I think the moving around over the years has affected the viability of the club.

When they first played at the Stoop they were getting a lot of the Aussies and Kiwis coming out from Earls Court and the surrounding areas as Twickenham is easily accessible by rail.

In those days crowds of 4K were routinely achieved, and it was a crackin' atmosphere.

Then they moved to the Valley, and getting to Charlton on a Sunday afternoon was like going abroad.

When they came back to the Stoop the momentum had disappeared, and attendances just seem to slowly decline.

As Yed has said, the amateur game is flourishing in the London area, and I think a lot of that is down to the efforts of the development officers at the Broncos. I even found out last week that there is an amateur club in Southampton which really cheered me up; [urlhttp://www.southampton-spitfires.co.uk[/url

It would be a great pity if the Broncos went down, but I do understand that there current situation isn't doing RL any favours.

Plus One, very well said Yed.

I don't think the OP mentioned cutting ties with London. He just stated what most people are thinking that they are a shoe-in for relegation and deserve to go down if they finish in the bottom 2.

Its great the amateur scene is flourishing in the capital, and I'm sure the fans have been let down badly. But the Broncos should still go down if they're not good enough to be in SL.

I'm another one, I've loved going to watch the Broncos since the start of super league, they had some underrated players that were fun to watch and didn't fit in at other teams, but for London, they were just right.

Much like Catalans are now.

The move back to the stoop and the change to Quins and the change in management has slowly killed them, why should the fans bother, management don't seem to be.

Watching that game last night was really sad, I wondered last year where the blue and black strip has come from? It looked like a training top.

Why not bring back the classic quartered London colours, the reds the yellows, THATS LONDON BRONCOS, THATS THEIR BRAND.


Sad so so sad.

Out of the 100k people in Cumbria, 90% are rugby league fans, this the reason that a team should be up in cumbria, not sure how it will work, but i believe there should be one up there. I also believe that London should have a team but at the minute it is not good for the game. Can you imagine a person form London tuning in last nigt to to see that, i dont think a Hive season ticket would first thing on the wish list this morning.

Stick a Cumbria side in, thrown together at the last minute see how they perform.

For what it's worth I think it'll do them good to rebuild in the Championship. Their presence in Super League isn't doing anyone any good at the moment. That's not to say it can't do any good and regrouping a league below would hopefully see fans backing a winning team who would get in to the middle eight and get a few glamour ties.

Agree that they've got to stick in one place and Barnet seems to be a good match. I also think they should bring back the red and yellow kits, they can bring back the old badge while they're at it as well, I really liked it.

It's on the verge of something good ? It's been on that same verge for over 30 years.....Dead horse, flogging springs to mind...Hardly anybody in London is interested in watching RL....Figures can't lie....Bin 'em.

It's not just a London issue but one that is at the root of RL expansion.

Try to think of who was last "new" professional/semi pro RL team in the UK that achieved a credible amount of success on/off field whilst attracting regular crowds of 5k, and then ask why the game hasn't expanded (at pro level)beyond its traditional borders ?

Or bid the powers that be to relocate London to Cumbria asap before possible relegation.

Trying to merge the Cumbrian clubs would be like trying to merge Wire/Widnes or Saints/Wigan. As for London,as i've said before, i think their best chance would be in a division made up of last years new admissions of Bristol ,Gloucester ,Hemel & any other southern clubs at a similar playing level. Unfortunately ,many southerners still believe nothing exists north of Watford .