Interesting Thought here, what would have happened if this (news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 519147.stm) would have gone through? Where would we likely be now?

Interesting Thought here, what would have happened if this (news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 519147.stm) would have gone through? Where would we likely be now?

Brisbane?

1.London RL (Nicknamed the Broncos).
2.Stay at the Stoop, which isn't actually a Union heartland, it's just where the Union lot happen to have their stadium....you wouldn't describe Wembley as a soccer heartland, would you?
3.Return to the Fulham colours.
4.Spend some f****ng money on proper marketing.

.......disregard points 1, 2 & 3 if you don't do point 4.

You at the cake tin on a freebie last night ?

Have to say I agree, those pitiful crowds will still remain unfortunately, sorry GF.

Apparently have an agreement with the Denver Broncos to use the name. We changed from being the London Crusaders to the London Broncos at the end of January '94, when Brisbane bought us from the RFL (I still have a chuckle at the idea that Aussies, of all people, would buy something on spec from a rails bookie, i.e. a certain Mr. Lindsay, M.). This all came up on a thread on the Quins forum a long time back, and I haven't the time at the moment to find it.

Is the local community around Wembley the typical demographic profile of football... yes. And is the community of Richmond the typical demographic of Rugby Union (in the South East in particular)... yes

Take your point about Wembley, but though typical demographic profile of a person in Richmond may suit Union, Twickenham, only maybe, but everywhere else around the immediate area (Whitton, Hounslow, Isleworth and Christ almighty Feltham)..............Nah!

I don't know much about London RL at grass root level but where are these teams based? Someone told me most the teams are in east London, is this true? If it is why don't they move the club into that area?

No......Wembley has a high proportion of Asian and Caribbean residents when compared to other London Boroughs.......so no, Wembley isn't as soccer mad as you would like people to think.



No...wrong again! TW postcodes include Brentford, Hounslow, Feltham, St Aines on Thames (Staines) and other not so middle class areas. Some of the council high rises in Twickenham are considered the worst in the region and Feltham/Staines is a no go area at night.

As for the South East of England, the lack of professional clubs East of Harlequins RU would seem to blow that out of the water.......if the SE was a demographic Goldmine for Union I reckon there'd be a few teams in the East......there isn't. The demographic breakdown of London is the most diverse in the UK. To try to pigeon-hole any one borough as a certain class (other than Chelsea/Westminster...and they have council blocks too) shows a total lack of undersdtanding of how demographic and direct marketing works.

The only way to break into the London consciousness and media is to have a successful side. Marketing a losing team is like pi55ing in the wind. Get to the Grand Final a couple of times and win the Cup people will go and watch. The last 6 years have seen progressively worse performances and only us complete nutters carried on going.

Marketing any losing side is difficult , just like marketing a lower tier club , in a lower tier competition , but in sport there are always exactly the same number of losers as winners , so no control over that , you just have to try harder

It was that bad I left the country after the 2009 season.....still, every cloud and all that