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55 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

Goole's new stadium looks nice but not mad keen on the guy's comment about expansion areas all being a waste of time due to a lack of interest in RL.

New stadium? I thought they played at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds?

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They also have a fantastic ability to search for players.. 

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It's a travesty that RL was left to disappear in Carlisle (or practically disappear). The whole episode was a complete dereliction of duty by the RFL and its role. It would cost millions to build up R

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I think we need to look at the clubs that have tried from non heartlands areas and there have been some very good ones with very good ideas. Hemel and Skolars set the bar for what has to be excee

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21 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Both of these places are the sort you want in the (semi)professional RL ranks.

Exactly. We need more teams from new areas like this.

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50 minutes ago, Impartial Observer said:

Do you think Goole or Bedford or whoever would use their existing players, they would have to recruit L1 standard players? 

I would imagine they would need to recruit basically a new team, where as a top end NCL team wouldn't have to recruit as much

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4 hours ago, Gomersall said:

Do you want them back?

They never went away.

"We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!"

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30 minutes ago, Damien said:

Exactly. We need more teams from new areas like this.

110%. We'll be much better with the RFL working on an environment for 10s/100s of new League 1 level clubs around the country like this.

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1 hour ago, Impartial Observer said:

Do you think Goole or Bedford or whoever would use their existing players, they would have to recruit L1 standard players? 

Bedford would need a lot of new players i guess, the only teams up to that standard in the south are Wests and Hammersmith and i assume their players can't play semi-pro due to visa restrictions for the aussies/kiwis they rely on.

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1 hour ago, Neutralfan7 said:

I would imagine they would need to recruit basically a new team, where as a top end NCL team wouldn't have to recruit as much

I wonder what commitment to local talent they'd have. From memory Cornwall commit to a third of their squad being from the South West. I would hope that the player pool is big enough to support any new team though or the whole venture is pointless anyway.

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2 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

I wonder what commitment to local talent they'd have. From memory Cornwall commit to a third of their squad being from the South West. I would hope that the player pool is big enough to support any new team though or the whole venture is pointless anyway.

Google wouldn’t have any problems recruiting as they’re in between Wakefield and Hull so they’re surrounded by players 

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6 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

Google wouldn’t have any problems recruiting as they’re in between Wakefield and Hull so they’re surrounded by players 

They also have a fantastic ability to search for players.. 

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3 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

Google wouldn’t have any problems recruiting as they’re in between Wakefield and Hull so they’re surrounded by players 

Expansion teams aren't just populated by local players though. Bedford is about as far away from the heartlands as St Helens is from Hull. There have been plenty of players that have gone back and forth between Saints and the Hull teams.

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8 minutes ago, RP London said:

They also have a fantastic ability to search for players.. 

They are also a massive global company. It’s about time we attracted some blue chip sponsors 😂

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1 minute ago, JM2010 said:

They are also a massive global company. It’s about time we attracted some blue chip sponsors 😂

2 birds and all that... 

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In Union I support Gloucester and have just put the question out on a fans forum to gauge opinion.

For me the positives are we have an artificial pitch so can make more use of it but travel wise especially cost would be an issue. 

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27 minutes ago, Phil W said:

In Union I support Gloucester and have just put the question out on a fans forum to gauge opinion.

For me the positives are we have an artificial pitch so can make more use of it but travel wise especially cost would be an issue. 

What question? Feel free to keep the results to yourself.

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34 minutes ago, Phil W said:

In Union I support Gloucester and have just put the question out on a fans forum to gauge opinion.

For me the positives are we have an artificial pitch so can make more use of it but travel wise especially cost would be an issue. 

Seeing Gloucester RU report big losses every year as it is I highly doubt they'd be interested. 

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11 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

What question? Feel free to keep the results to yourself.

I presume it was whether the fatties would be interested in doing anything other than waddling between line outs and scrums

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46 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

What question? Feel free to keep the results to yourself.

If a league team would be of interest. Not everyone likes either league or union some of us liked both. This weekend I was at Tottenham Stadium watching Gloucester v The Sharks on Friday night. Sunday afternoon was spent watching Newcastle Thunder v Rochdale at Gateshead. 

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45 minutes ago, Phil W said:

If a league team would be of interest. Not everyone likes either league or union some of us liked both. This weekend I was at Tottenham Stadium watching Gloucester v The Sharks on Friday night. Sunday afternoon was spent watching Newcastle Thunder v Rochdale at Gateshead. 

Fascinating 

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https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/bedford-tigers-explore-goldington-road-ground-share-in-hunt-for-super-league-spot/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR01bBJSMFLtOb5J7hlxUSkNQgvX0fMuw2Oumk_m0VQ_ooVcV6bWwTS25bs_aem_AYuBkMLGeo18-JfloL0PLq6bWiJoZHZGKJdg1EoFt98YtaGPgcZ8aqF1DFg7PHyNh1lQPyBmvdVhreRL_SbHWUmV

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With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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Are there any other RL clubs in Bedford? The only way any new professional club, especially outside the heartlands, can be sustainable in the long term and add something to RL in general is to build a strong community game in their local area

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