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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in,
You take your Brownie out,
You put your Bennett in,
And you make it to the 8,
You do the Oki Chokie,
And you get knocked out,
Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t]
[quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
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Cardiff. Population around 320,000
Swansea. Population around 230,000
Bridgend. Population around 130,000
So why was Bridgend chosen as the nucleus for the next superleague club??
Was it cost??
Did the club get a big grant off the local authority to set up there?
Had the people who set Celtic up done their homework and figured that a lot of the 130,000 people in the immediate area would turn up week in week out??
Was Bridgend formerly a big Rugby League hotspot??
Why on earth didnt they set Celtic Crusaders up in Cardiff or Swansea to start with??
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Allez Les Catalans!
[quote="Johnny Rotten":11m80glq]Ever get the feeling you've been cheated[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="John_D":11m80glq]Bobbie Goulding, can you hear me? Your British lads (Barrett, Richards, Vaealiki, Leuluai etc etc etc) took one hell of a beating.[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="eurob0y replying to Chris Dalton":11m80glq] Well ok, so if we apply your logic, this means that you can never ever give your opinion of who you think is a good rugby league player, because you support widnes and therefore wouldnt know a good rugby league player if he smacked you in the face with a 3 eyed fish[/quote:11m80glq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_33363.jpg |
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Because the Bridgend area had been left without a Union side when the WRU closed the Celtic Warriors & the small fact that when we were set up Leighton Samuel owned the ground.
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| Quote: DAIHAPPY "Because the Bridgend area had been left without a Union side when the WRU closed the Celtic Warriors & the small fact that when we were set up Leighton Samuel owned the ground.'"
That's half true. Bridgend still has its union side, Bridgend Ravens, it no longer has a Celtic / Magners league side. |
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Allez Les Catalans!
[quote="Johnny Rotten":11m80glq]Ever get the feeling you've been cheated[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="John_D":11m80glq]Bobbie Goulding, can you hear me? Your British lads (Barrett, Richards, Vaealiki, Leuluai etc etc etc) took one hell of a beating.[/quote:11m80glq]
[quote="eurob0y replying to Chris Dalton":11m80glq] Well ok, so if we apply your logic, this means that you can never ever give your opinion of who you think is a good rugby league player, because you support widnes and therefore wouldnt know a good rugby league player if he smacked you in the face with a 3 eyed fish[/quote:11m80glq]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_33363.jpg |
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| Quote: Hedgehog King "That's half true. Bridgend still has its union side, Bridgend Ravens, it no longer has a Celtic / Magners league side.'"
My mistake - I should have said "Top Flight Union Side" |
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[b:34xc0vwf]Doubt everything, even this[/b:34xc0vwf]:1357.jpg |
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I was under the impression that Bridgend wasn't 'chosen' as Crusaders home – any more than, say, Wigan was 'chosen' as Wigan's home or Cronulla as Cronulla's home.
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Half price ale compared to up here, decent hotels, roast hogs, bar along the terrace you can rest your arm on & watch the game, and beautiful dirty ladies in cheap clubs for afters.
Don't you bloody dare go anywhere else.
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kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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Making history - not living in it!
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| Quote: Steve51 "Half price ale compared to up here, decent hotels, roast hogs, bar along the terrace you can rest your arm on & watch the game, and beautiful dirty ladies in cheap clubs for afters.
Don't you bloody dare go anywhere else.'"
Try living with it  |
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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in,
You take your Brownie out,
You put your Bennett in,
And you make it to the 8,
You do the Oki Chokie,
And you get knocked out,
Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t]
[quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
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| Quote: DAIHAPPY "Because the Bridgend area had been left without a Union side when the WRU closed the Celtic Warriors & the small fact that when we were set up Leighton Samuel owned the ground.'"
Thank you.
Thats the main reason I think. |
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| Quote: ajhcrusader "Try living with it ![]()
I think I'd loose a kidney within a week...
Seriously we had such a good time we're thinking of bringing a few to your last game Sept 5th. Is it at Bridgend or Newport ?
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Just the Leeds match is being played in Newport , unless the club suddenly says otherwise, so start booking your hotel!
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| Quote: Steve51 "Half price ale compared to up here, decent hotels, roast hogs, bar along the terrace you can rest your arm on & watch the game, and beautiful dirty ladies in cheap clubs for afters.
Don't you bloody dare go anywhere else.'"
Those are the most beautiful words i have ever read. Lets hope they don't move the club eh. |
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The club benefactor owned the stadium, the towns RL conference side is one of the most successful in the UK, lack of other professional sport as competition.
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She carries on through it all......
She's a Waterfall: |
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| and yet the Bridgend public appear apathetic??? Well to me they did!  |
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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in,
You take your Brownie out,
You put your Bennett in,
And you make it to the 8,
You do the Oki Chokie,
And you get knocked out,
Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t]
[quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!!
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| Quote: tb "I was under the impression that Bridgend wasn't 'chosen' as Crusaders home – any more than, say, Wigan was 'chosen' as Wigan's home or Cronulla as Cronulla's home.'"
Cronulla Sharks don't actually play in Cronulla.
They play in a suburb called Woolooware.
Hope this helps. |
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