Swinton fan. You should have a look at his brother Simon's excellent book 'To Jerusalem and back'. He's a journalist, you know, like you...

I prefer "baised", especially in French

The idea of MM is a great one, The timing of it this year on the other hand is idiotic IMHO.

Swinton, Salford... some Mancunian outpost

do you like to do the baising or being baised.

I think the location, rather than the timing, is what should be questioned. If you're gonna have it as a curtain raiser for the season, why not have it in the heartlands? There's plenty of big stadia across the M62, and closer to home would possibly mean more ticket sales, fuller grounds and therefore less of these armchair journos going "there's no atmosphere, it's crap"

No there are NOT.

Do not ever mention this again.

Which Football team would allow SEVEN games in two days in an uncovered stadium



Which Northern tourist board would give £500k to the RFL.

It will not happen forget it.

Not with closed roofs there aren't.

I prefer making threads with more than 2 hours sleep all weekend and then sitting in a car fror 5 hours on the way home from Cardiff

So we agree the 500k figure is plucked from nowhere?
Sponsorship is an interesting one... Why isn't the MM a sponsored event?

E.g. The IPA Millenium Magic Weekend (brings in more cash!).

I seem to remember the RFL saying the Welsh Tourist board paid £2m for the first MM, but I wouldn't know where to find that link. Probs isn't sponsored because Cardiff Council pay for it.

You can ask Man Utd to allow 7 RL games on their pitch in 2 days in feburary if you want.
I can imagine the answer though and if I posted it on here I would get banned.