Stealing fans?? RL clubs are businesses, fans are the bread and butter - locality has nothing to do with it, these fans you say left fax and Cougars obviously moved because the product on offer was better and the price more appealing.

Its a competitive world, dog eat dog or in this case Bull eats Cougar/Blue Sox - its a shame for Fax/Keefly that mr Deakin landed on the Bulls doorstep because he was the master of marketing etc...

If you were a 14 year old - which club would you go to improve your chances of playing SL? Fax in the champs as part timers or a SL club with full timers and playing against the cream of your age group? its a no brainer.

I hope we stay in SL and Fax make it up too - a proper local derby with plenty of bite

I hope I never get as sad as you, my friend, and thankfully you're not representative of the bulk of Fax fans.

As for 2003, well, if you think a few posts on message boards is somehow the undisputed 'view of Bulls' fans', then you are wrong. I, for one, have always enjoyed [well, mostly

my trips to both thrum Hall and the Shay with good times in the Pumproom [RIP and the three pigeons and if the worst comes to the worst I'll be there again next season.

If we are, you might want to have a few words with [iactual[/i Bulls' fans?

Love it. Appeals to my inner sense of spite and bile. I'm likely to give up being a mod so I can dedicate myself to mischief. I'll probably post under my other wooden stand account.

From reading all the posts what is really needed is a fair route back to the top for all teams licencing did not work fans love and hate the cut and thrust of relegation so do tv, so all clubs need a way back which is fair we have lost far too many RL fans to the game due to them seeing no way back into the top flight for there club, lets face it every club will have its ups and downs but long as you can see some light you will stick with it, cause its in your blood and like me most of you reading his will have been brought up with rugby league, where all just one family and we need to have a successful sport for us all to enjoy and our kids and grandkids best of luck Bulls stick together and you will have your day again and Halifax I hope to see you in super league in the future great club with great support and a great amateur set up supporting you. RL

' Welcomed with open arms ' No Keighley Cougar fan ever said .....

Playing hard to get...but I can see straight through ya...