Yes that’s my conclusion as well. On the plus side next season is a real acid test for the move. My expectation is two sides of the stadium will be opened, possibly three. Decent crowds - now we’ll see if there are benefits To moving to a big stadium. Real need to get a coherent comms/awareness raising programme on in the weeks before start of the season and real engagement with the surrounding areas of Wimbledon and Tooting. My slight concerns, over and above the obvious, are a) what day will we be playing? If it’s Thursday that will affect attendance badly; and b) how accessible is PL to away fans. To my eyes it looked like lots drove to Ealing, parked up basically outside the stadium jobs a good ‘in. PL is an entirely different bag. I don’t see where they park and am not even sure where the paid for parking is.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... per-league Headline is a bit ‘No **** Sherlock’. Surely Thursday night fixtures will further kill off any chance of increasing attendances?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... per-league Headline is a bit ‘No **** Sherlock’. Surely Thursday night fixtures will further kill off any chance of increasing attendances?

Quote: BigTime "Yes that’s my conclusion as well. On the plus side next season is a real acid test for the move. My expectation is two sides of the stadium will be opened, possibly three. Decent crowds - now we’ll see if there are benefits To moving to a big stadium. Real need to get a coherent comms/awareness raising programme on in the weeks before start of the season and real engagement with the surrounding areas of Wimbledon and Tooting. My slight concerns, over and above the obvious, are a) what day will we be playing? If it’s Thursday that will affect attendance badly; and b) how accessible is PL to away fans. To my eyes it looked like lots drove to Ealing, parked up basically outside the stadium jobs a good ‘in. PL is an entirely different bag. I don’t see where they park and am not even sure where the paid for parking is.'" Big Time. I did a write-up on Parking options before last season. If I didn't live locally, if I choose to drive I'd be confident of finding a parking spot. Hope that provides some options. North Road is the area you'd feel most comfortable leaving your car if you feel the Industrial areas are too quiet. viewtopic.php?f=27&t=636922

Quote: BigTime "Yes that’s my conclusion as well. On the plus side next season is a real acid test for the move. My expectation is two sides of the stadium will be opened, possibly three. Decent crowds - now we’ll see if there are benefits To moving to a big stadium. Real need to get a coherent comms/awareness raising programme on in the weeks before start of the season and real engagement with the surrounding areas of Wimbledon and Tooting. My slight concerns, over and above the obvious, are a) what day will we be playing? If it’s Thursday that will affect attendance badly; and b) how accessible is PL to away fans. To my eyes it looked like lots drove to Ealing, parked up basically outside the stadium jobs a good ‘in. PL is an entirely different bag. I don’t see where they park and am not even sure where the paid for parking is.'" Big Time. I did a write-up on Parking options before last season. If I didn't live locally, if I choose to drive I'd be confident of finding a parking spot. Hope that provides some options. North Road is the area you'd feel most comfortable leaving your car if you feel the Industrial areas are too quiet. viewtopic.php?f=27&t=636922

Plough Lane is almost at gridlock between 5.30 & 6.30pm whenever I go along it during the week.

Yup that Greggs sure is popular. Or is it the Broncos club shop? I note all stock sold out!

Think that is 5 shirts & we all know who bought the bobble hat.

Without wishing to be too negative over next season's potential floggings, a good afternoon's entertainment can be had wandering around Hobbycraft across the road.

Would buy more if I could!

I'm sure you will get the chance to buy more come next April.

Could have fitted into a few threads tbh https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... gby-league

Could have fitted into a few threads tbh https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... gby-league

It’s pleasing to see that instead of moaning about how unfair it all is Mike Eccles is just going to get on with things on the playing/ training side of things.
One thing does bug me from the article, having a strong academy apparently counts for nothing according to IMG.
Seems very wrong to me.

The Broncos claim our academy is relatively well funded but on the field they only won one game last season (against Newcastle Thunder who lost every game) with the scholarship side losing every game heavily. So even if IMG did give points for the academy we wouldn't be getting much if based on results.

Maybe so, but look at the number of players produced by our academy playing in our first team, other Championship sides and indeed Superleague ones.
Must be doing something right, no?

Is it more than other clubs though. They must all come from somewhere. I think the academy has provided a decent source of players for championship level though.