You haven't mentioned the millions of victims of WWI or WWII. Why do you hate victims of war?

Rubbish, I just leaned in to take your tags and we accidentally collided.

That bent ref had it in for me though.



Bradford Northern have done a fair bit for the league. I'd have thought an old fart such as yourself might want that recognised.

Mentally switched off from work at lunchtime and thought there might be some traffic on here today for some reason.

If it were ever needed doesn't this confirm Gary Hetherington now officially owns the Bulls.

Most, but not all.

Luke's only any good because he asked his brothers how to do it.

yeh!!!...with clubs like bradford, what could go wrong?

He was never any good. He has incriminating photos of the Souths coaches.

Another couple for your list:-

1. Previous owners drove a coach and horses through the salary cap (and subsequently) -
2. Killed the franchising system stone dead.



What a day.

1. Utter bollox. You should get the first clue about the facts before posting. That way you would avoid drivel.

2. I think you'll find that there will be 12, 13 or 14 SL clubs playing in SL in 2013 and for the foreseeable, just as before.

Bradford have gone out of business / bankrupt /administration on more than one occasion in their history. !

That must help keep the size of the leagues down, for the more for the sensible clubs that are left.

(Does RL need more clubs like Bradford or less ? )

Luckily the RL world hasnt dropped you like your bull mania set of fans has. Remember you lot used to sell out the away end of our place now you wont be getting that on for home games. Bradford Rats probably a better name for you next year.

McNamara
Patrick Ah Van
Mike Worrincy
Paul Sykes
Getting shot of Bridge and Atkins
Iestyn Harris debacle alientating most players
Failed Ellis bid alienating several players
Believing Michael Platt was a player
Ryan Hudson
Nathan McAvoy
Cheating the salary cap twice
Three time points deductees for various offences....

FFS Andrew, you really do see things through one eye.

You've won me over. Shut us down and end your pain.

Bradford has been an important Rugby League city, but you can't claim for the Bulls/Northern another club's history. Even if some of the same people were involved, Northern was a new club in 1907, not a continuation of BPA.

Heh. We've had this. The club agrees with you, but Tony Collins has this to say.

What would Tony Collins know

The club have shown themselves to be reliable and trustworthy folk so I go with their version - the discontinuity in entity and home ground are enough for me. Hell, folllow his argument and one could trace the Bradford Bulls' history back to the formation of Halifax RLFC due to the "continuity of supporters" around the 95/96 period

Ha, go post that on that their "SL buy Bulls" rage thread, see if they like it.



Meanwhile, a lad put this on fb last night, he said it was ok to put it here.

Not really.

BPA (Bradford Park Avenue) didn't exist until 1907, it was Bradford Rugby Club which spawned BPA. When the split came the majority went to soccer and the minority took all the rugby gear, many of the players, a number of dissenting committee members and continued, all be it, at another ground, Birch Lane. Other than the ground there was nothing to change, they continued in the Northern Union with unbroken membership.

In trying to show a break in continuity you'd be more accurate to cite 1963 where the company really did come to a grinding halt and the season wasn't finished. Despite all, it's still a celebration of 150 years of rugby in Bradford next year - 1863 - 2013, and the roots of whatever is in place next year will still go back to those early days.

Well I would hate to pour water on any discussion that might affect our Future via our past 150 year history.

Our first taste of Rugby in the city of Bradford was QUOTE:"In the winter of 1863 a young gentleman named Oates Ingham, who owned the Lingfield Dyeworks in Thornton Road, Bradford along with some friends and colleagues from Framham college, formed his own football club. The game was a cros between Rugby and Footbal as we know it today. The ball could be caught but if a player ran with it his opponent could repeatedly kick him about the shins until he dropped the ball..The first home game was on Horton Grange cricket ground near to where St Lukes stands today, there followed a nomadic movement culminated to a ground move to Girlington..In 1866 to give the club a better profile Oates Ingham officially named it the Bradford Rugby Club, this was 5 years before the English Rugby Union was formed, In 1874 they moved to a more permanent ground in Apperley Bridge. unquote: Extracts from Bradford Northern the History 1863-1989 by Nigel Williams the official club historian at that time.

So gents if you wish to continue to argue Bradford Rugby Club 1863 (officially named 1866) founder Oates Ingham and eventually to be known as Bradford Bulls, carry on! If we have a club in 2013 I for one will celebrate 150 years of Rugby in Yorkshire courtesy of the Bradford Club.. (if we still have a club to celebrate it with) So COYB and our thanks to Oates Ingham!

You don't get so many kids called Oates these days.

And other clubs in SL that the RFL would quite happily let disappear have no history at all ? Hmmmmmm

Awwww i have come over all nostalgic lets get the violins out. What makes Bradford Bulls think they are bigger than any other club we are all equal or we were until this season. That has been proved by the RFL and SL. This Forum post "What Bradford Bulls have done for RL" what a joke, proved they can pull the wool over the eyes of the rugby league fraternity for 500k and 1.5mil that's what Bradford have done for RL

What about when the RFL bailed Northern out in 1963/64, there are plenty of other Teams that have History.

Who said there wasn't?

Awwww, did somebody's team lose?