Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:51 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

LONDON (after 30 yrs ) ? Not a good track record really but to hear them talk it`s a huge success . I reckon RFL = FAIL.

There are a lot of amateur teams in the London area, but that begs the question: why aren't they supporting the flagship team in the capital? Take away the numbers of visiting supporters from their home attendances and we will probably find their core support is no greater than that of most of the Championship teams.

Other than that, I agree with you.

RFL = FAIL

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:03 pm  

Tortured Soul wrote:

There are a lot of amateur teams in the London area, but that begs the question: why aren't they supporting the flagship team in the capital? Take away the numbers of visiting supporters from their home attendances and we will probably find their core support is no greater than that of most of the Championship teams.

Other than that, I agree with you.

RFL = FAIL

Plus most of the home supporters down there are Aussie or Kiwis over here on backpacking / bank jobs for 12 months how is that building up attendances.
But Rimmer and Robbie Whatsits Paul both who were extoling the expansion claptrap at a meeting last year both agreed without London and Crusaders then Sky would not be interested.
Jason Mccartney MP shook his head and said when you lot have finished throwing all the RFL money at France , Wales and London and it still fails you will be back with Wakey , Leigh and other heartland clubs.
They did not like it one little bit.

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:58 pm  

TheEnforcer273 wrote:

Don't chat bo**ocks.

I'll ask my old man, he's a current match commissioner. I'm sure he's been to Toulouse sometime or other.

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:02 pm  

Let me re-quote

Knight till I drop wrote:

...average fan can hardly afford a pint in that area.

Don't chat bo**ocks.

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:19 pm  

TheEnforcer273 wrote:

Let me re-quote


Don't chat bo**ocks.

A pint in the Melting Pot is approx £6.

Has been for the last 3 years.

We should know we spent a lot of £6's

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:24 pm  

Each clubs travel arrangements are paid for by the RFL. It is around £10,000 per club visiting Toulouse. Only a certain number of people can travel under the RFL agreement. Normally 19 players, coaching staff of 5 or six people.

Toulouse are covered to around £100,000 for their games in this country.

So it costs the RFL around £200,000 to keep Toulouse in this league.

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:11 pm  

billyfax wrote:

Each clubs travel arrangements are paid for by the RFL. It is around £10,000 per club visiting Toulouse. Only a certain number of people can travel under the RFL agreement. Normally 19 players, coaching staff of 5 or six people.

Toulouse are covered to around £100,000 for their games in this country.

So it costs the RFL around £200,000 to keep Toulouse in this league.

That's about the figure I got it to , you'd be looking at £ 3/400 per person with flights , hotels , transfers and the like

So somewhere between 200 and 300 grand per year

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:20 pm  

Starbug wrote:

That's about the figure I got it to , you'd be looking at £ 3/400 per person with flights , hotels , transfers and the like

So somewhere between 200 and 300 grand per year

So somewhere between 200 and 300 grand per year[/quote]



Best in in touch with us then, for the last 3 years we have flown for £75 return and stayed in the centre of Toulouse for £50 a night.

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:25 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

So somewhere between 200 and 300 grand per year

Best in in touch with us then, for the last 3 years we have flown for £75 return and stayed in the centre of Toulouse for £50 a night.



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Yes but you weren't playing were you ? And the RFL didn't book your ticket for you

Re: Do any Toulouse fans attend away games? : Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:44 am  

Starbug wrote:

:MOTOR:

Best in in touch with us then, for the last 3 years we have flown for £75 return and stayed in the centre of Toulouse for £50 a night.

Yes but you weren't playing were you ? And the RFL didn't book your ticket for you[/quote]




Players were on the same plane's and stayed at Novatel.