: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:05 am  

gutterfax wrote:

alas......it won't happen Can't go into why, but it won't

Because its sensible not to initiate such a ridiculous idea?

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:31 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Because its sensible not to initiate such a ridiculous idea?

I think you maybe misunderstood the idea.
It was to move the Skolars v Keighley from the New Riverside, together with the real ale festival - to the stoop, with it being the curtain raiser to the QRL v Bradford fixture, on the Friday Evening of the Challenge Cup final. Based on the fact that the Skolars never get near their 2,500 attendance dream, it may well be more attractive to the 50,000+ fans coming down for the CC to watch 2 games in comfort as well as giving Skolars a bigger income.
So, not really a stupid idea, just another way of trying to raise the profile of the game down here......

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:17 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

I think you maybe misunderstood the idea.
It was to move the Skolars v Keighley from the New Riverside, together with the real ale festival - to the stoop, with it being the curtain raiser to the QRL v Bradford fixture, on the Friday Evening of the Challenge Cup final. Based on the fact that the Skolars never get near their 2,500 attendance dream, it may well be more attractive to the 50,000+ fans coming down for the CC to watch 2 games in comfort as well as giving Skolars a bigger income.
So, not really a stupid idea, just another way of trying to raise the profile of the game down here......

It would have been worth a try IMO. Celtic Crusaders seemed to get bumper crowds playing Friday night fixtrues the evening before the Magic Weekends in Cardiff. I'd rather the club was innovative with ideas that don't work out than just keep plodding along.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:25 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

It would have been worth a try IMO. Celtic Crusaders seemed to get bumper crowds playing Friday night fixtrues the evening before the Magic Weekends in Cardiff. I'd rather the club was innovative with ideas that don't work out than just keep plodding along.

That was my train of thought when I first sggested it......but it looks like it well be dead before it was born!
What value to Sky showing a league game with a full(er) stadium the day before the BBC show Saints v ? in the CC final with 80,000+ fans at wembley......
Oh well