Re: Just curious : Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:29 pm  

I don't dis anyone that goes to a game. I think the economy has a big bearing on going to away games. People forget that London fans have a c400mile trip every other week.

Re: Just curious : Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:58 pm  

I struggle to get up for the home games these days they are that bad. To think Im jumping in a car to watch the team get a walloping from Wakey some 200 miles away, forget that.

I'm still scarred from Salford last year

Re: Just curious : Wed Jun 26, 2013 8:46 am  

There were a few of us in a group including myself, my brother, big Al & King Richard but there were a few other supporters dotted around.

Our more rotund supporters have struggled to find the bigger sizes which means some go without the shirt. I think an equal quantity of sizes are ordered and nothing above 3XL.

Fair play to Wakefield with over 9000 in the ground it was difficult to find a place for the away fans to congregate and be visible. It must have been my eighth consecutive trip and never have I seen it anywhere near as full.

There were kids sat right at the front right round the ground, which obstructed your view unless you headed back into the packed terraces and I wasn't keen to be right in amongst the home support.

We actually stood behind the home dugout for the first half and couldn't see into the far corner where Wakefield kept scoring, which I wasn't too bothered about.

Obviously a 30-0 deficit will also silence many supporters.

Re: Just curious : Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:23 pm  

To be fair I treat the London game as a weekend away and I suppose a lot of other fans do it's ok doing it once a season but I wouldn't do it every fortnight like you have to do or afford it even

Re: Just curious : Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:03 pm  

I've been doing the away games for many years and I used to try and get to the match as near to kick off as possible and leave straight after the hooter.

It used to mean two five hour trips with only a two hour break inbetween and get stuck in car parks, traffic and have endless frustration etc.

The North West on a Friday night was the worst, you could be a few minutes late and then run into jobsworth stewards and other petty bureaucrats and not get into the ground until a point where we had already effectively lost.

I've found the best thing to do now is to get up as if it is a workday and try and treat it as a day out.

I was out of my house before 8am for the Wakefield game and left Wakefield after 8pm so managed to get in 7 hours of drinking time, which wasn't bad.

It is a bit knackering the day after but it is much better and you can have a laugh with your mates and a word with the players.

Since about round 5 the players have come over to us at the end in every away game which has been fantastic, with the sole exception of the Magic weekend when we were stuck on the top tier, so they do appreciate it.

Cheers
Mark

Re: Just curious : Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:19 am  

Tut, Mr. Rammond - it isn't 'rotund', it's 'prosperously built'!!

Re: Just curious : Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:24 am  

PC Plum wrote:

I always find these observations on Broncos away support amusing on many levels. I would regard myself as a long standing and loyal London Broncos fan, I attend pretty much every home game (no matter where they are played) and a smattering of away games. But, I, above all regard myself as a rugby league enthusiast, first and foremost.

What that means is I am in the business of pushing and pushing and pushing the game. Two nights a week I coach juniors and every weekend I spend Saturdays coaching or at festivals all over the south east. I can just about manage Broncos home games, but any suggestion that I would sacrifice more family time with trips to Wakefield on a Sunday or Hull on a Friday night is not on the cards. This scenario applies to many many other rugby league enthusiasts / Broncos fans across the region.

With all that said, I always try to make at least a couple of away trips per season, but I seem to have a complete lethargy about the London Broncos at present, reflecting the feelings from the pitch and off field. Weekly hammerings, no coaching resolution to repeated failures, a complete and utter disengagement with the fans from the back room staff, no communication, nothing. No leadership, no vision, no plan. Plus meaningless games – we are going to finish in the bottom two, we can’t get relegated, who cares about trips to Wakefield, why bother ? So this year my away trips are limited to Perpignan and Don Valley Stadium!!!

What’s most amusing about the characters who come on here an mock is the extent of their ‘support’ is their own team. A couple of hours each week. The well being of rugby league I am afraid comes a distant second to these people, and this is borne out when it comes to supporting the national team, the World Cup, etc. They don’t. Their only other involvement in rugby league is trolling around forums.

Good post that, mate!