The new Perth NRL team will be called west coast, not Perth or a suburb of Perth. The reason, to appeal to the whole state not just the city or a part of the city. Would be silly to not call a team London.

Actually......after a while the crowds and enthusiasm drifted away to the extent that Fulham couldn't be d. Another example of erecting posts, announcing KO times and trusting Kevin Costner MArketing to do the rest.....and the biggest average attendances for londons pro RL team isn't fulhams, but Te broncos in year 1 of SL

Population of Western Australia: 2.5 million.

Population of London: 13.6 million.

Don't think that's right. What do you think the two figures are i.e average attendance in first season as Fulham (2nd division by the way) and in first season as London in Super League?

Were you there at Fulham's first season matches to feel the enthusiasm==>
First match v Wigan (nearly 10,000)
Challenge cup match v Wakefield (15,000)
the night before Wembley when Fulham beat Bradford (then Champions) with an Ian Van Bellan drop goal (sic)- 13,000 I think?

Actually the crowds weren't ever that good at the Cottage except for a few 'marquee' fixtures - the gate for the first game against Wigan of 9552 (of whom probably the odd 552 paid!) was followed by 5589 for the next one against Swinton and this when the club was getting good publicity in the London media. Ernie Clay openly admitted that he'd started the club to 'make some brass' and by the middle of the second season rumours about our future were already starting to circulate. I was told by a committee member during the Chiswick era that when Roy Close bought the club from the liquidator it had been carrying debts of around £750k, although a lot of that was apparently owed to various legal companies.

You haven't said but it sounds like you weren't there. I was.

I suspect you are making this up about free tickets. Doesn't sound right if Ernie Clay did plan RL to be a new income stream.

I paid to get in to the first match v Wigan. All the Wigan supporters did I think. Both seated stands looked pretty full that day and weren't free. The kop was full of Fulham AFC supporters - so am guessing that Fulham soccer season ticket holders got in free to the terraces for the first match (and really were won over during the course of the 80 minutes giving the team a rapturous ovation at the end).

The 15,000 crowd v Wakefield in the cup was "all pay" as was the eve of challenge cup final challenge match v Bradford (13,000).

Do you know that there were free tickets handed out during Fulham's first season, or are you just guessing? Don't know too much about marketing history, but did clubs hand out free tickets in the '80s ? I was working in West London during the Fulham/Chiswick years........never got anywhere near a freebie, always paid on the gate, Craven Cottage and Polytechnic ground.

In fact Cup games have to be 'all pay' anyway. The Challenge match on Cup Final Eve was all pay (to be pedantic, the gate was 11926) with the result (three points for a try, then) Fulham 20 (tries - David Allen 4, goals Iain MacCorquodale 4); Bradford 8 (tries Derek Parker, Dennis Trotter, goal Keith Mumby). One of the best match days at the Cottage with a great atmosphere - one highlight was referee Ronnie Campbell going over to the Bradford bench in the second half and giving coach Peter Fox the choice of substituting Jim Fiddler or having him sent off! Oh, and van Bellen never dropped a goal for us, although he scored 4 tries.

Fulham had the best crowds????? lmfao!

Only on 4 occasions did they top 10k, in what...10 seasons. Their best season was 6k average, which I believe the Broncos actually bettered a couple of times.

Not that I care, I never went to a single Fulham game, and if London changed their name to anything else (with the possible exception of QPR) I'd stop going, it's that simple.

I like being able to yell "C'MON LUNDUN!" 'til I'm ho. I will be available next season if we still have a club and until such time as the lights may finally go out. On a positive note a Euro-Millions winner, Oil rich Sheikh or Russian Oligarch may take over, buy Loftus Road when the R's move to their new stadium and have magnificentley successful marketing campaigns that see the place packed week in and week out!

Ooooh....you were there so you must be correct 1.67333984375:5