Ah the old lets side with Maggie thatcher when the argument suits us. I have no problem with Liverpool or scoucers. But merseyside holds no loyalty for me.

How can myself and my brother be born and bred in the same place yet one be a Lancastrian and the other a Merseysider???

In the end if we are just saying it's time relative then most of RL is actually played in historical Mercia.

Long shot - can anybody recommend a pub in Chester to watch Hull KR Hull FC?

So hull derby doesn't even sell out at HKR?

Matlock is good but I prefer "Glossop", as in... whaddya reckon is the biggest Local Glossop?

I was toying with the idea of "Chapel-en-le-Frith" but fear that would be too complicated for most SL fans to come to terms with.

A tough old game over at Hull tonight.

HKR seem to be getting some poor calls from the VR’s though - so far.

True.Always enjoy watching these two sides going at each other its always tight and intense.

its just a shame neither can seem to be bothered showing up come play off time with the same intensity and desire.

To be quite honest, even though I feel HKR have had the tough calls I hope Hull FC win it.

That’s only because on sixty minutes when Horne put HKR two scores up, Eddie shouted something like “that’s the winner” FFS there was twenty minutes to go & it’s not a footy match.

Cracking derby at the Hive tonight with a grandstand finish - watch and learn Leeds and Bradford

Guffaw @ the reported attendance at Odsal tonight



Guffawing even more @ the reported attendance at the Hive <how convenient an attendance>

Grow up.

When are you going to attend to your attendance thread?

Or is your attendance news blackout been confirmed as deliberate yet?

Not one even for the dewy-eyed Loiner’s tonight.

Maybe some of the Bradford players were panicking with news of the points appeal, next year’s plans could be put in jeopardy & they may have to see out their current contracts.

Good game at Hull though, best one I’ve seen this year.

I thought you didn't take an interest in summer rugby?

Come on William take it back, you know you want to.

Coup, Coup, Coup.

Correct. I no longer take any interest in "summer rugby" which may be defined as that period of time between mid-May and mid-August when most other forms of football negotiate their natural off-season as opposed to operating as a butt-plug for Sky Sports schedules during the summer months.

No, he's a firm believer in proper Winter rugby, like they played before those nasty people at Sky came along and ruined everything.

10k+ Crowd at Odsal tonight, a mid week match and what was always going to be a walk over.
In the 10 years before Super League, Bradford's average home attendance was a whopping 5291.



10k+ crowd at Hull tonight and 150k probably watching it live on Sky. In the 100 years before Sky came along there were no live league games on TV.

Bring back proper RL. Sky have totally destroyed the game !!

I totally agree with this post.

We Widnes folk often get called Scousers. However, we aren't in Merseyside. St Helens is. They are plastic Scousers.

Wigan is in the greater Manchester region so that makes them Mancs.

We in Widnes though are nicely in Cheshire so don't have any of the Manc/Scouse labels.

What was the reported attendance at Odsal? Were you there? Why are you guffawing? Why am I asking? I cant even be bothered with your answer.

Nah you miss the point. You're way too close to Liverpool to blag your way out of it (I think even marginally closer than St Helens), and the scouse twang of most Widnesians is unmistakable. County borders are irrelevant.

Back when I was young and foolish I went out with a Widnes lass for a few years, spent enough time in Big Jims to know what I'm talking about.

Plastic scouse, like it or not.

just on the widnes thing, years ago on one of our early visits to naughton park we were indulging in some banter with the locals when one of our older fans made a comment about widnes being scousers, widnes fans replied that they are not scousers they are widnesians ( in a fairly strong scouse twang) to which said fatown fan replied- "you're all the same, you steal cars and you don't know who your fathers are"-



still makes me laugh today

Having moved away from Yorkshire 4 years ago, and now living in London (2 years in Germany inbetween), I didn't even realise that it was a derby weekend.

Which is probably because once you get south of Sheffield it is very rare to see or hear anything in the media about Rugby League.

It's bad that sky money pretty much keeps the game alive in this country.

It would be better if sky pulled out and then the games would be free to play whenever , wouldn't it? (but the game would probably go bust)

Typically ignorant Leeds scum.

It's rare to see anything in the media north of Sheffield too. Sadly most of the media is now national and based in London.

You are new here aren't you?