Quote: Dropkick Murphy "I don't think Dizzee's on tonight, although I'm not sure. I know PIL are on, who I'll be half interested in watching if I get there on time, but I'm not fussed really.
Wonder how many of us will be in Gillingham. I suspect the extra travelling beyond London will put a few Wires off - I wouldn't be bothering if it didn't coincide with the Roses in all honesty - so given London's average attendances anyway, the fact that a lot of their fans aren't happy about Gillingham, and the unlikelihood of a significant number of locals being interested, we could be on for a season low here.'"
Whilst checking out some of the pubs around Gillingham both before and after the match I was surprised about how many were both interested and knowledgeable about the Gillingham match and RL in general. We bumped into several groups of locals who were planning to go to, or had been to the match.
Might not please the die hard London fans, or us northerners who would have to travel that bit further to get to the game, but I suspect London could do far worse than relocate (and rename) to Gillingham permanently. I experienced far more interest and passion from the locals there than at any other London game that I have been to at the Stoop, Crystal Palace, Barnet, Charlton or Fulham.