Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:28 pm  

crashmon wrote:

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 .

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:51 pm  

RfE wrote:

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.....

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.

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:04 am  

RfE wrote:

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.

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:24 am  

someonehasmyname1 wrote: 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!

someonehasmyname1 wrote: 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!

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:00 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

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.

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:55 am  

Riverside Red wrote:

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.

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.

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:56 am  

jbuzza wrote:

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

Re: London Broncos v Batley : Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:07 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

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.