Major Isewater Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/43912369 What would be the implications for us if the go ahead is given ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Cold hard cash in the coffers, Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 'Bristol City council will submit a bid' no danger of us getting it then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, hodge said: 'Bristol City council will submit a bid' no danger of us getting it then ‘We would like Rugby to be played at Ashton Gate.’ Yeah that’ll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 I'd certainly attend if ticket prices were sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 35 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/43912369 What would be the implications for us if the go ahead is given ? Just listening on RB, it's just for the world cup isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Good news. Ashton Gate: The Wembley of the West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Good news. Ashton Gate: The Wembley of the West We're selling it to Fulham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Just listening on RB, it's just for the world cup isn't it? Got to be, they couldn't have 3 teams playing at Ashton Gate, wouldn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Would be a good idea for the club, bring in some money and get thousands of new customers experiencing ashton gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, JBFC II said: Got to be, they couldn't have 3 teams playing at Ashton Gate, wouldn't work Actually the Manager of the local team (I didn't know this existed) made the point that theirs is a summer game now. I could almost hear the Stadium company ringing him up during the interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Just now, JBFC II said: Would be a good idea for the club, bring in some money and get thousands of new customers experiencing ashton gate I don't think any stadium rugby income would benefit the football team. Separate companies aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said: I don't think any stadium rugby income would benefit the football team. Separate companies aren't they? But anything that means the Bristol Sport enterprise as a whole makes money means less underwriting by SL, so I would think it would have a knock on effect for all parts of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 41 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: We're selling it to Fulham? At £900m imagine how many Swedish players we could buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 27, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, JBFC II said: Got to be, they couldn't have 3 teams playing at Ashton Gate, wouldn't work 100% it would 52 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Actually the Manager of the local team (I didn't know this existed) made the point that theirs is a summer game now. I could almost hear the Stadium company ringing him up during the interview! This - the season is roughly February to the end of July - so would share AG8 for 3 months and be on their own for 3 months 48 minutes ago, Frenchay Red said: I don't think any stadium rugby income would benefit the football team. Separate companies aren't they? Only in the way the Union side impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Understand completely the attraction of getting a World Cup game, but in the South of England Rugby League is a minority sport at best. I doubt the Gloucester & Oxford sides mentioned in the BBC report as potentially merging to form a Bristol one, get even 500 people watching them. If Bristol does launch a team I could see them playing at The Mem rather than at AG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Earlier in October 2017, there were plans for a New York rugby league team to follow Toronto Wolfpack into the English game, submitted to the RFL. Toronto were promoted from League One to the Championship, the game's second tier, at the first attempt in 2017. The consortium for the New York club hopes to get the go-ahead in time to enter the competition in 2019 at Championship level. A good friend of mine from Sheffield who is involved in RL, told me it is thought the 'consortium' could be our lot. Interestingly FGR's owner Dale Vince is interested in taking over Sheffield Eagles and doing a similar thing up there as he's done at FGR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 56 minutes ago, hodge said: At £900m imagine how many Swedish players we could buy Djurgarten must be rubbing their hands at the prospect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 27, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Understand completely the attraction of getting a World Cup game, but in the South of England Rugby League is a minority sport at best. I doubt the Gloucester & Oxford sides mentioned in the BBC report as potentially merging to form a Bristol one, get even 500 people watching them. If Bristol does launch a team I could see them playing at The Mem rather than at AG. Very true, but if enough investment is put into the team it will grow Look at Catalan and London teams - started very small but are getting there now 100% fits with the Bristol Sport model of having all the different sports under one umbrella The RWC previously played at the Minimal and it sold out so there are 10k already about the area to be tapped into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, hodge said: At £900m imagine how many Swedish players we could buy All of 'em!! It would be a great coup for the area if it were to happen, and of course all revenue coming from it would presumably go into Bristol Sport/the stadium , rather than us or the Rugby club. Whether both get a percentage of that in turn, I'm not sure as I don't know how that bit works. If it happens and is a success, I would presume that it could only help our bid to become a host ground if/when England are ever awarded another national football competiton. I know Ashton Vale was talked about if we won the bid before, so I assume that that would also be the case with Ashton Gate if we were ever in that position again. Unless of course they deem the road system as inadequate...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 There should be a good chance of this happening. With world cups, the organisers tend to spread the matches around the host country, not bunch them in one location. Ashton Gate is the best stadium in the south west and there are good sporting facilities nearby where teams could be based. Plus wonderful transport links with the metro bus and the new rail station at Ashton (This is just a bit of PR spin that will never happen, but it sounds good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 27, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, hodge said: At £900m imagine how many Swedish players we could buy Wouldn't even settle @bristolcitysweden bar tab ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 31 minutes ago, phantom said: Very true, but if enough investment is put into the team it will grow Look at Catalan and London teams - started very small but are getting there now 100% fits with the Bristol Sport model of having all the different sports under one umbrella The RWC previously played at the Minimal and it sold out so there are 10k already about the area to be tapped into As I understand it for the World Cup game a very high number of those tickets were given away for free to UWE students.. Personally I’m not too fussed either way because I have zero interest in rugby of either code, but the summer is the only time the hard pressed groundstaff get to work on our immaculate surface and reducing that time whilst a few hundred people rattle around in the Lansdown stand for the RL equivalent of Conference South football, just seems pretty silly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: There should be a good chance of this happening. With world cups, the organisers tend to spread the matches around the host country, not bunch them in one location. Ashton Gate is the best stadium in the south west and there are good sporting facilities nearby where teams could be based. Plus wonderful transport links with the metro bus and the new rail station at Ashton (This is just a bit of PR spin that will never happen, but it sounds good) This is just the sort of event that could make the rail link and station happen. Could be good news long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City fan 1982 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 if only we could get an england u21 game ! not interested in rugby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Any international event at AG is great business for the club. For me Rugby League is American wrestling and I'm not very often wrong. As long as the right amount of people are interested it's fine with me. The Hull game worse than American wrestling. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Rugby League is for northerners and people who beat their wives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 We met a country bumpkin guy in Barnsley supporting City and rugby league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 51 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: Rugby League is for northerners and people who beat their wives. I've never played Rugby league against my wife but she'd probably win . The little minx . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, kivsy said: if only we could get an england u21 game ! not interested in rugby All for anything that takes us back to the 1950s when we had games like this at Ashton Gate. Nothing new under the sun. There was life before BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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