It was only an idea, lets just leave it and got to 3/4 of bloomfield road, get no press coverage, no tv money, not sell it out.

Great.

To those who are saying put it on as a curtain raiser to the Challenge Cup Final, what would happen if a team in the NRC Final also got to the Challenge Cup Final? (Unlikely I know, but Hull KR for example came close a few years ago!). I think for that reason alone it won't happen.

Don't know what else to suggest though.

Don't suggest anything, the clic will only shoot you down for having ideas.

Usually Soooooooperdoooooooper club followers.

Sooooooper doooooooper league has REALLY benefited the game as a WHOLE hasn't it.
















and the next club down the financial plan.








The amateur game is struggling for players!!!!





But hey Sooooooooperdooooooper league is fine.








but in reality is an edifice floating on a precarious raft that's sat on quicksand!

My opinion is worth no more than yours or anybody else's Jonny , just that to me with the drama and importance of the GF now being diluted because of the lack of P and R the Championships need the NRC final to be a ' stand alone ' event more than ever without any mention of SL [ unfortunatley as a club that has not ' ticked the box ' will feature this year that will be the main topic of conversation once again ]

As I said , just an opinion

Perhaps more people use Johnstones Paint than they do the Northern Rail.

As a rail worker, i can pretty much guarantee that!

As an aside, but as a partial answer to the OP, many years ago I went to watch Clitheroe FC play Brigg Town FC in the FA Vase at Wembley. Even two clubs with a combined following (then) of around 750 managed to half fill Wembley.

It was a crap game though.

I reckon Blackpool is the perfect home for the NRC, personally. Been to finals both as a supporter of one of the sides involved and as a neutral and enjoyed the whole experience.

Half agree with you. [I quite like Blackpool as it does exactly what it says on the tin. Seaside town - very good rollercoasters - fish and chips- Tower and Piers].

The Jonstones Paint Trophy is still called a Mickey Mouse cup but the chance to get Wembley means that the fans still turn out.

What about a day out in Glasgow? Hampden Park is my favourite mid-size stadium (was there when almost Cumbrians Gretna almost beat Hearts) and for Lancashire clubs roughly the same distance away as Wembley.

Could famous names of the past be used to promote the game up there? I saw the Scottish Grand Final last year and it was a surprisingly high standard. Get the neutrals up there who have heard of Fax; Haven; Barrow; Leigh and (although pains me to say it) Widnes in and let them see whats on offer in the Scottish Conference as the curtain raiser.

Edinburgh Eagles only lost one game last season and were the club rumoured to be applying for NL2 a couple years ago. It also gives their fans a gauge of the next level of competition in RL.

Fans day out in a stadium that we should aspire to at least half fill and a great City. 2 Games of Rugby League! Boost for the game up there too.

And if we do get a French group in the NRC then apparently Glasgow airport has been open over the last few days!!!

All well and good, apart from Hampden being a horrible stadium. Not sure that a capacity of 52,000 qualifies as 'mid-size' either!