Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:22 pm  

I am genuinely sorry to see this and amazed.....it has taken so long.

Another success for the RFL

A club statement read: "London Broncos Rugby League Club have today instructed lawyers to file a Notice of Intention to appoint administrators over the club.

"This will allow 10 working days for the club to work with the Rugby Football League and other parties to resolve secure the club's future and will prevent any creditor from taking action against the club in this period.

"There will be no further comment at this time."

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:41 pm  

Just a shame RFL have wasted millions £'s over the years supporting an initially Aussie dominated club whose players took the money and left, then propped it up when other administration orders took place, ringfenced them from relegation, to see it come to this.
That's two beacon clubs of the SL franchise gone down the tubes now in Bulls and Bronco's!!!!! Groundhog day!!!!!
The one thing that has been good is the junior club development in London and the RFL should ringfence that as future building blocks. Demote the Broncos to bottom league and let them start again. If the professional game is strong enough in London -as the RFL would have us believe- then let them prove it!
13 team SL next season with only one relegated then!
The World cup has been great but unfortunately its only papering over the cracks of our domestic game.
I look forward to this soap opera between the RFL and SL continuing............!

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:07 pm  

Licensing system has no mechanism whatsoever for failed clubs. Wakefield, Salford, Bradford, London and Celtic all ruined. 35% of SL clubs smashed their licence criteria to pieces. Only one club made an exit from SL. Remaining failures kept their license. At the same time, the RFL barred clubs from outside SL from entering this "elite" band of clubs who get to share £60m of Sky's money.

Marvellous system.

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:26 pm  

Why am I smelling something here where the RFL allow a 'new club' to be born and come out all healthy and clear of debt the other side and they start again with this obsession of a SL club in London when it sadly won't ever work?
Why don't they start again with a new club in Championship 1 and see if they can grow roots and evolve that way?

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:29 pm  

They don't have to cos Bradford didn't have to.

And super league simply HAS to have a London team

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:38 pm  

More clubs have gone bust under the short licensing period than any other similar period in the history of the game of Rugby League.

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:50 pm  

Ah but Rich, don't forget those areas if the game it was gonna improve:

Geographical spread
Financial management
Marketing
Crowds
Stadia and facilities
Youth development

You can't say that not one club hasnt improved in all these areas. A roaring success. Especially crusaders, the club the whole sorry process was invented for!

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:00 pm  

freddies wig wrote:

Ah but Rich, don't forget those areas if the game it was gonna improve:

Geographical spread
Financial management
Marketing
Crowds
Stadia and facilities
Youth development

You can't say that not one club hasnt improved in all these areas. A roaring success. Especially crusaders, the club the whole sorry process was invented for!

It was the Catalans that 1 st prompted the usage of a non relegating sustem, and to be fair to them, they are the 1 success of recent years as regards overall development, just a shame France as an International force havent improved as a result of that success

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:10 pm  

What about Huddersfield Mr Bug?

They were exempt from relegation cos they played in that stadium!

Really, why are we seen as a tinpot sport. I just don't understand

Re: Broncos announce intent to go into administration : Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:11 pm  

Starbug wrote:

It was the Catalans that 1 st prompted the usage of a non relegating sustem, and to be fair to them, they are the 1 success of recent years as regards overall development, just a shame France as an International force havent improved as a result of that success

Exactly has it improved the French and Welsh national teams, NO.
They have gone backwards in this tournament much to my surprise, I honestly thought it would be the other way round but it aint.