The planning application is due to be heard on July 15th and has been recommended for acceptance.

One of the comments suggests rugby being permitted would generate an extra 120-140k journeys p.a. Someone seems to think our gates will boom...

In 20 seasons in superleage fewer than 1,000,000 passed through the London gates. That's the facts of the matter. The last season in SL it was fewer than 14k

Best ground in League 1

I've just read the residents letter part of that.....Christ. it smacks of "boo hoo we never wanted a stadium".....it waffles on about environmental impacts and air pollution caused by an imaginary 2k average at 30 RL games a year and threatens legal action.........

I will was talking about RFL League 1

To be honest if Broncos go part time I can't see them playing there.

Dons cited their income at £200k minimum p.a. if Broncos give up on Superleague ambitions they can hire a pitch for five hours for matches and a training ground for 2 x 2 hours per week, possibly one up north and one down south, for a lot less than that per season. Especially if one training session is in a club paid for gym local to the players house but with IT kit etc tracking what they are doing

If this move goes ahead despite the club's collapse over the past 12 months then it would remove all doubts about Hughes being insane.

What doubts?
As a bag of spanners and has been for A decade and a half.....

https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/07/16/ ... -approved/ Not sure they realise how long it will take to get this Broncos back to Super League but you can't fault AFC's enthusiasm or is Hughes going to splash the cash?

https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/07/16/ ... -approved/ Not sure they realise how long it will take to get this Broncos back to Super League but you can't fault AFC's enthusiasm or is Hughes going to splash the cash?

If AFC want to ĺearn from Broncos, for their sake hope it's not in the area of fan engagement.

Just look at the reaction on Twitter and Instagram, it far outshines the same old doubters here! Some said it would Never Happen? now the shout is it will Never Last!

Only time will tell, great to hear the players already have been working in the local community, we can only give it a chance! and you never know what the Future of Rugby League will be, will it return to licences and some continuity, rather than up and down for some clubs, whatever does happen with elite clubs and The RFL, there has to be change.

So what now??

Very positive article. Let's hope the reality is similar.

Assuming AFC still want their fans in first, as it should be, their first home game i think is 14th August. After that date we have just Sheffield & Fev & possible playoff game unless I've missed something. Would you risk playing Fev wanting to make new friends? We've been there once before. Best leave until next season whatever that might bring.

We can live in hope (and I do), but my faith in the club to get this right is zero currently. Would be nice to be proved wrong......

Wow......just wow.
Last time I checked, social media including forums like this were neither a source of revenue or a marker for actual attendances. Apologists gotta do what they do I suppose, but in terms of actual fans paying actual money at an actual turnstyle.....let's revisit this in July 22.

Whiners v Apologists! lol, would always be Glass Half Full, than half empty all the time!

This could be an opportunity for the club to dig itself out of the hole that it is in.
Like you Honkytonk, I fear it will not happen. But it could.

Part 1. £200,000 in rent payable to our new "partners". In the championship next year we will hopefully get 11 home games. £19,000 a game on the door and that's the rent covered not sure about matchday costs (police stewards, but let's be kind and say our "partners" are covering that.....target has to be 1,500 minimum.....but let's say the rent is covered by the gate.

Part 2. Wages. 30 man squad averaging £30k a year + CEO, Commercial Monkey, Skippers Wife.....let's call it an even million.
Commercial income will currently be below £20,000.....if that. Given there's been little merch for sale at games to date, the idea of stock being manufactured before sale seems to be a thing if the past, so minimal income there. Bugger all coming from SKY/RFL.....so Hughes is into a million already as well as having to underwrite the rent just in case the hoardes of curious locals don't appear.



Part 3. The stuff I haven't mentioned....training ground, coaches, medical fees, transport to games, accommodation, insurance, accountancy fees, legal fees........etc etc...

.,.part 4. We left the stoop because 250k rent was too high. We had £400k of gate receipts in 2013...... we're about to pay £200k with receipts of about 4k a game. That is the true cost of Hughes 2013 hissy fit and this hole is too deep to be escaped from using goodwill and prayers.

I really do hope I'm wrong.....but I'm not

Great to see this has finally got over the line.
Getting fans in is now the challenge, but a new purpose built stadium has to be a step forward. Wonder if it will encourage any new investment?
Not ideal venue for me personally but if I managed to get to Charlton which was a mare so sure will cope with Wimbledon.
Sensibly see season out at ealing and make the move next season

In any event they need a winning season preferably promotion if they are to hang on to any AFC fans. The club needs to find a huge olive branch to hold out to a large number of long term fans.

They also need to set out any plans to change names or colours which a number of AFC fans would appear to favour, especially the 2 that I know or dismiss it.

people are not going to pay 25gbp for a mid table championship side.... Be amazed if they get over 500 people at that price.. This BTW would be the same at any ground,.

Looking forward to Widnes, as likely to be last time I will see them live (unless they sort the parking out at PL), and don't think I'll be paying 25GBP even if they do

But we don't know prices for 2022 yet, they could surprise me and come with sensible pricing (but then this is London)

Don't see how a name change would help with overall fan numbers.
AFC Wimbledon fans are football fans, bit like harlequins fans were RU fans, they ain't going to appear in droves just because of a name change. IMO.
Hope there might be some crossover fans from footy but can't see it.
Target has to be the fans that used to come to the stoop and Brentford, they are still out there.

They are. Off the top of my head there are 8 of us who attended 75% of games a season who no longer go. Me, for obvious logistical reasons, but the others because it became less enjoyable each year. I know we caught up at ealing for the wakey game in SL a few years back, but the others didn't return........the club never cared about the fans under the current owner and it would take a monumental effort to get many lapsed fans back.
Hughes is hanging his hat (again) on curious locals.

Do you think the club will target these fans now when they haven't for years ?