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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: never sleep
Date: February 8, 2022, 4:54 am
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I have been interested in seeing the crowds that have attended
England Womens international games in Doncaster. Basically, I
think that games are always sold out a long time in advance. So,
there is clearly some interest.
Keepmoat is a 5,000 capacity stadium.
(I keep an interest as I hail from Donny.)
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: Yareet
Date: February 8, 2022, 7:40 am
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> I hail from Donny.
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You have my deepest sympathies :) (He says, as if Rochdale is
any better)
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: A222Quin
Date: February 8, 2022, 7:50 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
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> I have been interested in seeing the crowds that have attended
England Womens international games in Doncaster. Basically, I
think that games are always sold out a long time in advance. So,
there is clearly some interest.
>
> Keepmoat is a 5,000 capacity stadium.
>
> (I keep an interest as I hail from Donny.)
>
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Castle Park is also 5,000 I believe but not all seater.
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: never sleep
Date: February 8, 2022, 8:58 am
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> Castle Park is also 5,000 I believe but not all seater.
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My bad - I meant Castle Park
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: never sleep
Date: February 8, 2022, 9:00 am
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> You have my deepest sympathies :) (He says, as if Rochdale is
any better)
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At least Rochdale is in England :-)
"Nine hundred years ago, the Yorkshire town of Doncaster was
given to Scotland and never returned"
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: February 8, 2022, 9:17 am
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> "Nine hundred years ago, the Yorkshire town of Doncaster was
given to Scotland and never returned"
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Ah - but has Sturgeon got 100,000 troops and 1,000 tanks on the
border waiting to reclaim it...
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: February 8, 2022, 9:47 am
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There is a real difference in the geographical spread of the two
codes at the top two levels. Here's the Premiership teams on a
map:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/B428Q9j/image.png
While they're predominantly below a line from The Wash to
Chester, they're mainly spread out, meaning there's little
overlap in catchment areas. Contrast that to the Superleague
map:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/rmY38K3/image.png
Ignoring the two French clubs, all the top flight clubs are in a
corridor 10 miles wide, 110 miles long.
at the level below it's a similar picture. Here's the RFU
Championship:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/qF1rK8f/image.png
Yes, it's mainly South based still, but still spread out
geographically (apart from the three London clubs). In the RFL
Championship, it's a different story:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/F3f7XWn/image.png
It's a little more spread out than SL, but still heavily
concentrated along the M62, especially the 5 clubs in the "West
Yorkshire" inset.
For all the big talk of RL fan forums about how it's "The
Greatest GameTM and it's going to conquer the
US/Canada/Serbia/etc", while they rely on a club game that's
based in a small area, with little meaningful regular
international competition (This year's World Cup not
withstanding), I can't see their game doing more than struggling
along for years to come.
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: MadMax
Date: February 8, 2022, 10:39 am
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> I don’t think Mike Gooley owner or main shareholder (not sure
which) has that sort of money in his back pocket to throw at
Premiership shares. Just crazy to have 3 Premiership Clubs in 10
miles of each other when the north desperately needs a club.
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As crazy as Liverpool and Manchester having four Premier League
clubs when the South West desperately needs one?
If the teams are good enough then their location should be
irrelevant.
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: February 8, 2022, 11:00 am
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Top Cartography, FF...
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Re: O/T - English Championship
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: February 8, 2022, 11:56 am
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--- Quote from: Bolly-Quin link ---
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> Top Cartography, FF...
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Ripped straight from Wikipedia, Bolly! [emoji23]
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