V widnes IIRC.

Was that our last game at Griffin Park?

Sykes kicked 10 from 12 that day.....I was wrong, it was that year, but the hammering of Wakefield in late February that saw him kick 12/12.

Genuinely pleased that you got your first win of the season and against one of the teams around you. Only just caught up with the scores. Would have been monitoring from my work station but on the way into work on the bus (which continues to Manchester Royal Infirmary as it happens) Bongser is told he "did a Zak Hardaker" out of the blue and the driver and other passengers kept him captive until MRI. Don't recall a thing about it, felt absolutely fine barring frustration that Bongser's phone was dead by kick off and that not one of the nurses & doctors would agree to keep him updated on the rugby scores. No more clapping for the NHS from this quarter.

Anyway, upward and onward now Broncos - barring against Leigh of course.

Thanks BigTime. Have antibios to counter a chest infection that had driven the old sodium levels dangerously low that in turn led to the seizure. Due MRI & CT scans later in the week to try to establish whether Bongser actually has a brain. The medicos are a little puzzled as to why he always refers to himself in third person. Haha! One day Bongser may reveal the perfectly rational reason. Watch this space.

BTW Bongser has long suspected that going to work is bad for the health.

Well done the team. Seems a little churlish to say it was only Dewsbury but any win we must be grateful for. Just need to back it up over the next few games if we are going to stay up.

But for heavens sake dump the blue & yellow.

Given we are the only club who don't post crowd pictures, it's hard to fathom how popular the wire kit is amongst fans.
Are they selling well?
Did they announce a gate yesterday?
Did anyone upgrade and take pictures of the gold lounge?
It all seems very strange that we had a crowd if about 700 and yet they are still segregating the after-party?

Some observations.
There is a guy taking photos. For obvious reasons I think he takes quite a tight focus on family groups so as to show it’s a family game and not to show empty seats. There were quite a few families there.
I did notice quite a few on the balcony which I take to be the corporate section.
I did see a couple of kids with the Broncos blue shirt. There is not much merchandise available but they are selling kids shirts in the shop.
I think it was one of the smaller gates of the season. Dewsbury brought a couple of dozen. Decent atmosphere though but a shame there weren’t more but, sadly, predictable that was the case. What price this performance in one of the first two home games. Ah well!

The fact that they've stopped announcing attendances shows that whilst we might be a handful of old whiners on the internet, the club don't take kindly to scrutiny/criticism of their performance

Did anyone manage to buy or find where the raffle tickets were on sale? I couldn't find them anywhere. Related to that, is their any presence in the stadium (apart from in corporate) of somebody representing the Broncos. Sometimes there is a (presumably) volunteer handing out team sheets, although sometimes they are unattended on a table.

I've been to every match and not once have I seen anybody representing the club beyond somebody handing out team sheets. All the staff are the same as for the football. It's very hard to get engaged. I turned up with a pocketful of cash to buy some raffle tickets; nobody wanted my money!

Everything seems to go back to lack of staff at the club and the total alienation of long term fans/volunteers.

Missed the raffle tickets. Team sheets, or more accurately a list of our entire squad were on an unattended table. I agree it’s a surprise there is no Broncos presence at all even a greeter table, someone handing out mini flags or some such to the kids. I suspect the reason for this is we don't have the staff to do it or to engage with Dons to ask if they could allocate some stewards to assist in that. One point though it did seem there was a drop in stewards to a more realistic number with I assume ancillary cost reduction to all so that was smart. Basically I can’t see what the point is using PL as our ground as we just are not maximising it’s potential. Possibly the gig in the bar later was successful. I hope so. If so they should repeat. I had to get away as it’s a long journey across town.

I can only assume those in corporate find it a better experience but unless numbers in there are high (and higher than at Trailfinders) then the whole thing is mystifying. Anyway here’s hoping Broncos can get another win on Friday week if so perhaps the decision makers can have a proper think about what they are doing and learn from some of the mistakes.

Yea, it was my first visit, and TBH there is no point us playing at PL. We sat in 108, and I think there must have been at most 20 people in 108 and 109. Most fans I think was on the other side (ie 104-105). So if 107-109 is the community section, I would say you had max 60 people in those sections.

I'm sure the whole experience would be different for a Wimbledon match, but if we are not going to use what PL has to offer, its really pointless playing there.

Next time (assuming we go again) we will bring our own flask and food, there was nothing but one single option (a pie) for a non meat eater, and really you had more options at Ealing, as basic as it is. Yes we had a good atmosphere, but I put that down to the fact it was the first win of the season.

As nice as Plough Lane is, its not suitable for the Broncos based on our current standing. Yes if we get to SuperLeague then play there, but if we are paying 200k a year, for what I saw on Sunday its a big rip-off.

This is the biggest mystery.
If we were courting a SL spot, then a SL type stadium is key, but if we are in a "transitional" phase (this is an expression that has popped up a few times on social media of late.....it's like someone is trying to steer the conversation) where we are going to learn how to fend for ourselves as Part-Timers reliant on our own income, then moving away from Ealing was pointless as are currently 12 positions and 8 wins away from being even close to SL.

I am struggling with the clubs reticence to post pictures of the Gold Lounge? It's either working or it's not and I'm leaning towards the latter here, because in typical LB style, they only post good news...thus they've stopped with attendances, we've had 2 home matchday sponsors that I can recall.

In short, the move has failed thus far. If anyone believes it's a work in progress, please show me how you have come to this conclusion. I've seen no pictures of the Phoenix bar afterwards, whereas social media used to be awash with post match pictures from the stoop, or corporate scenes from trailfinders......I suspect those that had the ear of the decision makers and who recommended to the move south are now long gone and their previous failings have been laid bare.....it wasn't trailfinders fault london broncos couldn't make money, it was London Broncos being run badly.

Enjoy the next 10 days or so. A win against Newcastle and dreams of survival will become closer to reality, but can we please keep Dane Chisholm........rumours he's been off-loaded to Keighley.....surely we need him more?