| FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > Newly Formed Welsh Club Applies to Championship 1 |
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| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "Trouble is......there isn't really a ready made fan base.
If they didnt turn up for a Superleague team why would they bother with an amateur (or should I say ANOTHER amateur) RL club?'"
Thing is though Barry that those that did turn up , if they decided to stay at home instead of travelling north would go a long way to financing a Championship club numbers wise |
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I think this new team could easily get crowds between 1 - 2000, which is sustainable for a div 2 / 1 side surely.
I like the names Glamorgan Celtic. Or if its owned by BFL why not a tie in ala harlequins so maybe Bridgend Ravens / celtic or Glamorgan RAvens.?
I like the sound of this more and more.
Remember with LS not involved more people will come and watch.!
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| Quote: littlerich "Unless you filled it with Islamic books? Let's say a quota of 500 Islamic books per shop. There would have to be a Qur’an Cap though.'"
Salman Rushdie could open it
The store could be called Water-stoned- to - death |
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| Quote: Uptoncat "If rumours are true that Leighton Samuels is pulling his money out of the Crusaders, would he be the man financing the new team if they are successful with their application? Will this new club become a feeder club for Crusaders or do you believe they will try and go it alone in a bid to reach the top tier?'" Leighton Samuels is not a rich man and will never be involved in rugby league again. |
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| Quote: headhunter "Leighton Samuels is not a rich man and will never be involved in rugby league again.'"
Point taken. |
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| Quote: crucrucrusaders "www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/01/championship-one-brewery-field-bridgend
Hope it take off.
Let's hope so. I'd certainly watch them.
Just hope they don't name it after Bridgend though and cut it off to a lot of South Wales as it is quite tribal, so to speak, down here.'"
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| Quote: Starbug "NEW SOUTH WALES ![]()
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| Quote: garethtaylor15 "I think this new team could easily get crowds between 1 - 2000, which is sustainable for a div 2 / 1 side surely.
I like the names Glamorgan Celtic. Or if its owned by BFL why not a tie in ala harlequins so maybe Bridgend Ravens / celtic or Glamorgan RAvens.?
I like the sound of this more and more.
Remember with LS not involved more people will come and watch.!'"
Why should leighton samiels involvement impact the attendance? Was this the case before? |
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| This is good news.
I hope this time they are allowed to develop at their own pace and grow organically and the same mistakes aren't made again. If they're a good enough club then they'll get to SL eventually. Lets develop South Wales naturally instead of artificially this time.
Though you can guarantee that if they have a half decent start in CC1 then some people will be starting threads about how they must be put into SL in 2012  |
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| Quote: crucrucrusaders "www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/01/championship-one-brewery-field-bridgend
Hope it take off.
Let's hope so. I'd certainly watch them.
Just hope they don't name it after Bridgend though and cut it off to a lot of South Wales as it is quite tribal, so to speak, down here.'"
err....at the risk of stating obvious.........didn't Bridgend have one of these and then didn't want it anymore and wanted to be Superleague? They didn't win anything as I recall. |
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if there's one thing u can guarantee in rugby, there's always a leak to the press.
let hope that the people interested are that couple who won the euro millions
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| Quote: headhunter "Leighton Samuels is not a rich man and will never be involved in rugby league again.'"
Thank Christ for that! |
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| Quote: Blackandwhiteviking "Why should leighton samiels involvement impact the attendance? Was this the case before?'"
History. Ancient History mate. Lets just say he and his ways are not best liked down here. The Crusaders are the 4th club (2 Union & 1 soccer before) that he has owned/invested in. One just survived and is still struggling, one is no more, one fell down the leagues and has not recovered and the jury is still out on the Crusaders. |
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| Quote: Derwent "This is good news.
I hope this time they are allowed to develop at their own pace and grow organically and the same mistakes aren't made again. If they're a good enough club then they'll get to SL eventually. Lets develop South Wales naturally instead of artificially this time.
Though you can guarantee that if they have a half decent start in CC1 then some people will be starting threads about how they must be put into SL in 2012 ![]()
What he said. Success can only be defined as such when it is achieved on a level playing field, and I sincerely hope that this new club gets off the ground and continues the good work in the communities of the Bridgend area that the Crusaders appeared to be undertaking.
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| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "Trouble is......there isn't really a ready made fan base.
If they didnt turn up for a Superleague team why would they bother with an amateur (or should I say ANOTHER amateur) RL club?'"
3,500 turned up on average for the SL team. Even half that would be a decent crowd in the championship. As long as they're realistic about paying players, there's no reason they can't establish themselves. |
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