on the BBC Ceefax for League One games. That is very poor. 

I don't think they mention friendlies in any league do they? 

[Phil]

On 24/04/2021 at 17:00, JonM said:

Keighley 52 Coventry 4

Skolars 38 West Wales 36 

(Full time scores)

Did Henson play for West Wales?

If so how did he do? 

[paulwalker71]

37 minutes ago, Josef K said:

I don’t know if this has been mentioned and i apologise if it has, but their are no fixtures on the BBC Ceefax for League One games. That is very poor. 

They aren't League 1 games, they are pre-season friendlies

[dead man inc]

54 minutes ago, Phil said:

Did Henson play for West Wales?

If so how did he do? 

No.

[Josef K]

54 minutes ago, Johnny Ringo said:

I don't think they mention friendlies in any league do they? 

 

48 minutes ago, paulwalker71 said:

They aren't League 1 games, they are pre-season friendlies

Ah i see a knock on from me, i apologise. I didn’t know they were allowed to play friendly’s further down the league’s with Covid. 

[clwydianrange]

3 hours ago, FearNothing said:

TJ???? Sent off??? that is totally out of character!! any idea why?

It was a deserved red though, a high tackle. I think that’s the first time he’s been sent off. I don’t even remember him getting a yellow before. That’s two friendless that we’ve lost now and I’ve been very happy with both performances. A good season ahead for the Cru!

[Johnny Ringo]

6 hours ago, Josef K said:

 

Ah i see a knock on from me, i apologise. I didn’t know they were allowed to play friendly’s further down the league’s with Covid. 

Why not? Both the Championship and League 1 were given the green light to play again after Both being closed down together last season. 

[Josef K]

13 hours ago, Johnny Ringo said:

Why not? Both the Championship and League 1 were given the green light to play again after Both being closed down together last season. 

Did they play friendly’s before their season started. 

[Johnny Ringo]

4 hours ago, Josef K said:

Did they play friendly’s before their season started. 

What point are you trying to make here? Surely if the Championship is allowed to start at a certain date then it is also safe for League 1 to begin friendlies before their much shorter season which doesn't  begin until  over a month later? It has nothing to do with COVID safe, their season begins late because it has only 18 fixtures. 

[Johnny Ringo]

19 hours ago, Josef K said:

Did they play friendly’s before their season started. 

Also to answer your other question about Championship friendlies  yes they did.