Sat 26-Sun 27 Jun: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[Fevrover]

3 hours ago, Trojan said:

Yup just a bit nervous

If we can't beat Newcastle at home ( no disrespect to Newcastle) with the squad we have we can't take promotion seriously can we ?

[Anonymouse]

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00
Bradford Bulls v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
London Broncos v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Oldham v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00
Whitehaven v York City Knights KO 15:00
Sheffield Eagles v Toulouse Olympique KO 15:00

wins for Fax , Bulls, Broncos, Rams, Knights, Olympique .

[Spidey]

Anybody know if Bradfords pitch is the right size yet?

[Cardypaul]

Fev 22 - nil up after 24 minutes 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

42-0 HT

[The Phantom Horseman]

2 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

42-0 HT

Four more tries for Gareth Gale.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

9 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Four more tries for Gareth Gale.

Men against boys. Gifted his 4th when inside pass was the correct option. 

[matt newsholme]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Anybody know if Bradfords pitch is the right size yet?

saw something tweeted during week that it has been widened but also shortened. Now bigger than minimum size allowed. Can't find tweet with new dimensions on though. 

[The Phantom Horseman]

Gareth Gale's 6th try equals the club record for tries in a game.

[The Phantom Horseman]

Full time Featherstone 68 Newcastle 12.

[tms]

21 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Meh.  Not the games Newcastle need so no worries. 

That's true about the game but conceding 13 tries should be a worry

[Fevrover]

25 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Meh.  Not the games Newcastle need so no worries. 

Why not ? They are in the Championship so have to play everyone.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said:

Meh.  Not the games Newcastle need so no worries. 

That Bradford's excuse too? 

[yipyee]

3 hours ago, Fevrover said:

Why not ? They are in the Championship so have to play everyone.

Fev ducked out of playing TO though..

[Spidey]

6 hours ago, Fevrover said:

Why not ? They are in the Championship so have to play everyone.

They’re fighting against relegation. Games against Oldham & Swinton are far more important than a loss against Fev

[Gooleboy]

11 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Gareth Gale's 6th try equals the club record for tries in a game.

He is really developing into a fine player. 

[Gooleboy]

7 hours ago, yipyee said:

Fev ducked out of playing TO though..

No they didn't. The RFL dictated that no Part Time Clubs can travel to France in the current climate. I am sure we will play them later in the season.

[yipyee]

1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:

No they didn't. The RFL dictated that no Part Time Clubs can travel to France in the current climate. I am sure we will play them later in the season.

I thought Fev were full time and super league ready though?

[tms]

7 hours ago, yipyee said:

Fev ducked out of playing TO though..

Really Y they were stood down by the RFL for boris's impeccable lockdown strategy but tell me this Y

why didn't TO take the opportunity to play FEV over here on a neutral ground like they did with widnes and swinton two teams which they thought they could beat easily

Incidentally they beat widnes 70-0 and swinton 66-18

[Cardypaul]

8 minutes ago, POR said:

Really Y they were stood down by the RFL for boris's impeccable lockdown strategy but tell me this Y

why didn't TO take the opportunity to play FEV over here on a neutral ground like they did with widnes and swinton two teams which they thought they could beat easily

Incidentally they beat widnes 70-0 and swinton 66-18

Now now don’t let the truth get in the way of a good anti Fev story!

[tms]

2 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

I wouldnt worry about fev vs tou.  We are v likely to see that game down the road.  

On another point, are halifax restricted to less than 1000 people because their attendances are worrying. 

No it's a council thing Halifax town also had restrictions on crowd numbers

[The Phantom Horseman]

8 hours ago, ShropshireBull said:

Stay up,  funding for fev is gone and Thunder will go for it . 

A few questions
1) what was Fev's central funding this year?
2) what was Newcastle's?
3) what is your knowledge of Fev's ability to self-fund in relation to other Championship clubs?

[The Blues Ox]

6 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

I wouldnt worry about fev vs tou.  We are v likely to see that game down the road.  

On another point, are halifax restricted to less than 1000 people because their attendances are worrying. 

Yes unfortunatley we are. The concil have never come out with an offical statement but the figure is believed  to be about 10% of capacity. I believe capacity is also reduced by the council because some little bits of work are needed to take it above 10k. It currently satnds at about 8-9k I beleive.

On another point does anyone think the grass at Dewsbury is not a great colour?

[The Blues Ox]

All joking aside Its actually quite annoying that our council will not even allow bar or food facilities at the ground especially when up at Newcastle everything looked open as normal and I believe its the same over at Batley today. Its almost as though our council do not what to do anything to help pro sport in the area.

[sentoffagain2]

49 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

All joking aside Its actually quite annoying that our council will not even allow bar or food facilities at the ground especially when up at Newcastle everything looked open as normal and I believe its the same over at Batley today. Its almost as though our council do not what to do anything to help pro sport in the area.

  Fax and supporters deserve better council support.It's hard enough with present restrictions without having to do it with both hands tied behind your backs.Always enjoy our visits to The Shay.