I have been on the forum since 2005 and I don't remember it always being lightly populated, I remember parents of some of the younger players posting then.

Was this the first original Broncos forum?

It seems longer for the rest of us.

I would suggest you have been on the forum since April 3 2002.

Not sure where I got 2005 from!

Most kind of you! - Always love Royal We's/Us

Nah.

Steve Morris ran the London Broncos Internet Forum from around 1995-1999, Mike Roberts and I took it over as the Forum II late '99 [helped big time by Sadfish who went on to start rlfans] and when rivals could not buy us [we were so principled

Londoners won't watch a losing team, there are far too many alternatives. Our hard core are largely masochists who fear the imminent demise of the team if they give up. Unlike the football sides we do not have a hundred years of loyalty behind us that would ensure survival come what may. It never ceases to amaze me that we have lasted 32 years to be honest. The holy grail of a winning side that pays its way on its own ground may have to wait a little longer.

I agree entirely, but presumably those running the club feel they can get a better rent deal elsewhere. Personally I'd be very wary of moving for that reason. I mean, in life you generally get what you pay for, and The Stoop is the most suitable ground of good quality I can think of for this club. Presumably there is an average crowd figure needed to break even, and that figure may be lower at Leyton or Gillingham than at The Stoop. However, there must be a lot of overheads associated with moving in the first place, we've moved too often in the past, and one way and another it never seems to work out for the best.

As you say, poor marketing and a poor team must have been factors in the low crowds, and I see no real reason to believe that would change elsewhere. Gillingham and Orient's crowds are a bit bigger than ours but still low by Superleague standards, and I'm not sure people in those communities will pay to watch a second local team, or that those who don't already watch those teams will watch our team.

I also think, in an era when simply avoiding bottom place in the table doesn't guarantee you staying in the league, it would be dangerous to move to a lower quality ground when so many of our rivals are significantly upgrading or building new grounds. It just sends out all the wrong messages to me. It says "we're hanging in there as best we can" rather than making us look genuinely ambitous or dynamic.

I hate the Stoop, never liked it don't think I ever will. well maybe if they turned the house lights down post match it would make the place feel less soulless and clinical, anyway, to me its never felt like home.

That said moving would be utterly ridiculous.
The only reason the club should ever consider moving is if we're kicked out - we might be completely unwanted there who knows
Or if we own/part own our new ground.