Has anyone suggested: London Ravens?

I understand it was the name of a gridiron team years ago but it has a link to London unlike Broncos, and they are black, like the Fulham kit.

I think a small time basketball club may have a similar name now but a couple of quid would get the rights off them.

I'd be open if a business came along and offered the club big money to change the name/have an involvement in the club but I can't see Bill Gates taking an interest in a tiny Rugby League club anytime soon.

And a University!

If you listen to the bbc london rl podcast this week you'll hear a very different opinion from someone who actually works for the harlequins foundation. He was very keen for a name change.

Well, I listened to it. I heard nothing to change my mind from changing the name back from Quins. It was just the usual excuses being trotted out. "People see Quins and they think Union." How hard is it to distinguish between the brands, especially with "Rugby League" written in big, bold lettering underneath? It just sounds like the usual half-d Rugby League approach, as long as it makes your job easier, than it must happen. All you have to do is say, "no, it's Rugby League." I'm sure the school kids he was referring to, know that they were playing League instead of Union.

....FFS you are whatshername who blew her trumpet and then bu99ered off to the O2 and I clam My fiver.

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So the people that work in schools coaching RL are lazy and half d? Nice. I don't know how you can just dismiss the opinion of someone who actually works on the ground in London on a daily basis trying to bring the game to people.

Quote: poplar panther "a bit naughty Gutters. That as you know was the worst London SL season on record against the worst side ever in SL. Charlton was not ideal, too big, with no community work done. You could also quote the gate against PSG at Charlton, 9,638. Not a bad London side though, I think they would wipe the floor with our current squad.'" This tells a different story. It was your second best league finish, and 2003 was only better because you won 5 out of the last 6. www.slstats.org/t12/London+Bronc ... mmary.html

Quote: poplar panther "a bit naughty Gutters. That as you know was the worst London SL season on record against the worst side ever in SL. Charlton was not ideal, too big, with no community work done. You could also quote the gate against PSG at Charlton, 9,638. Not a bad London side though, I think they would wipe the floor with our current squad.'" This tells a different story. It was your second best league finish, and 2003 was only better because you won 5 out of the last 6. www.slstats.org/t12/London+Bronc ... mmary.html

I believe that 1997 (2nd) was the London teams best ever SL season. 96 (4th) was our second best and 2003 (5th) our third with a trip to St Helens for our first play-off appearance. 2005 (6th), our last year as London RL AKA The London Broncos was next with a trip to Odsul.

Sorry Gutters, I wasn't looking at last century!

Great. Why not put the boot into another sports club (one that has existed continuously, and with a lot more stability than our own, for many more decades) when they're vulnerable. How few supporters does a rival club need to have before it's acceptable to walk all over them and take advantage of their situation? Tooting & Mitcham United FC isn't a failing club, it's in quite a healthy state, but unfortunately control of the club and the facilities at which it plays appear to have fallen into the hands of a person (or persons) who wishes to feather his own nest. There are a lot of non-league football clubs in the south east with 300 or so supporters - I support one of them myself and empathise with Tooting's supporters, several of whom are personal friends of mine - and if you try to kick them out of the ground they call their own I can guarantee you you'll get more than you bargained for, and rightly so. Don't even think about it.

There's the slight matter of the planning permission clause that means the maximum gate at Imperial Fields is actually below Superleague minimum standards. Also, if people think Twickers is difficult to get to I'd love to see what they think of getting to Imperial Fields by tram on a Sunday.