www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33470801 I know the article is about football clubs, but these ones appear to be doing the phoenix thing!

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33470801 I know the article is about football clubs, but these ones appear to be doing the phoenix thing!

Maidstone United certainly have come back from the dead. They now have a lovely stadium by the river, get good crowds and the people of Maidstone, who hardly support anything,are starting to get behind them.
They too lead a nomadic existence since they went under, but without doubt they are on the rise now.
Of course, their old London Road Stadium, was home to the short lived Kent Invicta. So a Rugby League connection there.

i believe the original poster is correct. I heard on July 5th from someone within the game (although not within the Broncos) that the move to Ealing Trailfinders was a done deal. Not ifs or buts. He seemed very certain and I have no reason to doubt him. Very disappointed. My Broncos attendance has nosedived as my head has been turned by other RL offerings but the club is VITAL to all of us in southern RL. This for me is just confirmation of the end of our dreams. Another semi pro club in London with absolutely no chance of ever getting back to Super League. Very sad. The writing's been on the wall for years, it's the slowest death of a sports club I can think of. Third Lanark FC maybe! I'm sure it'll be dressed up as shared ownership/long lease & a bright future (number 123) but from where I'm sitting it's terrible. Ah well, hope I'm wrong and it turns out to be the best thing evah!

Yes, I'd forgotten about that!
Did actually take in a couple of Maidstone games in the late 80's when I was living that way for about a year. They had a decent sized following in the Conference then, might have been the season before they made it into the Football League.

What a terrible move if true. I just don't understand this. Pretty much confirms the club have no interest in SL rugby anymore. If that is the case I am asking myself why bother?? lets say we have a stormer next year and make the top 4, who cares, we wont be going up. Lets be honest if we did make the top 4 our ground would not be fit to play anyway when the SL away fans turn up!! Maybe Eailing have plans to develop the ground and we want in but that I very much doubt.

Woeful and to make it worse Greene king are advertising next to the pitch which means even the beer will be e.

Thats me done.

Where's The Cranewife when you need her?

Every cloud and all that....

So....just to clarify.
The only person attempting to put any positive spin on this is Mickey1234, who claims to have hard from a Rah mate that they're looking at going from 970 to 8,000 seats

Seriously worrying to see some of the names saying enough is enough in this thread. Southern RL is a complete mess, at professional, semi professional and amateur levels, at the moment and it very difficult to see a way forward for the sport down here.

It seems incredible that so much money could be spent and so little left in the form of a legacy. Strange to think we have almost certainly lived through what history will view as the high point of southern / London RL. There were some good times but somehow they always seemed to be outnumbered by missed opportunities.

I'm in regardless, at least there's a spoon in Ealing......

Indeed there is....named after British Motion Picture founding father and Ealing Studios Producer Sir Michael Balcon. Little known fact about Balcon is that he was the first producer to let Hitchcock direct!
Even better news is that the E11 stops outside and will have you at the Stadium (sic) in about 15 minutes.

Who is stalking now?
Not doing anything of the sort, just passing on a rumour from an Ealing resident who has in interest in the game, I mentioned it to him that this had been muted on our rumour site, to which his response was it could tie in with something he had heard linked to redevelopment at the ground. If that's putting a positive spin then hey ho.
2 ways of looking at it, firstly, it's another step down and confirmation of clubs future aims, or it could be we are buying into a new home. First option I agree if we move there with no development is the final nail in the coffin of the club, second is what we all know the club needs maybe we are buying into a ground that we are going to build as a home, have we got the investment for that? Honest answer I don't think so!
If it's a move with no development of the ground apart from 3g pitch it probably puts us on level par with skolars!
discuss!

Who are you the class teacher?

You're a lino who wears pink boots and to top it of is in the air cadets!!

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Agree, if its part of a long term plan, with us owning a share and the ground gets redeveloped to 5000+ then i would support it. If its just another temporary move then i may give up like the rest...........