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They are right though

When their SL licence was granted the world was a different place

Who would have predicted back in 2005

that the world would be in reccession in 2009 ?

Nice to see the RFL helping a club in trouble again. Did we return those collection buckets they lent us?

They did lend us busses to go to Donny,. Did we ever send them back?? There were a couple on Ebay two days later.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 135198.stm The quote 'Crusaders chairman Leighton Samuel told BBC Sport: "We must go forward with a viable facility and the stadium at the Brewery Field was not ideal at the time of the initial bid, it didn't meet certain criteria and we have to meet that criteria this time. "Rodney Parade certainly meets that criteria, especially in terms of capacity. makes a total mockery of the franchise system. So Celtic Crusaders now admit themselves that their ground does not meet the criteria, what with no fans hardly and living off one man's money how on earth did the RFL let this through??? We all know why its the old chestnut ' expansion at any price' yet again. Makes me sick as all we ever get is 'flat cappers' and Dinosaurs yet all we care about is our game and people in places like Gateshead, Sheffield, Blackpool, Bridgend, Toulouse don't now nor ever will give a toss about RL. Only the RL loving Catalans are justified in having a SL team imo

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 135198.stm The quote 'Crusaders chairman Leighton Samuel told BBC Sport: "We must go forward with a viable facility and the stadium at the Brewery Field was not ideal at the time of the initial bid, it didn't meet certain criteria and we have to meet that criteria this time. "Rodney Parade certainly meets that criteria, especially in terms of capacity. makes a total mockery of the franchise system. So Celtic Crusaders now admit themselves that their ground does not meet the criteria, what with no fans hardly and living off one man's money how on earth did the RFL let this through??? We all know why its the old chestnut ' expansion at any price' yet again. Makes me sick as all we ever get is 'flat cappers' and Dinosaurs yet all we care about is our game and people in places like Gateshead, Sheffield, Blackpool, Bridgend, Toulouse don't now nor ever will give a toss about RL. Only the RL loving Catalans are justified in having a SL team imo

I don't think they got awarded any criteria points for their ground. They collected points for other stuff. It's like a Tesco clubcard - i get points off when i shop for food and petrol but i don't have a Tesco visa card so i don't get any points. The RFL run a similar system - Lewis & Wood Loyalty cards

its a sad sad day for our great game when the RFL send in a task force to help that fake welsh team...just out of curiosity did the RFL task force come knocking on Halifax's door when they were in trouble or are they now sending a task force to Doncaster???

it stinks it is disgusting

They did , did they , bloody RFL's golden boys you lot

I thought you only got 1 point for not having another SL team within a certain radius, not BONUS POINTS for being in Wales!!!
Thing is relying on one man to bankroll a club is very dangerous yet the RFL have just allowed it, look where its got Donny.

................and Halifax too. 1999-2003. Ouch.

This is a load of bull but does not suprise me. Does anyone remember the London Broncos fiasco?

Yer but not in the NEW World of salary caps and franchises was it???

Ah now then, apparently they didn't go bust. I've had it rammed down my throat that it was the parent company of LB that folded. Nothing to do with LB, AND, the RFL didn't punish them because it occurred BEFORE all the rules about administration came in.

That's the official story.

Yep, its a case of 'wait a minute while we come up with yet another rule change so you can get away with it'
How we and others have suffered from that one eh??

I can ' Feel the lurve '

Hey the thing is its a real 'mixed emotions' thing as the fans of some of these 'new clubs' are great and I like them.
I just hate the favouritism thing, I hate it in any walk of life so I am not gonna change when it comes to my beloved Fax am I???

I think we have to all break away from superleague as we will never get in as be gateshead and toulouse next.What a joke bailing out celtic sheep shaggers.

A disgrace. Over the last decade there have been numerous heartland, original rugby league clubs that have gone to the wall, usually for bad finacial decisions. But this time Celtic go to thewall because of a bad RFL decision so they bail them out.
Seriously, a good sport/business lawyer for those clubs could take RFL to the cleaners.

Franchise? Forget it. Give the game back to the people that love it!!

They are not bailing them out with any money from the RFL coffers they are helping them find new investment from external sources.

In that case its ok? So celtic don't need to employ development personnel, the RFL will do it for them? Doncaster are struggling to filed 13 players, and as yet I am yet to see the RFL comein and helpl them, no, the RFL leave that to the rugby league clubs that care about tradition and heritage to help out these clubs!!!

If Celtic asked other RL clubs to collect monet at games for them to stay afloat, how would they do?

They did provide your transport to Donny , alegedly



Whatever any of us think , we as a sport need Celtic to survive , so for me the RFL should chip in with funds to keep them afloat

However that money should come from the other SL clubs via the SKY money

If they refuse , well that is a different matter

I never said it was OK. The trouble is whenever there is a story about Celtic people jump on the bandwaggon and start making claims such as the RFL bailing them out (as with this thread) when that is not the case at all so if we are going to b!tch about Celtic then we need to get facts straight before sweeping remarks.

Reading the statement from the RFL it seems that the scheme the RFL are running with Celtic such as trying to find other investments is an option that all clubs have access to and have taken up. Am sure this would be open to clubs outside SL and am sure the RFL are working alongside Donny to help (such as our coaches to our away game there) to try ease their burden.

Would anyone complain if the RFL bailed out Donny? No, because people see them as a traditional club, yet if the RFL bailed out Celtic all hell would break loose (I.e. London a while ago).

Yes ,and I bet you could write all their names on the back of a "Woodbine" cig packet, and still have room for your Christmas present list.

Yes ,and I bet you could write all their names on the back of a "Woodbine" cig packet, and still have room for your Christmas present list.