Sat 11-Sun 12 Sept: The Betfred League 1 Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weekend's Betfred League 1 games here.

SATURDAY 11th SEPTEMBER
Barrow Raiders v West Wales Raiders KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v London Skolars KO 14:30

SUNDAY 12th SEPTEMBER
Doncaster v Keighley Cougars KO 14:30
Rochdale Hornets v Coventry Bears KO 15:00
Workington Town v Hunslet KO 14:00
 

[Exiled Townie]

SATURDAY 11th SEPTEMBER
Barrow Raiders v West Wales Raiders
North Wales Crusaders v London Skolars 

SUNDAY 12th SEPTEMBER
Doncaster v Keighley Cougars 
Rochdale Hornets v Coventry Bears
Workington Town v Hunslet 
 

[weighman]

Doncaster v Keighley should be hell of a match . 

Dons owe them one  for the opening day defeat & both clubs need to win .

Also several players who have played for both clubs .

COYD

[Johnny Ringo]

Should be all home wins but if there's any exceptions then Keighley and Hunslet Could cause the upsets. 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

On form all home wins, but it would be nice if Keighley were the exception (please!).

[FearNothing]

Yeah, look like all home wins, but.......

 

if Cougars want to play out of their skins and beat Donny, with both teams (and Worky) having really really hard games and being down on energy for the beginning of the playoffs, that'd be pretty cool

[Johnny Ringo]

52 minutes ago, FearNothing said:

Yeah, look like all home wins, but.......

 

if Cougars want to play out of their skins and beat Donny, with both teams (and Worky) having really really hard games and being down on energy for the beginning of the playoffs, that'd be pretty cool

Workington will finish in second whatever their result but they really need to win this one to send out a message that it's their home draw and you need to come here to beat us. I fancy the Cougars to pull off the way win. 

[Moscow01]

Barrow Raiders 80-0 West Wales Raiders 
North Wales Crusaders 30-10 London Skolars 

Doncaster 16-28 Keighley Cougars 
Rochdale Hornets 20-16 Coventry Bears 
Workington Town 24-18 Hunslet 
 

[Barley Mow]

Barrow Raiders v West Wales Raiders
North Wales Crusaders v London Skolars
Doncaster v Keighley Cougars
Rochdale Hornets v Coventry Bears
Workington Town v Hunslet

[clwydianrange]

Got to go for all home wins, with some close scores

[FearNothing]

Only because of the donny-keighley game

[Neutralfan7]

Barrow 

Crusaders

Keighley 

Rochdale

Hunslet 

[gogledd]

3 hours ago, Neutralfan7 said:

Barrow 

Crusaders

Keighley 

Rochdale

Hunslet 

That would be brilliant for Crusaders!  

The pick of the games has to be Dons v Cougars....Cougars played some good stuff against us second half, but will home advantage favour Donny? I predict a very close game - and hope Keighly just edge it so we get a home draw if we win against Skolars.

I just hope we keep our concentration, which slipped last weekend. A win with home advantage would be the best result for us to progress in the play offs

[newbe]

I pray to god I'm wrong, but with all that has been reported this week, is this the week we see the last of some of these teams in the semi pro ranks.

[Johnny Ringo]

2 hours ago, newbe said:

I pray to god I'm wrong, but with all that has been reported this week, is this the week we see the last of some of these teams in the semi pro ranks.

We all feel serious concern over this but there is a thread which is entirely dedicated to the subject. 

[OriginalMrC]

Have heard a rumour one of the matches will be called off due to one of the teams being unable to raise a team Probably find out later..... 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

2 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

Have heard a rumour one of the matches will be called off due to one of the teams being unable to raise a team Probably find out later..... 

IF, and I think we need to stress if, it's true I take it that their opponent would get  a bye as there almost certainly wouldn't be time to reschedule the game.

[OriginalMrC]

13 minutes ago, Chronicler of Chiswick said:

IF, and I think we need to stress if, it's true I take it that their opponent would get  a bye as there almost certainly wouldn't be time to reschedule the game.

Yes or awarded the game 24-0 

[Neutralfan7]

Absolute shambles that amateur players are on standby!

[Bring back GB]

5 minutes ago, Neutralfan7 said:

Absolute shambles that amateur players are on standby!

Why? Better than calling it off surely !

[Neutralfan7]

Anything is better than calling it off I agree, but for a semi pro club to be needing to take such drastic action? It's embarrassing for them, not even thinking about if one of them playing gets injured  

[OriginalMrC]

 

[Bring back GB]

2 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

 

Barrow would still be champions if it were called off due to percentage wins etc so obviously its in everyone's interest to get the game played to create revenue and also for a celebration!!!

[OriginalMrC]

11 minutes ago, Bring back GB said:

Barrow would still be champions if it were called off due to percentage wins etc so obviously its in everyone's interest to get the game played to create revenue and also for a celebration!!!

Yes well Barrow were set to lose a small fortune. Definitely the right decision to play the game. No team should lose out because another can't fulfill the fixture 

[Neutralfan7]

18 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

 

So they're players from Barrow? I hope it doesn't impact local fixtures. Also I wonder who will pay the players insurance/injury money/match money ( they won't be playing for free ) should any of them get injured?