Each to their own, but the first 3 seasons at the Stoop delivered decent crowd figures back to back, we had a landlord who had a workable relationship with Ian Lenegan and we felt like a club.....which leads nicely to


As accurate a post as you will find on this or any forum. We were London......nobody north of Watford Liked us and we didn't care, because the fans and the players got together after a game to chew the fat. Whether that was sharing 6 VB's with Rusty in Stripes bar or my Mrs getting a hug (many hugs in fact) from HP in the smaller bar at the stoop, we belonged and we accepted some hammerings.

Our name didn't matter, nor what colours we wore. We were together and there is only one person who I believe can be held to account for the demise of the club. Unfortunately, without him, there's probably be no club either.

Either way, Rupe1 wasn't right other than the outcome. His reasoning was always flawed and he never offered viable solutions.

I repeat, moving to Twickenham and being Harlequins Rugby League didn't bring this club to its current low.

I must have been really drunk, 'cos I thought we lost to Brisbane. Still, I'm sure you're right. After all, you've said so yourself

Canberra. Brisbane beat us. Twice.

I always felt that was a massive missed opportunity, and a good example of how the people running the game only ever paid lip service to the "we need a club in London" argument.

It was obvious that our first home game would draw a lot of curious RU fans, and what we really needed was a good competitive game to really advertise the sport. And so they gave us... St Helens, who were beating anything put in front of them at the time. Lo and behold, one thrashing later and most of those RU fans never came back. Stuff the RFL or SL giving us money, a simple thing like letting us pick our opposition for that first game could have worked wonders.

I remember thinking at full time that all the possibilities had just been destroyed in 80 minutes. Later of course we got... well we all know what happened.

Dead right Perry. We HAD to be competitive that day and weren't. I've no idea whose decision it was that we should play Saints but surely Lenegan must have had the chance to say no.

The result that day wasn't great, but as usual, there was no plan B to get any interested Union fans back. Our first 2 wins at the Stoop were against French opposition and in hindsight (great stuff) they're the games we should have targeted your average jingoistic Union fans to.

Gutterfax sounds like Rupe.

He learnt at the knee of the Master!

In answer to the question, yes. As I always do if I think at least one of them has put an effort in.

Trouble is by then they would already have heard from the fans at the Saints game that it wasn't worth going to see the RL. We didn't need to win that first game it just needed to be competitive.

That has to be the most spineless comment I have ever read on the internet.

Your words sum up exactly why the London Broncos culture of absolute woefulness has been allowed to continue.

You are truly saying that even if just one player out of an entire rugby league team puts an effort in you will still clap the players off the field. Its absolutely stupefying.

Living in a dream world, union fans are union fans and what ever the result or performance was we likely to tempt less than a handful to turn to what to them is the darkside. Saying that I think the link up with harlequins was not a bad thing and the stadium is probably the best for any code of rugby we could have hoped for in london. But too much was made of trying to smash the 2 clubs into one entity.

Rude you still have not answered the question, do you still go to games.

Are you suggesting that the players get booed off the pitch every time they lose? It's a personal choice, if you have been entertained and watched a player put the effort in then why not clap them off the pitch.

So another question, what have you done or more to the point what are you able to actually do to change the situation? If your answer is to no longer come and watch, well done, but in my opinion that is just adding to the problem, but it's yr choice.
Don't forget had Mr Hughes pulled his money then this discussion would not be happening as we would just be a failed club in the history books.