Because the club "appears" to me to be on it's @rse and few from Bridgend appear to want to watch the team given some of the recent crowds and season ticket uptake!
A gamble to play in Newport may well be based on increasing a local fan base. I remain unconvinced. I really do.

Unless huge investment comes in and the introductory offer of cheap season tickets a la Huddersfield come off eg £50 for the season, I can't see any change in the performance of the club.

It's very important to repeat the same mistakes as the London RL (Fulham, Crystal Palace, Barnet, Brentford, Charlton, Twickenham, Brentford, Twickenham) and the last serious incarnation of RL in Wales (Cardiff/Bridgend Blue Dragons).

Otherwise we might be able to say that the RFL had learned from history. That would never do.

Quite simply, the one place in Cardiff that could be available don't want us. So we do have to look at a short/medium (granted we all know the issues with how long it can take for a new stadium to be built) term solution. It would appear that the solution may be Newport, it is worth remembering that at present there is talk of going to Newport for next year it's by no means a done deal from what I understand.

Similarly there is nothing to say that the majority of our fans base are from Bridgend, that doesn't mean we do not have a healthy contingent of support but I don't think we could state it's the majority.

The question for me that I cannot answer, is given that not all Bridgend based fans can make it to Newport and we have some fans from further west of Bridgend will we gain more than we lose?

The question from everybody else is that LondonBronquins have used the excuse that moving location has hindered there home support development

So it has been proven not to work

So you decide to do it

Your last attendence was just 3,000 was it not?
edit: I checked it was 3,009

And that was with the expectation that Sampson would dance.

I think there isn't really an option to stay in Bridgend though it remains to be seen whether Newport will be any better.

Not bad about 100% increase on last year would be better if there were more wins on the board.

As a genuine question...

I believe that the touted move to Newport is only a temporary measure whilst the new development in Bridgend is being completed over the next few years. I think Mr Samuels has said this or your CE..

It seems to suggest that a move back to Bridgend will probably take place once that sporting village is completed. If the fans on here and on the other Celtic board feel that the club has to move away from Bridgend to build up a fan base then what is the point of moving back? It seems to me that you might run the risk of building up to the sort of figures you need to survive on only then to return to an area of low interest?

Good question, the move to Newport is always being mentioned as temporary not permanent, the issue until then is that the Brewery Field is not the best of Stadia shall we say (although credit to the new owners they are doing something about it bit by bit) There are a large number of fans who travel to Bridgend to watch the Crusaders so the logic is that they will go wherever the Crusaders play (to a degree)
If Newport is a success we should pick up fans who will be hooked enough to do the 30-40 minute trip to Bridgend when we move back.

Sound easy doesn't it!!

70'ish mile round trip already so no probs on an over 80 mile round trip for me, it's called being a SUPPORTER and much easier than my travels to Bradford, Saints, Wigan etc and Hull tomorrow thanks very much.

Well done.

Good to see a devoted supporter.

Do you honestly think RL will catch on in Newport???

And do you think that if they move from Bridgend then the majority of supporters from there will follow???


With respect, from what I've seen of Bridgend I imagine that a lot of supporters attend the Brewery Field because there is not much else there to follow in the way of sporting teams.

Honestly, don't know. Hopefully yes, whhether Bridgend, Newport or wherever within reason.