Sat 25th-Sun 26th Feb: The Betfred Championship (Non-TV) Match Thread

[Harry Stottle]

4 minutes ago, POR said:

You forgot London

Yes so I did, how could I forget London?

[POR]

Today is Northern Soul round at FEV so all you NS fans get yourselves down if not for the game come when it's finished and enjoy

Then relive your yoof in the club house 

[Harry Stottle]

Re-live your yoof @POR, is there enough room on the dance floor for all the Zimmer frames?

[POR]

5 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Re-live your yoof @POR, is there enough room on the dance floor for all the Zimmer frames?

True H But you don't have to move to wiggle your bum and chuck your hands in the air

[bigbaldnmad]

All the dancing in my youth was the Pogo, not sure I'd get off the ground now...

[tim2]

Would have gone for Toulouse by 10 yesterday, so I'm 1 down already

SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars                   Batley by 4
Featherstone Rovers v Newcastle Thunder       Fev by 40
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles                    Eagles by 10
Whitehaven v Swinton Lions                                Haven by 6
York Knights v Barrow Raiders                             York by 20

No respite for Barrow this week. If Haven don't beat Swinton, I think they're pretty much gone even at this early stage. 

 

[Wolford6]

Fev v Bulls next week.

[Daft old hooker]

40 minutes ago, Wolford6 said:

Fev v Bulls next week.

It is on Monday night. Do you think yesterday’s win will mean a few more may make the trip over?

[Griff]

Ehhhhh - some sort of soccer game on at Wembley today. The M1 is a bit busy.

[Northern Eel]

Not high quality. Batley 8 Keighley 6 after 25. 

[Northern Eel]

Batley 8 Keighley 12. 3 to the break. 
Keighley benefitting from a massive penalty count, but is their lead big enough to defend the slope?

[Derwent]

Tight game at the Recre - Haven 6 Swinton 4 latest

[RBKnight]

10-10 Half time York v Barrow

[Davo5]

Whitehaven 20-4 Swinton,big win for Haven today.

[Derwent]

Barrow lose again, bubble has well and truly burst at Craven Park.

[RBKnight]

York run out 28-14 winners against Barrow - despite some questionable game management, York were worthy victors against a very game Barrow side

[POR]

FEV snuck another win 56-6

[Niels]

7 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Thats a huge win for Haven. How tight do you want the league. Big win for Batley too at home. A dozen teams all in the mix here. Big game tomorrow also. 

Yes it was a vital win for Batley. It would have been a sickener to lose. Makes a real difference with a last gasp win.

I watched Bradford at York on tv so they must have improved very much to beat Toulouse. A very good win. 

[DavidM]

Surprised at Barra , not sure what’s going on there , I thought they’d do well after last year 

[Click]

Had to go on Sheffields twitter to get the result, as it seems like the London social media guy didn't come into the office today.

London 20 - 21 Sheffield 

 

London will be disappointed to go into the last 10 minutes 6 points up and lose by 1.

[Barley Mow]

18 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Surprised at Barra , not sure what’s going on there , I thought they’d do well after last year 

Having watched them at York on OuRLeague this afternoon, I didn't think there was a lot between the sides. A few extra handling errors from Barrow seemed to make the difference.

A few of the teams who've gone up to the Championship in recent years have had a storming first season and then a poorer second one - York, Whitehaven, now looking like Barrow will.

[Northern Eel]

Batley clawed their way to a win with the very last play. They were improved on the Swinton performance, but still some work to do. Green shoots? 

[The storm]

7 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

Batley clawed their way to a win with the very last play. They were improved on the Swinton performance, but still some work to do. Green shoots? 

Batley looked pretty good last year

[Northern Eel]

1 minute ago, The storm said:

Batley looked pretty good last year

Very patchy start this time. Mid-table I reckon.

[Neutralfan7]

1 hour ago, DavidM said:

Surprised at Barra , not sure what’s going on there , I thought they’d do well after last year 

Don't think they're replaced the players they've lost well at all. Seem a bit of an age-ing squad so wonder if the pace of the game is getting the better of them? Lose next week against Newcastle ( don't think they will ) and they're truly up against it.