The Daddy Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Read on another thread that London Skolars are in trouble. What's happening? What happened to the takeover that was going through RFL approval? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 That same question was covered on the thread you mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 55 minutes ago, Gomersall said: That same question was covered on the thread you mentioned. OK I didn't see it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, The Daddy said: OK I didn't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorks Tim Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 This is awful news for League 1. Best wiishes for everyone at the club though and I hope they keep going in one form or another. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Heartbreak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cb2 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, Yorks Tim said: This is awful news for League 1. Best wiishes for everyone at the club though and I hope they keep going in one form or another. Inevitable given lack of funding. 2024 fixtures away at Newcastle, Workington, Whitehaven and Cornwall would cost the club £7k per game (if they lose). So £28k for four away games - RFL funding for the season is £15k. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSaint Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I feel desperately sorry for Skolars and their fans - anyone who's ever been to one of their Friday Night Lights games on Challenge Cup weekend will know that there's a small hardcore of people down there who love the game and try to put on an event with limited means - a barbecue, a mini beer festival, a bit of music etc. Great fun. The lack of adequate funding for clubs below SL is starting to have an effect. L1 is becoming unsustainable. Is this the unwritten plan? Slow death by starvation? 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbe Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Sorry for Skolars, but the next thing is what will happen to the league, as it stands 9 teams that is not competitive. Will they have to play each other 3 times which would be a farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 This is terrible news and another huge setback for the sport in London. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roughyed Rats Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 A real shame but sadly inevitable. The game can’t sustain a 9 team division and should look to a single division outside of SL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Stein Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 As a season ticket holder who has watched the team since their very season as an amateur club I am absolutely gutted by this 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans82 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 It seems the RFL plan to starve Clubs outside of Super League into submission is beginning to bite . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 My first trip to London Skolars was Crosfields’ first game in the NCL. Had a few visits there afterwards plus one watching Widnes in a cup game. It’s a sad ending, although not surprising in the end. I hope they consider the NCL again if they get enough funding for the travel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 South Wales, West Wales, Coventry, Oxford, Hemel, All Golds, Skolars all gone from league 1. What an absolute disaster this is. Feel sorry for Skolars fans. I hope like Hemel, All Golds and Coventry the club can continue as a community club. Many at the top of the sport won't be worried though. This is all part of managed decline to cut away what they consider deadwood. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam4731 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Do the Broncos need to be worried? How much of their pathway came through the Skolars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Awful news. Hard to see any meaningful future for the game at a national level at the minute. 5 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Chopra Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Just now, sam4731 said: Do the Broncos need to be worried? How much of their pathway came through the Skolars? Depends if they fold completely or successfully transition back to amateur like Hemel have done and are now doing well, according to those in the know. It's obviously sad news, but a collection of strong southern community clubs may actually be better for the game down here than weak L1 clubs traveling the length of the country each week to get battered. Not every club needs to be professional. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, Toby Chopra said: Depends if they fold completely or successfully transition back to amateur like Hemel have done and are now doing well, according to those in the know. It's obviously sad news, but a collection of strong southern community clubs may actually be better for the game down here than weak L1 clubs traveling the length of the country each week to get battered. Not every club needs to be professional. And is this collection of strong southern community clubs in the room with you now? 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattersfieldtreiziste Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) This is very sad. For their fans, players and those who have given money and time to keep the club going. As a Cov Bears fan, there was always something special about games between the two sides. Yet another name for the list of former/defunct RL sides. I am a devout expansionist, but now believe that expansion without direction, strategy and funding from the top is unsustainable. League 1 is shrinking alarmingly and looking very fragile now. Edited September 15, 2023 by Tattersfieldtreiziste 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Gutted for them and their fans, though not at all surprised. I don’t think the RFL and certainly SL have any interest in the game outside the M62 corridor, or even that much within it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 RFL confirm the withdrawal along with an intention to play in the Southern Conference next season. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Chopra Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, gingerjon said: And is this collection of strong southern community clubs in the room with you now? Of course not. I'm just reflecting on what our Hemel RL poster said that actually that club has done well since transitioning back to amateur, and is contributing more to southern rugby league as a community club than it was as a struggling "pro" club shipping in players from up north. L1 isn't the be all and end all, especially outside the heartland, so hopefully this doesn't mean the end for Skolars, who've always struggled to compete in the professional ranks. Edited September 15, 2023 by Toby Chopra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Gordon Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, Toby Chopra said: ... but a collection of strong southern community clubs may actually be better for the game down here than weak L1 clubs traveling the length of the country each week to get battered. Not every club needs to be professional. This is exactly the kind of discussion that needs facilitating. But I don't see that anyone who might coordinate such a thing is much bothered. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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