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Jonty

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Perth Red said:
Fluked there way in with a one off game win and then they finished bottom with a crowd avg of 3,100 and it sent them bust, again. You might have missed how shite compared to other clubs Broncos were in the IMG grading in 2023?

Realistically a new owner is going to have tip in 3million pound + a year for a very long time for them to be any sort of success in SL. Even then Brisbane Broncos have tried it, Richard Branson has tried it, Dave Hughes has tried it. And here we are still.
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The London team needs its own ground instead of moving all over London every other season.
 
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Jonty said:
The London team needs its own ground instead of moving all over London every other season.
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For the first time in their life they actually have a really decent 'home' now. Its by far the best stadium they have used. They just need to commit their long term and work in the local areas to build fanbase.
 
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Perth Red said:
For the first time in their life they actually have a really decent 'home' now. Its by far the best stadium they have used. They just need to commit their long term and work in the local areas to build fanbase.
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I totally agree but isn’t there some issue with broncos fans about transport links?
 
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Jonty said:
The London team needs its own ground instead of moving all over London every other season.
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Agreed...or at least stay in one place

Ealing had it's limitations but have to say it was my favourite ...good size with a decent bar and lots of free parking (and easy to get into and out of as London goes)
 
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Jonty said:
I totally agree but isn’t there some issue with broncos fans about transport links?
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Yep..,it's impossible to drive and park there....or very difficult. And for all the 'great transport links' spiel people always use for London in reality it is still loads of tubes/walking etc after a train into London

I feel somewhere in north London suits Broncos more....
 
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Leighton Rhino said:
Yep..,it's impossible to drive and park there....or very difficult. And for all the 'great transport links' spiel people always use for London in reality it is still loads of tubes/walking etc after a train into London

I feel somewhere in north London suits Broncos more....
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Barnet?
 
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Father Gascoigne

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Leighton Rhino said:
Yep..,it's impossible to drive and park there....or very difficult. And for all the 'great transport links' spiel people always use for London in reality it is still loads of tubes/walking etc after a train into London

I feel somewhere in north London suits Broncos more....
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A collection of boroughs. It's more Sydney than Melbourne.

Unlike Melbourne, where you can find 20,000 people from every corner of the city to congregate downtown because it's straightforward to get to, that's never going to be reality for any London team.

The Broncos aren't drawing from 8 million. They're drawing from the couple of hundred thousand that live in the vicinity of wherever they're playing, which means their catchment area isn't that different in size from the big northern clubs.
 
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Father Gascoigne said:
A collection of boroughs. It's more Sydney than Melbourne.

Unlike Melbourne, where you can find 20,000 people from every corner of the city to congregate downtown because it's straightforward to get to, that's never going to be reality for any London team.

The Broncos aren't drawing from 8 million. They're drawing from the couple of hundred thousand that live in the vicinity of wherever they're playing, which means their catchment area isn't that different in size from the big northern clubs.
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Having said that there are plenty of people I know who go to Broncos games from as high up as Milton Keynes and as low as Southampton

They are the only option the south really so if you are already a RL fan you will go to them even if it takes 2 hours
 
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Leighton Rhino said:
Having said that there are plenty of people I know who go to Broncos games from as high up as Milton Keynes and as low as Southampton

They are the only option the south really so if you are already a RL fan you will go to them even if it takes 2 hours
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There’s a born&bred YouTuber who I follow from Berkshire who supports the broncos And a few from places like Swindon and Oxfordshire area etc on the totalRL forum etc.

these people are out there.

lol!!
 
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RedVee said:
Excuse me, I get confused when people are talking about London Broncos home grounds. Wasn’t the Hive the little 3,000 capacity ground?
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lol, their best crowd there was 2000! Think capacity is now around 6,000. List of stadiums used by London

List of London Broncos home grounds - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

The current one is by far the best suited to them theyve had. Just shame its not in North London for traveling fans. Hopefully they can get back in SL before they have to move out!

Other option might be Leyton Orients stadium. Holds around 9.5k. On tube line. In North. But at some point they need to put down roots long term!

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