Potential new League 1 club

[Yorks Tim]

Anyone have any ideas who /where this might be?

[Henson Park Old Firm]

Ireland?

[newbe]

Is there some one mad enough to put in a minimum of £100,000, and not of lot support from the RFL

[faithfulbyname]

Manchester?

[Rapscallion]

I appreciate the circumstances have changed but IMG said they were not interested in new clubs. 

Also, I know nothing about the origin of the Twitter account so not sure how valid the rumour is. 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Rapscallion

[OriginalMrC]

Usually 'potential' means someone declaring they'd like to join league 1. There's been loads of examples in recent years Valencia, Dublin, Red Star Belgrade, Worcester, Bristol and many others. None of them were serious and none of them had the finances to do it. 

I could set up a RL club online and declare my interest in joining league 1. Bet I'd get loads of bites on social media and from RL journos 

[gingerjon]

1 minute ago, OriginalMrC said:

Usually 'potential' means someone declaring they'd like to join league 1. There's been loads of examples in recent years Valencia, Dublin, Red Star Belgrade, Worcester, Bristol and many others. None of them were serious and none of them had the finances to do it. 

I could set up a RL club online and declare my interest in joining league 1. Bet I'd get loads of bites on social media and from RL journos 

You could probably sell a few shirts too.

[HawkMan]

TRL Forum XIII , Any volunteers ?

[gazza77]

Probably based here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stott_Hall_Farm

 

[Just Browny]

9 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

You could probably sell a few shirts too.

Are you still bitter that Dunkerque Pterodactyls shirt you bought off Mascord wasn't from a real club?

[sam4731]

TWP anyone?

[OriginalMrC]

1 minute ago, sam4731 said:

TWP anyone?

Nice one. That gave me a good chuckle

[del capo]

Have Skolars retained their RL membership rights ?

If so are they transferable - Hemel ultimately to Cornwall style ?

That podcast is very much Midlands based.

[ATLANTISMAN]

1 hour ago, del capo said:

Have Skolars retained their RL membership rights ?

If so are they transferable - Hemel ultimately to Cornwall style ?

That podcast is very much Midlands based.

That's an interesting question 

[barnyia]

Valencia. I've seen the merchandise already

[Toby Chopra]

1 hour ago, del capo said:

Have Skolars retained their RL membership rights ?

If so are they transferable - Hemel ultimately to Cornwall style ?

That podcast is very much Midlands based.

If it's anything like West Wales, they won't immediately lose their membership of the RFL, but any attempt to sell their membership or relocate the club would have to be approved by the RFL board. Unlike what some think, we don't have licences that can be freely traded, clubs are simply members of the RFL, and various rights and obligations flow from that.   

If there is a viable new team, it's easy enough for the RFL to grant a new membership, while keeping the Skolars as members in the hope they may come back.   

[idrewthehaggis]

6 hours ago, HawkMan said:

TRL Forum XIII , Any volunteers ?

I like this. 

Probably more realistic than Manchesterleicesterbristoldublinclevelanddubairockallontario

[Veridical]

9 hours ago, Yorks Tim said:

Anyone have any ideas who /where this might be?

Keighley?

[sam4731]

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/bristol-born-oxford-gloucestershire-golds-merge

Maybe they're just 5 years late?

[Rapscallion]

I think we can put this down in the same category as Dublin, New York and Red Star. 

 

[Eddie]

57 minutes ago, Rapscallion said:

I think we can put this down in the same category as Dublin, New York and Red Star. 

 

Why? You don’t have any idea who it is, if anyone? Or are you saying you don’t think any club will every join league one again? If that’s the case we might as well all give up. 

[Rapscallion]

Just now, Eddie said:

Why? You don’t have any idea who it is, if anyone? Or are you saying you don’t think any club will every join league one again? If that’s the case we might as well all give up. 

The origin of the story appears to be a small rugby league podcast and as yet, there are no reputable sources of rugby league journalism reporting on such a matter. As has also been mentioned, we had expressions of interest from many clubs to join League One, though many have been nothing more than that. Added on to IMG not wanting extra clubs (though this could be deemed a replacement, not in addition), it’s hard to see it as a genuine attempt to join the league. 

[Eddie]

47 minutes ago, Rapscallion said:

The origin of the story appears to be a small rugby league podcast and as yet, there are no reputable sources of rugby league journalism reporting on such a matter. As has also been mentioned, we had expressions of interest from many clubs to join League One, though many have been nothing more than that. Added on to IMG not wanting extra clubs (though this could be deemed a replacement, not in addition), it’s hard to see it as a genuine attempt to join the league. 

It’s often worth waiting to find out instead of dismissing things when you have no info. It may come to nothing, but who knows. 

[Rapscallion]

53 minutes ago, Eddie said:

It’s often worth waiting to find out instead of dismissing things when you have no info. It may come to nothing, but who knows. 

We’ve had plenty of expressions of interest that have made the rugby league journalists and press that have been baseless, so I suppose the cynicism from that makes me think this is the same. 

[Eddie]

49 minutes ago, Rapscallion said:

We’ve had plenty of expressions of interest that have made the rugby league journalists and press that have been baseless, so I suppose the cynicism from that makes me think this is the same. 

I don’t think there’s been an expression of interest tbf, we’ll see anyway, I hope there is something behind it personally.