Birmingham's bigger than Dublin, bigger than Edinburgh, bigger than Glasgow, bigger than Toulouse, 20 times bigger than Bridgend. So why should it or anywhere else in the midlands be so hated by ultra-expansionists?

Of course the RFL wouldn't do this as they don't care much about the game in the midlands and deliberately killed it off at a professional level. But Birmingham has direct lines from Sheffield, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York (not always stopped at all) in Yorkshire and direct lines from Warrington, Wigan, Manchester, Liverpool among other stations in Lancashire and several stations in Cumbria. Plus many midlands rugby league fans, while generally not caring about the local game, often support a northern team (usually Wigan, Saints or Leeds), so there would be interested locals

Yeah, but it's a ehole

Have you been to Bridgend recently?!

Please no. I'm not sure I can face the idea of a night curled up in the doorway of the BullRing again...

i did petal. middle of nowhere. try reading the posts

And they talk funny

this would be one reason why Birmingham CC would not stump up cash for this to happen as most fans would not be inclined to stop over, so reducing hotel and associated spending in bars/clubs etc.

You were trying to make a facetious remark, it failed...

Where are they thinking of building it?

"Whot yow mean,,talk funnay!!!!!!The lingo*s greate ere mate.....

As far as I can tell there are less than a dozen of us, two post on this forum! When I talk to the locals, they don't care about either code, but generally have a dislike of league for no particular reason. Birmingham is endless suburbs with an endless lack of enthusiasm for anything and a massively over-expensive centre.

Cov would be better than Birmingham, though the two sit on each other pretty much - trains to Cov are about as regular and fast as trains about Brum.

So, what did the RFL do then?

Although i would love to see Rugby League on my doorstep i*m afraid i agree with Belgium.There is no-one who cares for the game down here,it*s a football hotbed with West Brom Villa and now with Wolves and Brum promoted it*s getting worse!!!!!!!!!Walking around in town the other day with a St George Ilawarra top on and someone asked me about it and i told him then he started talking about Leicester Tigers and Bath,,,!!Still i don*t mind driving up the north,it*s only 2 hours to most places...

yet you still replied again... and again...
i was saying that there's nothing to do around wembley and it's a bit out of the way.

Surely that would be the reason to have it there then

Or am I missing the point here

You were one of the five who came down to ours last year were you?

Coventry you get more, but it tends to be just at the level of watching SL on television, but that may mean people would watch a SL on the road. Rugby union's much bigger in Coventry than it is in Birmingham (when you factor in population) as it's a big sport in the southern half of the midlands, but Nottingham are the only big (ish) club in the northern midlands. Although also the southern side of Birmingham (i.e. around Moseley) plus nearby Solihull RU is bigger than in northern Birmingham


20 miles apart, so not quite, but train service is very good. Wouldn't work for MM though as the biggest stadium's about 30,000. If you're looking at a semi-pro club starting then the best bet's Nottingham by far.


Expel Nottingham City from the league. They arbitrarily decided mid-season one year they'd chuck out the bottom 3 teams. While they did get to join the National Conference League (which wasn't part of the RFL's original plan, but BARLA didn't want to leave clubs without a suitable league) they lost most of their players due to not being able to pay the wages anymore in what was effectively an amateur league.

Yes but the game's still (a little) bigger in the midlands than it is in Scotland

Or Villa Park.

2 minute drive from the City Centre.

If we are to play 7 matches in 2 days, its not going to happen inside the regular football season, it would need to be moved back to spring bank holiday at the end of may, which should be warmer as well

You've obviously never lived in the vicinity!

Ah, but don't forget that, according to Alice, it MUST be somewhere that no-one from crappy little towns in the north of England can get to, spoiling the place with flat caps and whippets...

London it is then, we dont trust them there southern fairies

Wembley Wonder Weekend Would be Wonderous Wouldn't it


Seriously, jockland again next year then off to Dublin!

My liver has requested that it never be given to Dublin

hope not! the city itself is an overpriced hole