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Name another dedicated rugby ground available in or near London at the same standard as The Stoop. If we move to a football ground we lose points for the stadium - one of the few things we do get points for at the moment

Quote mickyb1234Name change, lets get london back in the name'"

Everyone knows where we are - how many other Harlequins RL sides are there to confuse us with?

Quote mickyb1234Closer 2 m1 make it that little bit easier 4 away fans 2 get 2 us,'"

If you've driven 200 miles, what difference does another 25 make?

to grow is good, but should never be the main focus of this club, growing home support is.

As you can see from my user name I am not exactly local to the Quins but am a Southerner, and I find it easier to head to Yorkshire for the weekend and catch some rugby up there than I do going to the Stoop.

The ground is great but anyone coming from North London can not be bothered as it’s stuck out in Richmond and not somewhere which is accessible for the everyday person unless you drive.

Put it this way. If I fancy a beer whilst I watch the match I need get a bus to Hatfield station. 30mins including waiting at the bus stop.

I get the train into Kings Cross - 35 mins.

I get the underground across London to get the train down to Twickenham - 30mins

I then get the train down to Twickenham or more realistically Richmond - 35-45mins

Little walk to the ground - 15mins

Total one way journey is about 2.5hours assuming that all the connections arrive at the correct time and that i get to Twickenham rather than Richmond.

Or I can have a weekend away and catch a match as well. Even if I go for the day to Yorkshire its only 3.5hours in a car. Or I can watch a game a football as well there is loads of choice there to the neutral

The point I am trying to make is that the stoop really is not London - people coming from Hertfordshire etc don’t really go because its such a pain for them to get there.

Now some may argue that the Stoop is not a long way from central London where much of your marketing will likely occur. And yes, I would agree but you must remember that if you advertise Quins in central London as something to do on the weekend half the people seeing the adverts are likely to be commuters who will have to travel like me a good trek to get to the match.

If the ground were lets say on the M1/M25 corridor (like London Wasps) or on the M6 ( London Irish) corridor the chance of attracting non locals is much higher than being in Richmond where lets be fair the majority are union fans and always will be.

So you obviously don't drink when you drive to Yorkshire?
Having worked in Hatfield, it is about a 75 minute drive from Twickenham during the rush hour.
How long does it take you to travel to Yorkshire on public transport ?


P.S. London Irish are on the M4

If you read my post i clearly state that i have a "weekend away" when i go to Yorkshire. If i go by car this allows me to drive up on lets say a Saturday morning/ Friday evening. Park my car go to the match and then have a drink. Return to a hotel and then drive back the following day. Thereby negating the risk of drink driving. I assume that was what you meant.

As for getting to Yorkshire on Public transport:- If i decide to go by Train its about 1h 30 mins from Stevenage to York about 1h 45mins to Leeds and about 2 hours to Hull.If you go from Kings cross add about 15 mins more (and that leaves at about 6pm) so not bad compared to your 1hour 15 mins to travel by car to the Stoop.

As you can see when comparing times etc the alternatives certainly are worth considering i am sure you will agree. And if you book in advance on the train the prices are very reasonable.

oops - hold my hands up about the road m4/m6 all down there somewhere (i think)

hey i am not saying its the right thing to do!!! I love the stoop apart from the fact they make us sit in the wrong stand stand but hey ho thats another fight!! that drive round the m25 from the bottom of the m1 to the m3 turnoff is a pain and can take an hour if the roadworks are wrong!!
trust me, the thinking is north london with easir access to the m1 without the drag round the 25

what would i prefer? yep lets stay at the stoop
and why does it have to be a dedicated rugby ground, i dont think the harlequins rl actually want us there anymore

And go ask a lot of nuetral fans quins rl!! play where? trust me lots dont realise its a london club
we need to get london back in the name
ask me where the wasps, saracens, london irish play!! i dont have a clue
maybe the milton keynes knights would give identity
hmm i wonder Fulham!!!!

back top the start I like the stoop but has it worked!!!? are we all buying in to the quins logo?

Well the Daily Star got the first bit right...........................................who would travel
to watch the Milton Keynes Lon-Dons?

They were right

Did you expect anything else from the personification of the broken record