Mate, i'm originally from Golborne, whether you like it or not the only thing i was always sure of in a night in Leigh was someone trying to start a fight. Without meaning to sound rude most of that area is extremely poor and full of insecurity. Hilton Park was in its latter years a den of hate and small mindedness, i hope that hasn't been carried on to the LSV? Now i've been watching the Quins a few times and i have to be honest they are THE most friendly and welcoming fans in SL and i for one hope that people see the value of this. With the rise in the number of people playing i can see there being a very slow trickle of rising attendances, it's just going to take a little patience.

There is absolutely no evidence of a trickle of crowds growing, falling definatley. And how can someone from Golborne (i lived there for 5 years and stillo own a house there) call Leigh a dump?

It is a dump i know, i won't counter that but didn't Leigh used to fill Hilton Park about 40 years ago and your crowds shrank year on year? It's not so much a Quins problem but for a few exceptions, a rugby league problem. As for the olympic stadium idea would you move your ground 30 miles away !

I'm not having a go! I think that you have got an opportunity coming up that is once a century to get on the back of.

would Leigh have taken up an offer to use the city of manchester stadium if offered? No i don't think so and that's only 20 miles away. The majority of Quins fans are based in West London not East. Do you actually realise that london is huge? It's bigger than Manchester and Liverpool combined.

Why do you keep yapping on about Leigh to me? What have they got to do with your crowds? All the RL fans that say 'you're just a small town near Wigan'. We know this, you're stating the obvious. We can't deny it! If any fans think we think we are ever going to compete with the enormous clubs in SL like Wigan, Leeds, Saints and Hull F.C. we know we're not. We like our Rugby and the stadium we play in and the odd spell in SL, a good cup run and competing for the Northern Rail cup and we're happy.

Back to the point in hand, how are London going to succeed? You know best.

I'm 'yapping' about Leigh because i'm trying to put it into context for you. You[Leigh] wouldn't relocate 30 miles neither would most clubs BUT it's ok for Quins just because it's a shiny new stadium? It would be a really bad idea and i live a lot closer to Stratford than Twickenham. Like someone said previous it is the over saturation of football in London. Moving to the east would be worse, Charlton, Millwall, West Ham, Leyton orient, Tottenham, Arsenal. No one except those that already do would be that excited

How is saying that Leigh is small but London is big putting things into context? I understand this! You don't understand what context is mate. How can you say moving a club to a city that is closer to about 6 or 7 clubs is the same as moving a club around one of the largest cities on the planet that a club has pretty much to itself? It's inposible to compare the situations with the two clubs.

i understand were your coming from, as a leyther myself i would not want leigh to move out of leigh! its local for me , theres plenty of pubs around !

what jonny is probably trying to say is ....how would your make your crowds bigger?? is there any promotions you offer to get people in the stadium.? To be fair theres many of clubs in the same situation!! take salford for example, manchester/liverpool have 4 prem sides and a few good SL team , pies, saints, wire ...... So their crowds must also be affected in the same way.

I was warned that you can't try and suggest anything constructive on the Quions board Ste. Maybe I should have listened! I want RL to be huge in London, I just don't see how it can be in the current situation.

Oh yes you can. Problem is, as stated earlier on this thread, that we've heard it all before, mostly from our own fans. so you're finding people being rude or just ignoring you.

goes to all the home games, also saw him at batley away a few week ago. Still wears the hat he has wore for ages!! If im correct im sure they named a road after him (sale way)

Anyway, to try and get the thread back to where it was before we all started arguing with each other....
In order for Quins RL to get more bums on seats, we need:
1) A (very) successful team
2) A team who don't regularly play poop RL at home.
3) A huge (and unlikely) injection of funds to the marketing budget which would buy media time, get us featured in London's local newspapers (who never cover the club) and on local TV news in London.
4) To stay at the same stadium for the long term - we have a superb ground with marvellous facilities.