My point is it is not sustainable right now. Its hardly an option that you can take speculatively. We can't afford to open 3 stands, yet alone establish a "league club".

I was thinking more along the lines of a 'Harlequins Club'. League and Union. Get the rah-rahs in, and shove league in their faces. Some of them will convert.

90% of Union fans don't want anything to do with us, and lets face it, they don't really need any sort of club.

But hasn't your club got some rich bloke thowing money at it like confetti?

If Harlequins opened a 'leagues club' type thing I would like to see it looking something like the Walkabout at Temple.

Dont know if you have ever been there, if not its worth a visit. Puts the Shepherds Bush one to shame!

Decent location, decent building (with roof top beer garden) decent size, Tube station next door etc etc. Good place to meet up with your mates after work for a cold beer, some dinner... and good at the weekend with live bands etc etc

Gets packed out every weekend with a healthy (ish) amount of punters in the week.

Those same customers would still come if it was called 'Walkabout' or 'Quins' or whatever else.

A similar type of set up to that but themed around Rugby league (concentrating on Harlequins RL) with Quins merchandise on sale plus footy memorabilia around the walls would still get the punters in I'm sure.

Might even attract some itinerant members of the community along to the Stoop to watch a bit of footy too if it was run right

Deary me, you just don't read/comprehend anything do you? No, we do not have a bottomless pit of money, so therefore it is a non starter.

Strange that because on other threads I've read your fellow supporters are saying this bloke (god knows what his name is) is minted and likes to throw his cash around?

So how are Quins surviving?

Certainly not from ticket sales or sponsorship deals.

Who pays the wages?

If you had read more carefully, you will have found out that he is attempting to cut back his spending on the club and is intending to retire.

Then I'm guessing thats Harlequins RL well and truly rooted.

Probably best to forget the idea of a Harlequins RL social club in that case

Yeah exactly.

Leeds has a social club within the grounds of Headingley, Widnes have a social club too. In fact I think they're quite common.

Warrington use to have one. Touchdown club under the old main stand.

Do Skolars still own that pub by their ground?

Think most fans will just use their local amateur team's clubhouse seeing as though most of them are working men's clubs anyway.