Quote: Thoth "Which Welsh Premiership football sides attract more than a few hundred ? Cardiff and Swansea have traditionally been football cities, outside of there in south Wales it is dominated by rugby union. North Wales has no elite level RU presence and no football club of note, mid Wales too sply populated to really count.
Rugby is a large part of the Welsh character football is not.'"
That's probably the poorest reply to a comment I've seen in a while.
What does Welsh Premiership football have to do with what I said? I said the two football clubs from the two biggest cities in the country outdraw the Union sides. That they play in the English football league makes no difference.
And after Cardiff and Swansea, we are essentially talking about towns and villages. Outside of Newport, there's nothing there that even requires consideration. It would be like League outdrawing Union in NZ in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and you still making the claim that Union is bigger because it has clout in rural villages.
Not saying rugby union isn't a part of their culture, or that its not significant, but your claim that only rugby union matters is so laughable that I had no choice but to reply. On the evidence of the two biggest settlements in Wales drawing better gates in football, I'd say that there is far more to Welsh sport than rugby union. And thats without a successful national football team (on top of a successful Union team), and no presence in top flight football for eons. That rugby union is just leaving everything in its wake!
It suggests to me that League can make progress here, as long its a long term project with minimal interference.
