Hi all

My brother works as a postman and was today delivering to the groundsman at Bradford city.
The groundsman told him that as soon as the football season ended work started on extending the changing rooms to accomodate rugby league requirements ??!!

Not sure how much truth there is in this but it does seem something of a coincidence.

Great source.

Reminds me of the time circa 1999 that we were supposed to be signing Andy Farrell on the basis that someone knew a postman who had started delivering letters to someone with that name living in Otley.

I think the groundsman was joking, generally football changing rooms are bigger anyway. Football have a bigger match-day squad for a start.

And ego's...... Good luck with all the crap guys....

Is Odsal though a financial liability or is it a money spinner.

Big ground but old and not very consumer friendly.

I wonder whether trying to run it becomes something of a black hole for any potential new investor ?

I can't see how a ground the size of Odsal can be sustainable without crowds >10k. Makes a ground share more realistic, with shared overheads. Don't know where that leaves RFL with the head lease though.

Sounds all pretty academic now really, what with no club and all.

Who will you all be following next year; Leeds , Cas, Wakey or Hudds

Bradford. Whether that means SL, Championship or no club at all.

I fear there is a real danger of a number of fans falling out of love with RL.

This.

Bradford or none, and if none I'll use my RL money to buy better NFL international tickets each year instead.

On the thread title, whilst I think the op info is...dubious, shall we say. I can see any continuation of Bradford RL ending up at VP sooner or later.

I just cannot understand that attitude.

Sorry but I agree with Ewwenorfolk, Im Bradford Till I Die.

You probably never will - but that's not to condemn your approach. You love Rugby League and you have a much weaker affiliation to your chosen club. I love the sense of community and continuity that supporting the club of my home city and my family gives, and I have a much weaker affiliation to Rugby League. If there is no club that is in and identified with Bradford and the legacy of the club currently known as the Bulls, then there will be no club for me. As I like RL, I'll watch when I come across it on TV, but not having Sky, that effectively means a couple of times a year in the Challenge Cup in the BBC.

Never, never, never and never.

I wouldn't support any other club and wouldnt attend games at all (if there was no Bradford club). Probably watch state of origin but thats about it. Keep getting told I need to put more in a pension so would rather do that than give money to clubs i have no desire to support

Agree with that.
Cant see supporting anyone else as OUR team, OUR city, OUR history or OUR pride.
The camaraderie of watching a game with like minded passionate fans could not be replicated.

If Caisley stays can't see him making the mistake of taking the club to VP again after last time.

The Council wouldn't be footing the estimated £270,000 Kop restructuring bill by any chance would they?

What he said!!!

Hands up...if ya love the Bulls

If there really was no club I would:

a) Support Catalans at the grounds in Yorkshire.
or
b) Go in the away end at Headingley for selected games (i.e. the ones where they will get beat).

But there will be a club. COY???

IIRC I believe the phrase was;

NORTHERN!, NORTHERN! Thats surely the only name to reform under?!?

My dad was "Bradford 'til he died" as were my uncles - so I'll not be any different (and nor, I suspect, will my sons) with or without a Bradford club to watch.

If someone as reasonable as you makes such a statement it shows why the game is in such a precarious position. Most people who I know who profess to prefer football or (spit) yawnion, don't go regulalry, if at all. There is a huge number of armchair supporters & consequently potential speccies. Whereas most of the RL fans I know attend regularly. The game needs those passionate fans, if it lost 10,000 Bradford fans that's about 10% of the paying public every 2 weeks. It's a slippery slope back to a part time game, which I grew up on, but it will be bye bye to our better sportsmen & any chance of my lifelong ambition of seeing us stuff the Aussies.

WHAT????

Explain please Mick.