Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:47 pm  

I'm watching the Fev Rovers game on premier Sports, and it's made me realise how blinkered we sometimes get in the Super league.

How we all laughed when they said they wanted to be in the Super League if London drop out. Yet I'm seeing a decent team, but more importantly, check out that ground! Last time I went there, I almost froze to death at the scoreboard end, yet I'm seeing an extension to the main stand going up, and a new stand at the end, clearly built far enough away from the pitch to make it a full length 100 metre one.

It's even a reasonable crowd. Will all due respect to Cas and Wakefield, the little fellas down the road are catching you guys up...

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:53 pm  

And would this have happened if we stuck to promotion and relegation?

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:24 pm  

Probably not. Teams spending money on development rather than players.

Incidentally, it's a blinding game...

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:39 pm  

beetwaste wrote:

Probably not. Teams spending money on development rather than players.

Incidentally, it's a blinding game...

The plans for Leigh Sports Village were well underway by the time Leigh won **promotion** in 2004.

So that's 1-1 on anecdotal evidence.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:40 pm  

Cracking game !

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:15 pm  

Michael_Ward wrote:

The plans for Leigh Sports Village were well underway by the time Leigh won **promotion** in 2004.

So that's 1-1 on anecdotal evidence.

You mean the council owned and funded Leigh Sports Village?

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:23 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

And would this have happened if we stuck to promotion and relegation?

Possibly not. Although KR managed it during P&R.

At the same time, would the Broncos have got into the state they are now if we had P&R. IMHO, no, as the Broncos wouldn't have allowed the playing standards to get do bad with the threat of P&R.

They didn't act on performances as it didn't effect whether they stayed in the league. Unforunately by the time they did act, the damage was done, London couldn't get themselves out of the mes, and the crowds have dwindled. They are now on the brink.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:32 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Possibly not. Although KR managed it during P&R.

Really? I can't remember any ground developments taking place in 2007, but I might be wrong.

At the same time, would the Broncos have got into the state they are now if we had P&R. IMHO, no, as the Broncos wouldn't have allowed the playing standards to get do bad with the threat of P&R.

They didn't act on performances as it didn't effect whether they stayed in the league. Unforunately by the time they did act, the damage was done, London couldn't get themselves out of the mes, and the crowds have dwindled. They are now on the brink.

So they would have overspent and gone bust sooner, while performing none of the youth development work. Great.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:26 pm  

No way on earth was there anywhere near 3890 in that ground tonight!! 4165 v cas with four sold out stands, plenty of room tonight and only 300 less? How many does the railway end hold - minus 500?

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:30 pm  

Hillsborough Lad wrote:

No way on earth was there anywhere near 3890 in that ground tonight!! 4165 v cas with four sold out stands, plenty of room tonight and only 300 less? How many does the railway end hold - minus 500?

The 4,165 did not have four sold out stands.