Liverpool city fc

[deluded pom?]

Great. Another red and white team.

Far from great. There are too many red and white teams in the world, especially in Hull. I prefer Partizan myself.

 

[Walter sobchak]

How about a Liverpool RL and Manchester RL academy sides playing against the likes of Wigan, saints, Warrington and Leeds etc. Build the club from the bottom up.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Bold plans for a new club in Liverpool include a target to reach Super League by 2023.

Former Salford owner Marwan Koukash and businessman Luke Backhouse, previously a sponsor at Widnes, are two figures behind the initiative and they are currently in talks with the local authorities over proposed sites to play.

Speaking to Insider Media, Backhouse said: “We thought it was time to start our own and Liverpool is an untapped market.

“It’s become a passion.

“We’re getting help from the council and in terms of getting sponsors and investors, we haven’t had to go looking. They’re excited about how big it could become.

“We hope to launch in 2021 and hopefully we can work our way to the Super League by 2022 or 2023.

“The RFL are expanding at the moment. I know there’re propositions for teams in Los Angeles and New York, and the Toronto Wolfpack team are already established.

“It’s expanding on a huge international scale and it could be one of the few sports where we could have a fixture of Liverpool v New York City. It’s got huge marketability.”

The new team is set to launch the day before Magic Weekend kicks-off at Anfield on May 24.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/new-liverpool-club-aiming-for-super-league-by-2023/

 

[Walter sobchak]

Bold plans for a new club in Liverpool include a target to reach Super League by 2023.

Former Salford owner Marwan Koukash and businessman Luke Backhouse, previously a sponsor at Widnes, are two figures behind the initiative and they are currently in talks with the local authorities over proposed sites to play.

Speaking to Insider Media, Backhouse said: “We thought it was time to start our own and Liverpool is an untapped market.

“It’s become a passion.

“We’re getting help from the council and in terms of getting sponsors and investors, we haven’t had to go looking. They’re excited about how big it could become.

“We hope to launch in 2021 and hopefully we can work our way to the Super League by 2022 or 2023.

“The RFL are expanding at the moment. I know there’re propositions for teams in Los Angeles and New York, and the Toronto Wolfpack team are already established.

“It’s expanding on a huge international scale and it could be one of the few sports where we could have a fixture of Liverpool v New York City. It’s got huge marketability.”

The new team is set to launch the day before Magic Weekend kicks-off at Anfield on May 24.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/new-liverpool-club-aiming-for-super-league-by-2023/

There’s another investor I believe by the name of Andrew mikhail of the mikhail hotel and leisure group??

 

[roughyedspud]

Two people koukash will blame when this goes tits up

 

[Pommy]

Proposition for a team in LA? That seems like a bit of a stretch for playing in Europe. The idea the NRL would get onboard with it is just laughable considering Perth can’t even get a team.

 

[Pommy]

Proposition for a team in LA? That seems like a bit of a stretch for playing in Europe. The idea the NRL would get onboard with it is just laughable considering Perth can’t even get a team.
Of all the new clubs being talked about at the moment this one seems the most pie in the sky. The colours instantly alienate half of the city and seem like such a dumb choice.

 

[roughyedspud]

There's no plan for a team in LA...... It's koukash talking out of his arse

 

[Perth Red]

Hmmm, Widnes screwed, Salford worse off than before, great track record these owners have! I can only seeing a raging success for the future of the venture!

 

[Walter sobchak]

There's no plan for a team in LA...... It's koukash talking out of his arse

I think he’s just trying to hard to sex up the prospect of a Liverpool team playing against other major world cities.

 

[flamin]

Proposition for a team in LA? That seems like a bit of a stretch for playing in Europe. The idea the NRL would get onboard with it is just laughable considering Perth can’t even get a team.

Just to clarify the distances involved, LA to Manchester is 8,500kms. LA to Sydney is 12,000kms. If a LA team ever happened flying to Europe is much more feasible.

 

[Pommy]

Just to clarify the distances involved, LA to Manchester is 8,500kms. LA to Sydney is 12,000kms. If a LA team ever happened flying to Europe is much more feasible.

I think when you get to those distances it’s not making a lot of difference. The east coast is achievable but the west just a stretch too far. The jet leg for players would be just too much.
I would guess the actual flight time to Toronto of less than 7 hours is similar to a coach journey from the heartlands to London when you have roadworks etc taken in to account.

 

[flamin]

I think when you get to those distances it’s not making a lot of difference. The east coast is achievable but the west just a stretch too far. The jet leg for players would be just too much.
I would guess the actual flight time to Toronto of less than 7 hours is similar to a coach journey from the heartlands to London when you have roadworks etc taken in to account.

True, either way from LA is far-fetched. But instead of a 10.5 hour flight, it’s a 15 hour flight to Sydney with the extra travel costs - an extra 9 hours of travel for a return journey. The time difference would be roughly the same.

 

[roughyedspud]

Why you wasting your time talking about LA?

 

[adamkungl]

Why you wasting your time talking about LA?

Apparently we're discussing every word fart or typo Koukash makes now? idk
Obvious nonsense

 

[Foreign Legion]

next we'll see Liverpool V Barcelona

 

[adamkungl]

next we'll see Liverpool V Barcelona

More likely than LA v anyone. Logistically impossible.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Getting back to a potential Liverpool based RL club all with be revealed or not at magic weekend. I honestly hope it’s a goer, especially after the sad news about Manchester Rangers. but we’ll see.

 

[Perth Red]

Getting back to a potential Liverpool based RL club all with be revealed or not at magic weekend. I honestly hope it’s a goer, especially after the sad news about Manchester Rangers. but we’ll see.

Its only 20kms between Liverpool and St Helens, just rename them Liverpool saints!

 

[adamkungl]

It should be a strategic goal of the RFL to encourage investors to start professional Rugby League clubs in all major cities, and provide fair opportunity for them to challenge for Super League.
In a sustainable manner of course, you can't have 5 or 6 new big money clubs popping up all at once without the player pathways growing significantly.

But long term, they should be actively scouting for club backers all across the UK. Like we've seen with Toronto, one success leads to others following.

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