It's a ground that is being developed. First phase, 5.6k; suggested second phase with corners filled, 7k. Training facilities are magnificent. Take out the personalities involved and the fact that it is yet another relocation - both are a given I'm afraid - and I would say that the Hive looks an increasingly exciting option as a base for years to come. Well, I'm excited anyway.

Still no idea as to why we are leaving the Stoop apart from the money rumour.

My view is that they have no need of us anymore, we are just small change nuisance.

2008/2009/2010 we would have been close to or actually filling the seats on 24 of 39 games.....rationalise the fact that of the last 33 games only 10 of them would have been in the same category.

The club has been dismantled to the extent where you are happy to accept a 3,500 seater stadium.....no ambition regardless of rationalisation!

Happy ? No

Realistic ? Yes

As an aside, I travelled up to The Hive today, have to say really impressed. Its compact, yes, but the general set up sound, in fact ideal. Talking to the guys there, there are two further phases of development planned, my only concern is the development will take place in the football off season. Barnet are a community club, very much like ourselves, so that has got to be hugely positive.

London Broncos are not a community club in any shape or form........we haven't been since we left Brentford...or at the very least,when the volunteers were told they weren't needed.....

Because it has all the atmosphere of a morgue, and even when we played in H********s pastels it has never felt like a home ground to me- I can't speak about the Stoop first time around but it doesn't work for us, especially when there's only 2k or less rattling around in the place.

And whose fault is that?

Mine patently

.....because god forbid you ever try to lay the blame with the 2 cricketing CEO's or St David of Swinton.

How so? This isn't about you.

First time around The Stoop seemed vibrant, there was always a lot more corporate spectators, match days seemed a major event and the landlord seemed to treat us a lot more equally!

Apart from this month taking the World Cup to two primary schools and a secondary school in Feltham, Gower and others visiting the Staines Titans for coaching, having a school team play the half time challenge (and make a guard of honour for the teams when they came out) etc etc.

LB a community club, you having a laugh when was the last fans forum?

Quote ="daftdad"LB a community club, you having a laugh when was the last fans forum?'" I don't see how a fans forum effects being a community club or not. But we're going off topic.... Gillingham chairman is still talking positively about us - www.kentnews.co.uk/sport/scally_ ... _1_2200207

Quote ="daftdad"LB a community club, you having a laugh when was the last fans forum?'" I don't see how a fans forum effects being a community club or not. But we're going off topic.... Gillingham chairman is still talking positively about us - www.kentnews.co.uk/sport/scally_ ... _1_2200207

There is a better first grade team than LB over the road from the gills winning 70 - 10 today. Hope LB do not move, in my opinion it will be a disaster for the local club.

there's a difference between paying lip service and being a community club......our current community,as in TW2 residents, don't know we exist.......if we were a community club,they'd be up in arms about us leaving the community...

You seriously believe the Broncos' community is only the 2 square miles around Twickenham?

I'm surprised to hear that the locals don't know we exist, as years ago, they used to complain about when the games were played.

Anyone on here remember that? Something to do with the noise, the floodlights.

If we were a community club then we would have the support of the community.....we don't!



2006 + not a soul knows we are there.......not a soul.

Nope, it was before that. In the late 90s at the stoop. I even have an inkling of a neuron firing that we moved a game because of residents complaints. Think it was either night games or Sunday ones.

Can any fan from back then confirm / remember that?

As I said, the locals do know we are there. Question is. Are they interested?

Fully accept that the first time around, especially when the Aussies were in town for WCC, that London being at the stoop was a pain for the neighbours.....the residents of TW2 at the time also put the mockers on Pavarotti over in the big house as well IIRC...

The point about 2006 onwards is that no attempt has been made to let the locals know we're back.....as per usual, we just turned up, stuck posts in the ground and expected to sell tickets....

Completely correct, it is just one of the theories from gutterfax with no substance! The people of TW2 are not interested in the main.

I was speaking to someone at the game on Saturday who is also a London Welsh ST holder. They live 500 yards from the Stoop and hadn't had any marketing at them!

But we know they don't spend money on marketing. GF has pointed that out once or twice.

It was a Sunday night game we were not allowed the flood lights. I dont think the Stoop had flood lights back in those days the used to bring them along on lorries.