The deal it is rumoured is 6 Stobart trucks per club in their colours and the rest with Stobart Super League Logo, it does not look as if any money is involved.

It is said the vote for Stobart was 5 for at meeting and 5 against, heard Catalan proxy vote carried it (we voted for) there was some disagreement that Widnes were too influential in decision, no one from St Helens, Warrington or Wigan attended??

Yes it is vital we have a sponsor, but if we voted for Stobart it looks doubtful we would go for Betfair?

Hilarious and embarrassing at the same time if all that is true.

Think their is cash involved but less than Betfair was offering.

There are two financial figures kicking around for Betfair, £1.25 million per season and one of around £950,000. Not heard of any money involved with Stobart but all will be revealed at the Press Launch at their Widnes HQ on Wednesday.

Have Broncos got a shirt/main Sponsor, why dont they give Betfair a tug,

Fairly local company head office in Stevenage, Obviously looking to get involved in rugby league, very forward thinking they have a great PR machine with Tony Calvin and a sport led customer base to tap into

If you are looking to get another one off road game there Stevenage base seems to make sense, tidy ground, good access routes for all

Seems to good to miss to having a crack out

You've clearly never been to their ground! But other than that I agree, does no harm to ask!

+1. It'd only take me 20 minutes to get there instead of the 1:30 it takes to get all the to The Stoop.

Agree 100%

Better to have no league sponsor than this embarrassment of a contra-deal

We give them nationwide exposure on sky and BBC and every news organisation in the country
We get our livery on a couple of trucks driven around Leicester Ipswich and lord knows where else that doesnt matter

The Betfair head office is in Hammersmith, its their call centre thats based in Stevenage .

Yes went a month ago, 7500 capacity, Good tight atmosphere, championship 1 ground, safe clean and better than Salford, Cas, wakey,

Great training facility being built, New floodlights

They are a lesson for us non league to championship without breaking the bank

Even better Head office in Hammersmith 5 miles from the Stoop, and offices in Stevenage

Just think its worth a go

We are still playing 11 home games at the stoop so we are very close to hammersmith. (plus we are trying to agree to stay there for the whole licence period) Would we have to wear a blank shirt when we play in france? I suppose we have a few of them already lol

Can't harm to ask and it might soften the losses on the balance sheet at the end of the year or just fund a campaign to promote awareness of us.

If it was significantly more money from Betfair then it's ridiculous they turned it down. Gambling companies are advertised all over premier league grounds and on sky tv. I can't see the problem.

Do not think there was a lot in it and think 6 chairmen went for exposure 5 went for cash.

The problem is it is said we voted Against Betfair being Sponsor of Super League! I sent the contact at the agency off to the club, if I was Betfair I would love to get a club in Super League, but then perhaps they are not currently rating the Game that high?

I didn't know we voted against it. When you download betfairs mobile app the home page has I think 8 shortcuts to specific sports then one to the rest of sports. Rugby League is not featured in the 8 which I would assume are the most popular, but Rugby Union is on there. I didn't know there was a lot of gambling done on RU but must be there for a reason.

Also I would hope we would welcome anyone willing to put money into the club.

I know not about Stobarts sponsorship, but interesting that it has just been announced earlier today that the RFL have bought Odsal Stadium and will rent it back to Bradford Bulls, a joke considering all the stick we get from Northern supporters how the RFL prop us up!

Just smoothing the way for when they buy a place for down in the smoke

The RFL should have done this earlier in London, to have had base and a training centre!

The RFL did not seem to be keen on Betfair, or should that be Chairman Richard Lewis! partly because of his connection with Sport England. Would it not be good for RFL and Sport England to back a Centre of Excellence in London based at a ground, use a pitch like Widnes Vikings, if it works and the pitch could be in use 7 days a week for the community, Come on Richard show what you do for RFL and can do!

As Richard Lewis was at the LTA how about converting centre court at Wimbledon!

Well it would ensure it is used a little more than currently! LOL

Would not surprise me in the least, and not too far from now.

I am surprised that Betfair were interested in sponsoring RL to be honest. The volume of money in their RL markets is pitiful even for televised games. Maybe they saw an opportunity to grow that but it would never have much volume.

Once the trucks hit the motorways I can see thousands of non rugby league fans saying this is the game for us! will we be able to cope.

Perhaps some drivers may ask to themselves who are those people on the side of the wagon and what is super league! or why has that player on the left only got a black top on?

Drove to Birmingham and back today and never saw one Stobart truck on the motorway, I wonder how many Stobarts trucks drive around London?

[i"Stobart chief executive Andrew Tinkler insisted his company were ready to become fully involved in rugby league, even going as far as to suggest players could be offered jobs as truck drivers at the end of their careers."[/i

And have our sponsor decals fallen off? We seem to be the only unsponsored side with the Stobart livery being completed as we look on.

Neil Fissler suggests in a tweet response to me could be the Sponsor for us is being held back to media launch day tomorrow! I so Hope he is correct!