Quote ="Starbug"It isn't sport , it is business , have you ever heard of a company called Mcdonalds ?'" Its about both. Based on stats that ive seen on pitchhero (www.mancuniansrl.com/ and click rankings) Coventry have the 6th biggest traffice through their site for an amateur team, blowing loads of 'hearthlands' teams out of the water. I no alot will have their own sites, but still very encouraging. Players are also coming though, the demand seems to be there, maybe its time to move a team into Championship 1.

Quote ="Starbug"It isn't sport , it is business , have you ever heard of a company called Mcdonalds ?'" Its about both. Based on stats that ive seen on pitchhero (www.mancuniansrl.com/ and click rankings) Coventry have the 6th biggest traffice through their site for an amateur team, blowing loads of 'hearthlands' teams out of the water. I no alot will have their own sites, but still very encouraging. Players are also coming though, the demand seems to be there, maybe its time to move a team into Championship 1.

Quote ="Paull3v"Its about both. Based on stats that ive seen on pitchhero (www.mancuniansrl.com/ and click rankings) Coventry have the 6th biggest traffice through their site for an amateur team, blowing loads of 'hearthlands' teams out of the water. I no alot will have their own sites, but still very encouraging. Players are also coming though, the demand seems to be there, maybe its time to move a team into Championship 1.'" Too far away

Quote ="Paull3v"Its about both. Based on stats that ive seen on pitchhero (www.mancuniansrl.com/ and click rankings) Coventry have the 6th biggest traffice through their site for an amateur team, blowing loads of 'hearthlands' teams out of the water. I no alot will have their own sites, but still very encouraging. Players are also coming though, the demand seems to be there, maybe its time to move a team into Championship 1.'" Too far away

Like Neath and London are close to Flatcap land?

They are too far away to do what I suggest

Dico, since Ken Davy bought the Giants they have never needed "saving" a few years ago the Giants actually bought Huddersfield Town AFC, how many RL clubs could do that, they sold them on last year.
As a point of interest, they had to buy the soccer club(out of administration) as the stadium would not have been viable without them, that we will admit.

Ere'ere. Excellent point, keep the faith. One day the world will be ours.

They are being ' saved ' every year that Ken has to stick a few hundred grand in to pay the shortfall

Any club that isn't self sustaining without director ' investement ' is being ' saved ' , probably around 90 percent of British RL clubs

Doesn't it depend on what your definition of expansion is?

I presume that the growth of Midlands RL is because of good grass roots work and aided by a good spectacle on TV involving northern teams, with good atmospheres at the ground. I doubt it has anything to do with the existence of Quins or Crusaders. Those two clubs may promote growth in their own areas, but if the Midlands is an example of how to promote growth without a local side, then maybe the argument for the Quins is a myth, that RL in the south needs the Quins. Crowds would suggest that most people in the south don't care about the Quins.

I would be interested to go into some of the grass roots expansion areas and found out which teams the young fans and players support. I wonder if most support the northern teams, like Saints or Leeds.

Nothing against expansion, and assisted expansion, but there has to be some degree of earning it, other than being a spot on the map.