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| Quote ="Fax4Life"Sorry to say but I am not going to lose any sleep over this as they have got themselves in this mess by trying to run before they can walk.
Look at all the Aussies they have signed the last few years, how can they afford all of them???
Its what gave them the advantage to get out of NL2 and into NL1.'"
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this is another ground like Sheffiled - its not a Rugby ground the match day experiance is very poor, its a dam althlectics stadium! not surpised they cannot get a crowd, its a poor day out!
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Quote ="justthebasicfax"They are a joke anyway, how a club with one million people in close proximety cant get more than a few hundred to come and watch just proves the RFL are clueless for pursuing these strategies.
Local Amateur clubs can pull more than that round here.
I dont feel sorry for them, i mean who would i be feeling sorry for anyway, theres no interest and no RL beating heart up there.'"
In the last 15 years or so I have seen two things I thought I would never see in NE England, first class county cricket and professional rugby league. In both sports, since they started, we have faced comments like those above. It's water off a ducks back now.
We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
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Quote ="justthebasicfax"They are a joke anyway, how a club with one million people in close proximety cant get more than a few hundred to come and watch just proves the RFL are clueless for pursuing these strategies.
Local Amateur clubs can pull more than that round here.
I dont feel sorry for them, i mean who would i be feeling sorry for anyway, theres no interest and no RL beating heart up there.'"
In the last 15 years or so I have seen two things I thought I would never see in NE England, first class county cricket and professional rugby league. In both sports, since they started, we have faced comments like those above. It's water off a ducks back now.
We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
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Sad to see Gateshead struggling and hope any problems can be sorted ASAP. I personally want Gateshead to grow because I think it is good for the game and good to see the sport developing in other areas. I just hope that they go about things properly and not just ship in Aussies/Kiwis as that really is not what any club in the UK should be about. I would hope that Fax brings through and uses more Halifax or English guys rather than bring in players from Australia, NZ, PNG etc. All the best to Gateshead and feel a little sad that some Fax fans wish so much ill will on them.
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Quote ="thunderheed"In the last 15 years or so I have seen two things I thought I would never see in NE England, first class county cricket and professional rugby league. In both sports, since they started, we have faced comments like those above. It's water off a ducks back now.
We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
Alan D'"
Whilst the RFL may go about their expansion plans ar@e about that isn't Gatesheads fault. Whether there are 500 or 50000 fans I still wouldn't wish the club folding on any of them.
Surprised by some of the comments on here to be honest.
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We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
Alan D'"
Whilst the RFL may go about their expansion plans ar@e about that isn't Gatesheads fault. Whether there are 500 or 50000 fans I still wouldn't wish the club folding on any of them.
Surprised by some of the comments on here to be honest.
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Quote ="thunderheed"In the last 15 years or so I have seen two things I thought I would never see in NE England, first class county cricket and professional rugby league. In both sports, since they started, we have faced comments like those above. It's water off a ducks back now.
We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
Alan D'"
Hey its not the fans fault we welcome ALL fans of RL - Honest.
What gets under our skin is the constant bias by the RFL and the 'new SL fans club' towards expansion area clubs against the heartland clubs.
I admire you and others who try expand our game beyond the heartlands, if only the RFL would accept it has to be a slow and long term growth and maybe it will only ever be Championship or Champiosnhip 1 RL for you and others and not 'it has to be SL to expand our game at any price' like Celtic Crusaders and Harlequins.
If the rules were the same for us all and this bias dropped we would not be so against you. |
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We may not have any fans at GIS for games but those that turn up are passionate about the game of RL. I have travelled the length and breadth of the country (and Toulouse!) watching both Thunder since 1999 and Gateshead Storm (RLCN), I know, I know your family have been watching RL since Adam was a lad but we weren't lucky enough to be invited into your little closed shop till 1999.. The situation at Thunder appears to be a dispute between shareholders and hopefully will be resolved without Administration. I will post a couple of links so you can keep abreast of the situation at our little outpost of RL, interesting point in the second last paragraph of the second link...
www./forums/index. ... 921.0.html
ttp://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-s ... -24942966/
I enjoy my visits to The Shay and hope to be there next year, never know I may even buy you a pint and we can discuss the great sport that is RL
Alan D'"
Hey its not the fans fault we welcome ALL fans of RL - Honest.
What gets under our skin is the constant bias by the RFL and the 'new SL fans club' towards expansion area clubs against the heartland clubs.
I admire you and others who try expand our game beyond the heartlands, if only the RFL would accept it has to be a slow and long term growth and maybe it will only ever be Championship or Champiosnhip 1 RL for you and others and not 'it has to be SL to expand our game at any price' like Celtic Crusaders and Harlequins.
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Agreed ! here here
I would welcome a level playing field, a fair competition were we all abide by the same rules and the game is allowed some dignity, while i do not want fans to be upset or upset them, being that we all love Rugby League. Gateshead should be allowed to develop naturally, ultimately the paying public will decide if they want RL. Good luck to the RL fans in the North East, it has to be the most impressive match day drive if you go past the Angel and along the Tyne. But... fast tracking sides, subsidising and allowing them individual quotas grates with me and always will, if the tables were turned these new clubs would not be happy at all. So unfortunately I shall remain at deep odds with RFL and the soliciting of our once dignified sport.
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Just been posted on Leigh board Steve McCormac has quit at Gateshead.
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McCormack to be new Barrow coach then
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Personally I am sad to see this news, why wont they learn!
Hope they pull through.
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Oh no. What will Lewis do now that Gateshead can't be shoe-ins for super league? He's gonna have splinters in his fingers from scratching his head to think of a way round it. Good luck dickiel
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Oh yessssssssss
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Gateshead are going nowhere. They'll just wind up the current company and clear the debts or transfer the debts to the 'new' company that takes ownership.
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In talks with RFL over being saved. It's a lot like the RFL did for donny and other such clubs. Oh. Hang on........
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Well, it'll take someone with deep pockets to get the game started up there. Again, they're just not interested in RL. If after thirty years of trying in London we produce a three thousand and odd average crowd for a SL club then that tells you how difficult it is to plant the game in an area where there's no interest. The NFL (with all their $squillions) couldn't launch their game here - with the blaze of publicity for the London Monarchs. That worked didn't it? As did the NRL's attempt in Perth - and it's that country's national sport for God's sake.
The RFL just aren't getting it. Yes, it would be lovely to spread the game but it's nigh on impossible to do so. The more these clubs go to the wall, the more potential backers will be put off. The only hope is for a Rugby Union club to go bust and be bought out by a League franchise - but even they've got more money than sense, so i can't see that happening.
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[url=http://www.thunderrugby.com/news_article.php?id=253Gateshead holding company to be wound up[/url
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Leigh may yet be spared.....still! Pinched from the Donny board:
[urlhttp://viewtopic.php?t=434854[/url
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Gateshead CEO Rod Findlay previously worked at RFL headquarters.Why would you give up a job at RFL headquarters to move to a club that is struggling financially unless you know something the rest of us can easily guess at-the RFL won't let Gateshead go to the wall
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So what do people think plan B is?
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The obvious thing for me would be to re-locate to Edinburgh, think Cardiff Millenium magic & Celtic getting into SL, last year Murrayfield magic or whatever the spin was...... |
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| Quote ="marillion man"The obvious thing for me would be to re-locate to Edinburgh, think Cardiff Millenium magic & Celtic getting into SL, last year Murrayfield magic or whatever the spin was......'"
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Edinburgh.
Riiiiiiiiight. How is that going to be different to Gateshead's struggle to attract crowds?
No-one's watchin' folks.
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A move to the Newcastle Falcons ground I recon. Shared costs, not too far for existing fans to travel and a new, bigger, local market.
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