Castleford was unfairly relegated in 2006 when a club chose to break the cap rules, where do we end looking for excuses

They deserved to go down for breaking the cap rules in 2005 to be promoted

Licensing had nothing to do with league position. Then again, when sides were given A grade licenses but play in stadiums not good enough for non-league football it does cast doubts over the process.

How is it unfairly gifted when we met the franchise criteria better than any other team?
Unfairly relegated in 2005 and unfairly looked over when the shambles that was a Celtic crusaders took the spot


(If) it is true about the beet promoted team receiving only £1 million in funding, I’d count Widnes and a handful of other teams out. Wouldn’t want to build a competitive squad with that funding, knowing there could be a high chance of 0 gate money/minimum gate money

I’m sure DB at Leigh would still snap up the opportunity and why not. Not sure about the financial situation with Toulouse

No disrespect to anyone wanting to go into superleague, but of those who have been what did they bring, and for those who haven’t what will they fetch

What criteria do you suggest ?

No disrespect to anyone? And then you did just that ,must try harder!

If you mean what did/will they bring for you personally, Molsk, then only you can answer that.

In Leigh's last visit they nilled Salford to 25, shafted Wigan, beat Wire (albeit in a poor season for them), Huddersfield and Cats (and but for a bad choice at the death, should have beaten Leeds).

In 2018, London (despite losing three times to the by then relegated Leigh) reached the MPG and derailed Toronto's passage in doing so. In SL they won ten or more (?) games in making a hell of a fist of it (though to no avail). DAMN SIGHT BETTER FIST THAN TWP MADE EARLY SEASON!

All SL clubs hate losing to Johnny-Come-Lately's and all rival fans revel in those results. Add visits to new stadia, new visiting fans to welcome into your boozer (unless they less than cram into a Lear Jet from far-flung outposts) etc. etc.

What do they bring to SL? Quite apart from the above, they bring a team and club that is there on merit.... or should be!

I'd like to know your opinion on why you believe this?

Quote ="Donnyman"Come on be fair YORK came third on 39 points and Featherstone were fifth on 34 points and Fev LOST the play off game. Mr. Flatman can afford Superleague Mr. Campbell cannot He's run Fev as dual reg since Nahaboo the money man left..... Anyway....... '" Fev didn't lose the play-off game against York, they thumped them for the third time that season. And as for how much Mark Campbell can afford, I think you'd be surprised. He's consistently opened his own wallet to offset the very meagre Championship budget for 10+ years, in stark contrast to one or two current SL clubs. Don't forget, it's only just over three years ago that his money helped save York! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkc ... -interest/

Quote ="Donnyman"Come on be fair YORK came third on 39 points and Featherstone were fifth on 34 points and Fev LOST the play off game. Mr. Flatman can afford Superleague Mr. Campbell cannot He's run Fev as dual reg since Nahaboo the money man left..... Anyway....... '" Fev didn't lose the play-off game against York, they thumped them for the third time that season. And as for how much Mark Campbell can afford, I think you'd be surprised. He's consistently opened his own wallet to offset the very meagre Championship budget for 10+ years, in stark contrast to one or two current SL clubs. Don't forget, it's only just over three years ago that his money helped save York! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkc ... -interest/

Quote ="The Phantom Horseman"Fev didn't lose the play-off game against York, they thumped them for the third time that season. And as for how much Mark Campbell can afford, I think you'd be surprised. He's consistently opened his own wallet to offset the very meagre Championship budget for 10+ years, in stark contrast to one or two current SL clubs. Don't forget, it's only just over three years ago that his money helped save York! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkc ... -interest/'" Donnyman doesn't know what goes on along the M62 corridor.

Quote ="The Phantom Horseman"Fev didn't lose the play-off game against York, they thumped them for the third time that season. And as for how much Mark Campbell can afford, I think you'd be surprised. He's consistently opened his own wallet to offset the very meagre Championship budget for 10+ years, in stark contrast to one or two current SL clubs. Don't forget, it's only just over three years ago that his money helped save York! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkc ... -interest/'" Donnyman doesn't know what goes on along the M62 corridor.

Sounds like it’s a done deal, bradford, which is a good choice too

Chalmers knew all along...

Have you heard about a relocation in that event? Socially distanced crowds in a 5,000 capacity ground wouldn't allow much of a %age of The Bulls' large following to attend home games. What, therefore, would their fast-tracking bring?

If they went back to odsal you could do 20,000 social distancing lol

Posted on Leigh forum earlier.

.....and spend all the TV dosh on getting it up to scratch/licenced. Yep, non-starter, sadly for them.

It’s not bradfords problem to get it upto scratch, if you recall it belongs to the rfl lol

Yeah, let the bloody rfl figure it out.

Bring back the bulls!

I recall that it belongs to Bradford Council. The RFL took the lease only. Useless to all three parties!

I think all the superleague clubs should contribute to the upkeep of it, lol

Odsal would swallow up £1 Million just to make the place safe !!! It's a bomb crater with a few porta cabins around it !

Don't get me wrong, always had good positive times with Bradford fans & it's not their fault, but if Mick Gledhill who is a big friend of Big Fat Nige, who in turn is/was at the RLIF & reportedly just left in October *timing* is championing Bradford for 12th spot & if they get it, then it will be the single biggest blatant act of corruption the RFL/SL have ever made since the RFL bought the Odsal lease !!!

Bradford > Leigh

Top flight should have a London team in, think I said it before earlier in the thread.

Simply to stake a claim as a national sport, and so that southerners who like the sport have a focal point/big team they can easily go and watch.

I would love to see Super League expanded to include London, Widnes and Bradford, regardless of how badly that club has been run.

520 mile round trip for a truly national Southerner from Truro to 'pop' and watch a game in Ealing - or do only Home County Southerners count in that ramble? Personally have no problem with Broncos, merely debunking.