Re: 12th SL Team : Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:36 pm  

Manuel wrote:

York as a city would be brilliant. Some sort of co-operation with the tourist board could find a way of transporting new spectators to home games and boosting attendances.

As good as it would be, its a bit of a nightmare to get to their new stadium.
Think it might be a season or two too early for them.

Re: 12th SL Team : Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:41 pm  

Yep...as much as I'd like to see them in too, I think the likes of London or Leigh are more likely to get in.

Re: 12th SL Team : Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:53 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

As good as it would be, its a bit of a nightmare to get to their new stadium.
Think it might be a season or two too early for them.

Really? In all my years of visiting Monks Cross I have never viewed access as an issue, quite the opposite really, it is about 2 minutes off the A64 and has great public transport links too and from York Centre - Unless of course you are referring to the A64 itself, in which case the M62 is just as bad on a Thursday and Friday night for congestion.

Re: 12th SL Team : Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:14 pm  

RickK wrote:

How many on that list have not had financial issues?

None with as many or as serious as Bradford's I don't think, Rick.

Re: 12th SL Team : Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:22 am  

Redscat wrote:

None with as many or as serious as Bradford's I don't think, Rick.

Agreed but Leigh must be close.

I don’t think Bradford are ready just yet. Any idea people have that this is the same Bradford as fifteen years ago need to think again.

They have lost their youth set up, their commercial set up by alienating the local business community and a huge chunk of their fan base.

All can be won back but it will take much more than a promotion to SL for that to happen.

Re: 12th SL Team : Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:16 am  

vastman wrote:

Agreed but Leigh must be close.

I don’t think Bradford are ready just yet. Any idea people have that this is the same Bradford as fifteen years ago need to think again.

They have lost their youth set up, their commercial set up by alienating the local business community and a huge chunk of their fan base.

All can be won back but it will take much more than a promotion to SL for that to happen.

I was under impression they continued as Tier 1 Academy ?

Re: 12th SL Team : Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:30 am  

TURFEDOUT wrote:

I was under impression they continued as Tier 1 Academy ?

I meant they don’t have the pulling power they once did.

Re: 12th SL Team : Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:34 am  

Or more likely they don't have the finances to lure the kids anymore.

Re: 12th SL Team : Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:28 pm  

little wayne69 wrote:

Or more likely they don't have the finances to lure the kids anymore.

Same thing really, I do think that the lack of a viable Bradford team has allowed us to pick up one or two juniors we’d have lost in the past. I think it’s shows as well.

Re: 12th SL Team : Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:39 pm  

The game needs to generate new spectators, younger ones at that, new sponsors and in and around York, there is a rich seam of money with a good amateur base to build on. I hope they don’t pick Bradford just because of the “iconic” “stadium”!,