has anyone on here noticed how well we are doing this season? when were in super league soon you better watch your backs!

Yeah, good result at Toulouse over the weekend.

In all seriousness though, very good start and hope you keep it up.

Could bet meaty if you and Haven meet at any significant point in the play offs.

unfortunately no i haven't . shame because cumbria should be a massive part of the SL IMHO

Enjoyed my trip up there last month in the cup and they did themselves proud. The "p*ss on a brick" toilet facilities reminded me of our Central Park days lol. Good luck to them.

It has been noted quite a bit. Could they apply for a franchise, do they have the will to do so? Can they keep it up for next season and the first half of the season after?

who ?






just kidding , yeah i have commented a few times how well they seem to be doing at the moment. hope they can keep it up

Definately. We are the best team in this league for sure. We will be applying, its just a case of whether our stadium plans are finished before the application date

Iwould say Halifax are the best team in the championship at the moment Barrow have done verywell so far though

I really enjoyed the trip there in the CC and was impressed with the quality of the team more then anything.

I thought your stand off Liam Finch(is that right? ) was top notch and caused us all sorts of problems all day on the back of a solid pack.

The ground would need quite abit of work to get a place in superleague though.

.....nah, just say you are going to build a brand new stadium for 30,000 and the council love you.........that was enough for a few teams last time around

True enough.

Why ???

What sort of crowd could Barrow realisitically expect to attract?

1billionty fans, would be more if they got away support.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workington_TownYep[/url......massive as they were last time



"When the Super League was set up, it was proposed that Workington merge with Barrow, Carlisle and Whitehaven to form a Cumbrian super club. This was, however, resisted and an unmerged Workington took part in Super League but would record only two wins all season. They finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Northern Ford Premiership with significant debts".

Lucky old Celtic Crusaders eh

They will do better next year with Briers ...................

If you're talking about us as a mid-table SL team, then I'd say we'd better crowds of 4 or 5 current SL clubs. If we were to stay in SL and sustain reasonable success then the club has a big enough catchment for 8,000-10,000 crowds (as we attracted on and off in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's).

Sleeping Giant comes to mind....with a bit more finance for the ground and players they could hold there own.
Wonder if James Graham would be interested in playing for a cumbrian superleague team.

Wouldn't that be nice. It would be great if we made it and we could 'bring the boys back home' - locals like Ade Gardner, Matt Gardner, Peter Lupton, Ben Harrison and Ollie Wilkes - not to mention other young locals signed on at SL clubs playing in their academy's.

What's so funny ???

Barrow have a much bigger catchment than a lot of SL teams and given a competitive team in SL I think 8K-10K would certainly be achieveable.

The problem is that an RL fan under 30 will probably only remember Barrow as a struggling lower league team.

Anyone 40 or over should be able to remember a club with very good crowds who regularly graced the top division and played in major cup finals. We were certainly every bit as big a club as Cas, Wakey, Leigh, Salford and a few others to-boot. In the early 80's we were the 4th/5th best supported club in the land.

Had Murdock and SL arrived 10 years earlier our path could easily have followed that of many current SL teams.

The biggest hurdle is our stadium. We own it lock, stock and barrel, but it needs major development. However, plans are afoot.

Watch this space.

I admire your optimisim SRC but you cant even get 2,000 now even though your playing very well. Even Leigh get more.

Now now no need for that

We are averaging more than Leigh this season (2,200) and are only 200 lower on average than Halifax. Fax have been boosted by a couple of live matches as well. Barrow only get 1 home televised match this season and that isn't until July !! Our fan base is growing quickly and is up over 50% on last season - that's pretty good IMO.

You have to remember that this is our first season back at the higher level. The likes of Widnes, Fax, Leigh and Haven have never played lower than 2nd tier rugby and a lot of those clubs have spent several years in SL.

What crowds do you think Hudds, Celtics, Wakey etc would be getting if they had just spent the last 20 years in the doldrums ??? I remember when Hudds dropped out of SL they were averaging barely 2,000 in the NFP. Look at them now (the same goes for HKR as well).

Give us the chance and we'll prove it !

I think you'll find that, rather than being a boost, televising a game (on a Thursday night, remember) leads to lower crowds. Not many away fans will be able to get to Barrow in time for kick off and back home again at a reasonable hour with the following day being a workday for most. Anyway, if your form continues to keep you near the top, I'm sure you'll get a few more televised games towards the end of the season.