magic weekend : Fri May 02, 2014 2:54 pm  

http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_149 ... kpool.html

http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_149 ... kpool.html

Re: magic weekend : Fri May 02, 2014 3:58 pm  

Just what total attendance do they expect? ,even with a Bradford or Wakey I doubt you'd surpass a Blackpool NRC number

Re: magic weekend : Fri May 02, 2014 4:21 pm  

Mmmm, so they're looking at becoming the Blackpool Broncos instead of the London Donkeys as they are known as now!

Re: magic weekend : Fri May 02, 2014 6:35 pm  

Nice to see the positivity coming through, RFL damned if they do damned if they don't.
I will be there hopefully a group of us, two nights in a hotel in Blackpool.

Charlie will be there, Halifaxjohn knows.

Re: magic weekend : Sat May 03, 2014 1:38 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Nice to see the positivity coming through, RFL damned if they do damned if they don't.
I will be there hopefully a group of us, two nights in a hotel in Blackpool.

Charlie will be there, Halifaxjohn knows.

Charlie WILL be there , im in the Promisedland most week-ends ,its the only place to be , depending on what you want to spend , I can recommend the Big Blue Hotel at the Pleasure Beach , itd reasonably priced , the rooms are great , even has Kids rooms , and the food is very good , I can also recommend the food at the Grosvenor Casino in the Sandcastle buildings , its very good and very well priced .Charlie knows .

Re: magic weekend : Sat May 03, 2014 7:30 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Charlie WILL be there , im in the Promisedland most week-ends ,its the only place to be , depending on what you want to spend , I can recommend the Big Blue Hotel at the Pleasure Beach , itd reasonably priced , the rooms are great , even has Kids rooms , and the food is very good , I can also recommend the food at the Grosvenor Casino in the Sandcastle buildings , its very good and very well priced .Charlie knows .

Charlie, no pretensions in the Halifaxjohn family, Travelodge Central very near both Yates and Wetherspoon,

Re: magic weekend : Sat May 03, 2014 8:35 pm  

There just isnt the traveling support in the Championship to financially sustain a magic type event in a venue like Blackpool

The best supported clubs can only muster around 7,000 for a Cup Final, for a ' regular ' league match Leigh,Fev and Fax average around 350/400 traveling support, you could perhaps double that for this type of match, so Leigh 700 , Fax 700 , Fev 700 , the relegated SL club ( Bulls,Wakey ) 1,500 , so 3,600 from the only 4 with any history of sizeable support

How many of those fans would watch a match either side of their own, or would most just dissapear to the pub?

I'd suggest Batley with heavily subsidised coach travel with plenty of other stuff going on within the stadium area, dewsbury would also be a possibility

Never happen of course neither of those stadiums have the corporate facilities to accomadate 12 sets of club management in the way Blackpool does