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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:28 pm  
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I don't remember Charlton, but Brentford is was usually 4 weeks, with a game on the road in the middle (wales several times, leicester, coventry, remember one night vs catalans in esher)

PL seems 8 weeks which is a killer to any momentum.



Wasn’t that game in Esher because the pitch at the Stoop was flooded / unplayable?
Seem to remember playing Bradford at Wycombe as well while it was sorted out .
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:51 pm  
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Wasn’t that game in Esher because the pitch at the Stoop was flooded / unplayable?
Seem to remember playing Bradford at Wycombe as well while it was sorted out .


You get to far more weird places as a Broncos supporter than any other club thats for sure.....
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:06 am  
I'm sure the Catalans and Bradford matches mentioned were short notice re-arrangement rather than planned work. Seem to remember all sorts of rumours flying round Esher about where we were taking Bradford.

Can't remember why the matches had to move though.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:04 am  
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Wasn’t that game in Esher because the pitch at the Stoop was flooded / unplayable?
Seem to remember playing Bradford at Wycombe as well while it was sorted out .


I remember that the pitch had to be repaired after a big dump of rain over the winter, and as such we were informed of this maintenance work in advance by Quins.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:24 am  
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I remember that the pitch had to be repaired after a big dump of rain over the winter, and as such we were informed of this maintenance work in advance by Quins.



https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby- ... 48064.html

There's a great photo in the article - and yet the pitch had been declared 'playable' on the day!
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I remember that the pitch had to be repaired after a big dump of rain over the winter, and as such we were informed of this maintenance work in advance by Quins.



https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby- ... 48064.html

There's a great photo in the article - and yet the pitch had been declared 'playable' on the day!
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:00 pm  
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I could be wrong but It didn't feel like we were kept away for the length of time AFC are doing by Charlton & Brentford in those vital months.


Plough Lane is very popular with the women’s football game.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:55 am  
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Plough Lane is very popular with the women’s football game.


I'm not sure that would be a reason for such a long period of repair. Charlton were playing at a higher level than AFC & Brenford probably about the same, but obviously clubs expect their pitches to be of better quality now. Pitch technology has moved on in leaps & bounds since then, so you have to wonder if AFC have installed the right sort of pitch for year round sport if it needs this length of repair.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:01 am  
Our fixture list is pretty ridiculous. We play Barrow at Cherry Red on 13-May and then are not back there again until 30-Jul against York.
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:56 am  
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Our fixture list is pretty ridiculous. We play Barrow at Cherry Red on 13-May and then are not back there again until 30-Jul against York.


Thats 12 weeks without a home game (I don't count Ebbslefleet as home games). Remind me again if any other club who shares with a football club also has 12 weeks gap in the middle of the season
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Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:07 pm  
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Our fixture list is pretty ridiculous. We play Barrow at Cherry Red on 13-May and then are not back there again until 30-Jul against York.

I think this approach comes from the “How not to build a club” handbook. Page 14 under the sub-heading “Stalling momentum”. I believe there is a well thumbed copy in the Gold Lounge if you ever get in there. Other chapters include “Non recruitment- a spirited defence” and “Retaining players? Nah xxxx ‘em, there’s always more”. I believe having tried it out in 2022- we no longer feel the latter chapter quite worked for us.
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