Has to be London next up. Then I'll go for Salford. We should have a sweepstake on this

Lets get some adverts in The Telegraph & Argus.

"Halifax RLFC - playing proper rugby at a stadium near you".

Or we could just welcome back our missing fans!!!

It appears the grass on the other side of Northowram is not that much greener.

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Richard Lewis:

“I am delighted to confirm that four clubs (Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos, Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors) have been awarded A Grade licences, one more than in 2008, and that five clubs (Bradford Bulls, Catalan Dragons, Huddersfield Giants, Hull Kingston Rovers and St Helens) have been awarded B grade licences, two more than in the last round of licensing,” said Lewis.

“As welcome as the improvements in grades are, it is just one element of proof that licensing is meeting its objectives of driving up standards"

The final decision on the awarding of licences was made by the RFL’s independent Board of Directors following a detailed assessment process by the RFL Executive, who received valuable support from property consultants Savills, finance company KPMG and governance and business management experts at Leeds Metropolitan University.




There's some serious running for cover going on this morning no doubt .......................

I take it that the Bulls don't have the required "sugar daddy" SL clubs now have to have to survive..... www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... _chairman/

I take it that the Bulls don't have the required "sugar daddy" SL clubs now have to have to survive..... www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... _chairman/

A degree in Governance and Business Management at Leeds Met must be worth jack all at the moment.

I always said they would be back, all the Shelf and Nortowram "supporters" Easy to recognise , they will be the ones wearing the shirts sponsered by WEBSTERS

I'm guessing the bouncy castles will have to be sold?

Always driving 4 x 4s for some reason.

RFL will step in otherwise all they'll just be left with is a giant hole in the ground. It seems the main factor is that their bank has pulled a large part of their overdraft, but it begs the question why they'd do that all of a sudden? Poor credit rating I would guess which would point to this problem having been steadily creeping up for some time.

Anyway, it's all Iestyn's fault apparently lol.

You can guarantee something will come up. The bulls wont be allowed to go pop, and they will remain in SL.

They should have their SL license revoked.

i agree with you 100%

when the finance prejections of all the clubs applying for SL were reportedly checked by 'experts' earlier in the year, and Halifax' prejections were described by many as fantasy, what must they have thought to the bulls figures?!

we deserve a full enquiry about this process!

without a doubt .

the fans of Rugby League deserve an enquiry as to how such a mess has been ignored.

When I bought my Fax season ticket this season for £140 some of my work mates who are Bulls fans gave me a hard time saying that the ticket was too much just to watch a Championship team as they were all getting deals on their tickets being so cheap.
Well if you dont put your own money into you club this happens. I told them that Fax dont have big backers to subsidise our season tickets and i was glad to put my hand in my pocket for my club. Well, it looks like the Bulls didnt have a backer either and now their stuffed. I dont want to see clubs go to the wall but SL has proven that to get in all you had to do was lie and now its falling apart.
Bring on the Championship, all our clubs get together go our own way from Red Hall, get our own TV and media coverage and do it all above board with people in charge who love our sport and want to see it thrive and who are not out for free dinners and to promote their own personal exposure.

Very good opening post on the Warrington forum:

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Quote ="Colin_Fishwick"Its only a few years ago that the Bulls were riding the wave of success, Trophies and Finals galore, Large Crowds, Fantastic Highly paid players, Season Ticket Holders in abundance and a fantastic youth system (still in evidence today).

So what happened, The fantastic players retired or moved on for more money and were never replaced sufficiently. Performances and success quickly evaporated and so did the fans not to mention sponsors. There is still a core of fans, as at most clubs, who will attend and support come what may but it must be said that most people will only support an attractive proposition who entertain and more importantly win. Its human nature.

Will Warrington suffer the same consequences? Im sure the current powers that be will probably argue not, just like the powers that be at Bradford during their glory days probably did. Warrington are currently on the crest of a wave but what would happen if form is lost when the ageing squad breaks up, what happens when Tony Smith leaves and we lose the ability to win and perform. What happens if Moran decides to withdraw his investment and support.

My worry is that everything is geared towards attracting 'new' season ticket holders, the value offered to people willing to commit to a ST is fantastic to be fair. But what about the ordinary longstanding fan who cant commit to a ST? Well I can tell you that If you dont commit to a ST then watching Warrington becomes very expensive.

When Warrington suffer a dip in form, which they will at some point ala Bradford, all these 'new' ST holders, glory hunters if you like, will slowly start drifting away. Maybe then the club will realise that punishing the ordinary fan was a very foolish approach.

There is a saying that you should respect everyone on your way up as your sure to encounter them on your way back down. Warrington Wolves should sit up and take notice before its too late.

The truth of the matter though, is that the current custodians of Warrington Wolves probably wont be around when the proverbial hits the fan and it will be left to someone else to clear up their mess.'"

Magic Weekend to move to Odsal, the Top House to put on Triangle sandwiches and a Compoota fayre at Dickie Dunns. Its win win, and WIN, especially now the RFL are in charge, its great!
Get the Tina Turner cd out, blow up the bouncy castle and look for some wealthy sap who wants to lose a few million and Frans your Auntie. Lunatics, Asylum, now whats the link?

Absolute shambles isn't it, everything in Super League at the moment just seems to be built on shaky and corrupt foundations. This idea of breaking off into a new system/league becomes more enticing after every RFL disaster...

Another example of the licensing system not working?

I'm shocked, really...

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they always catch up with you, and the RFL will find this out very soon im sure!

Why did you buy Odsal again?

How did the Sports governance awards go?
Just who is checking the books and dishing out grades.
Fiddling while Rome burns springs to mind.
And just who is going to invest in The Bulls knowing that debts will continue mount up if by chance they avert this disaster, its prolonging Administration, and a completely unsustainable situation. Keep your money in your pockets and take the fall, its a complete mess.

This has been coming, a mate of mine had a party at Odsal and even in the middle of Winter they didn't put the heating on so really have been struggling for money for a while.

I'm a bloke in my thirties and followed fax home and away since my dad took me to Thrum hall in 1980. He was a life long fax fan who moved to Bradford before I was born. I have lived in Bradford all my life and growing up on a street full of Northern and later cattle fans, I got plenty of stick. school was always a lovely place on a Monday if we got beat by them and the pothunters came out of the woodwork. I lived about two miles from odsal for a long time and I can honestly say I have waited for this day for a long time!

The honest answer is though that I am so sick and tired of all the under handed dirty dealings taking place in our sport that I have lost all belief and trust in it. I actually want rugby league to thrive, I don't even wish any club, even the cattle to go under but things are wrong in many ways.

The people running this game are killing it and they need to be stopped. I sit here knowing Bradford will be saved, I actually hope they are for the few loyal fans they have, but quite simply they should have this ridiculous franchise reviewed and/or play at a level they can afford to play at. It won't happen because the cowboys who rode into our game have a vested interest in keeping the egg off of their faces.

It stinks, has stunk for a long time and at least they own the deeds to an old dump that one day they'll crawl back to cos that stinks too!

I was always told you reap what you sew. SL clubs need to wake up and let the real RL people run our game.

Love it!

Should we offer to lend them our Buckets

Bet they survive.

Mr Creosote will make sure they do