Exactly !

They are a club that no one gives a toss about one way or another. Infact anyone old enough to remember the days of one division when clubs were split geographicaly, fartown were always bundled over to play with the lancashire mob.
So its nothing new, they have always been a 'grey' club that no one really has an interest in.

I think this is the case, I've never really considered them one way or the other, maybe this explains all the hullaballoo!!
It's all a bit needy though!!!

Only you are old enough to remember that

I was thinking the other night that something like this would be interesting, I didn't realise it had already been done! How did it work?
My idea (whilst laying in bed awake) was along the lines of combining SL and the Championship and making a few new geographically based groups of teams. Each team within that area would play the other teams just once and then the top so many teams from each area would go into the 'elite' play offs to see who was crowned 'champions', the bottom ones could play off against Championship 1 teams to see who should go where next season. I think that would be a nice way to get rid of the SL/Championship divide, which really needs addressing in my opinion!

18th Man that sounds a bit like the NFL system in the US where they have regional groups and teams can have normal season fixtures with teams in other groups. You have to be at/near the top of your group/region to make the play offs.

It would elevate a lot of lower clubs but the RFL would probably see it as diluting the quality of the premier teams.

Sadly so can I.

There was only 1 division of around 32 teams. All the Yorkshire teams played each other plus 3 from Lancashire home and away. I think so as to even up numbers, Huddersfield, being the closest Yorkshire team to Lancashire was in the "Lancashire League". You had both a Lancashire and Yorkshire League table with the respective winners being crowned Yorkshire & Lancashire League Leaders.

However the main one was the combined table with the team who finished top being the "League Leaders". Then there was a "Top 16" play off with 1 v 16, 2 v 15 etc. and so on until 2 remained who then played each other in the Final with the winners being crowned "RL Champions".

We won the Chamionship in 1967 beating St Helens 21-9 (I think) in a replay at Station Road, Swinton after a 7-7 draw at Headingley and again in 1968 beating Hull KR 17-10 at Headingley. Happy Days.

To be honest I envy you, at least in RL terms

Wasn't around in them days but considering we won the Yorkshire League 11 times suggests we actually played in ..............the Yorkshire league !!