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| Quote: Maximus Decimus "Yes, a merger between two clubs that had played a lower level of RL for 50+ years.'"
Save your typing - it's like banging your head against a brick wall.
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| Quote: Maximus Decimus "Yes, a merger between two clubs that had played a lower level of RL for 50+ years.'" in front of a few hundred fans combined
lets not bother pretending that RL was a big part of the culture in perpignan (and the wider catalonia) before Les Catalans, it was barely a footnote on the sporting landscape
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "in front of a few hundred fans combined
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Where did you get that info from? Is there a web site with the details?
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| Quote: Gijou "What are you talking about numbskull?
It wasn't that long ago you were begging me for a copy of the footage I mentioned on another forum.
Shame I told you to get stuffed...
I think you are hallucinating again.
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "in front of a few hundred fans combined
lets not bother pretending that RL was a big part of the culture in perpignan (and the wider catalonia) before Les Catalans, it was barely a footnote on the sporting landscape'"
Northern Catalonia has many rugby league clubs not just the ones that merged to form UTC (and it was three clubs not two).
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "in front of a few hundred fans combined
lets not bother pretending that RL was a big part of the culture in perpignan (and the wider catalonia) before Les Catalans, it was barely a footnote on the sporting landscape'"
Once again Smokey you can't ignore facts!
Like the one that Perpignan has held regular internationals for the past 30 years getting decent crowds like 18,000 in the 60's. Also there is the one that UTC played Wigan in the challenge cup and got 8,000 despite this being at the same time as the local Union team playing.
There was no such form for Bridgend, the opposite if anything like only 3000 for the first match between Wales and Australia since the heroics of the 2000 World Cup.
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "in front of a few hundred fans combined
lets not bother pretending that RL was a big part of the culture in perpignan (and the wider catalonia) before Les Catalans, it was barely a footnote on the sporting landscape'"
Rubbish.
Rugby league has been one of the main sports of Perpignan since the 1930s.
It is ingrained in the local culture.
They have had crowds of up to 25,000 for club matches.
The constant belittling of French rugby league and its history on this website is generally very ordinary.
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| Quote: littlerich "Save your typing - it's like banging your head against a brick wall.'"
whats banging your head on a brick wall feel like?
explains many of your posts.
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| so peoples idea of a heartland is an area dominated by RU.
heck london now is a RL heartland too!
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| id say it was a real heartland from 1933 - 1939.
especially the latter years when a real dominance was emerging.
after that the heart was ripped from the game and the clubs lived a hand to mouth existence with the game basically on life support
if thats your idea of heartland, why not pick anywhere where RL was strong for 6 years and effectively died off after like manchester?
nobody can tell me beforehand they knew LC would work because they were in a heartland area. its a lie
i wasnt 100% confident theyd work out, especially after their poor first season
as is usual with the flatcapper bridage, i remember clearly reading rumours on internet forums of them not paying players on time and a large debt of 3 million pounds being run up.
after their first season they became much more stable as a club
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| even today the scum USAP still get higher crowds than LC do.
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| Quote: Hedgehog King "I think you are hallucinating'"
I don't think so.
Dally outed you.
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| back to the qquestion, what we have learnt is you can't put a top level RL side, needing a 3million quid budget, in an area with few fans and little corporate support, no matter how much you would like to see SL in the area.
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| The answer to the whole thread is simply put them in the right place.
It wasn't even the right place [iin Wales[/i.
Nor is Wrexham - sure to be known as Wreck-ham.
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| Quote: JB Down Under "back to the qquestion, what we have learnt is you can't put a top level RL side, needing a 3million quid budget, in an area with few fans and little corporate support, no matter how much you would like to see SL in the area.'"
At the end of our first year we had failed to get a main shirt sponsor, our players were being paid in arrears and we'd come last in the league. If our first year had been in the current financial crisis there's a good possibility we'd have crumpled like the Crusaders have.
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