So has anyone been down there and seen what it's like on a match day

Hypocritical nonsense. You have a go at Gutterfax for disrespecting people who still go, but are happy to do so yourself if anyone dares to criticise the club. You have a go at people who travel much further for home games than most northern fans go for away games. You still haven't explained your spurious comparison to Leeds fans, which I can only conclude was used just to slag off fans that don't sheepishly crawl in support to every decision made by the club.



I have never complained about doing a four hour round trip to games. I have been doing it for the last 28 years because I have wanted to watch rugby league and wanted to watch the club I support. However, I have to ask whether the club I support actually wants me there.



The club knows that transport links are significantly worse for Trailfinders on a Sunday than a Saturday and yet have chosen the former matchday. I cannot be the only person who will now be spending five hours plus getting there instead of four hours if games were on Saturday. In fact I suspect the vast majority of fans will have a longer journey on a Sunday. It may not matter to you but I suspect that does make a difference for many. While the bull comes out that they want to make it a club again, the disrespect shown towards supporters time and time again shows they couldn't care less.



At a time when they have haemorrhaged crowds to sub Chiswick levels one would have thought not finding new and original ways to hack off those few remaining supporters would be sensible. Still no doubt you will find ways of criticising this as being unduly negative. Given the way crowds have fallen I wonder if a sub 100 crowd is on the horizon and if you will still find a way to support the powers that be at that time.

I also want to see live rugby league competitions in London but unfortunatley for the last 6 years that has not happened. And while I struggle with extra expense and difficult 4 hour round trips I will try and understand and have sympathy for the club owner who is responsible for the demise of the club sitting in his 2015 aston martin to make the journey. That will ease my travel plans no end and it will be gratifying to know that some one is comfortable in the club and happy with the journey

Perhaps said Aston Martin could detour every home game & pick a fan up as a courtesy?



By the end of the 3 year Trailfinders lease it should have got round to everybody still watching.



Maybe even before then.

As you sit on the bus, bemoaning David Hughes traveling to the game in his 2015 Aston Martin. Do so in the comfort of knowing that, whatever it has cost you to attend, it has cost David Hughes personally £ 30 000 to watch the same game that you will see.

Im sure somebody will put me right here if I am wrong but iirc were we not paying less per game when we last played at a proper Rugby Stadium, ie,The Stoop. Its a pity Gutters isnt around to confirm one way or the other.

Seeing as the club is run solely for his benefit I'd say he's getting off fairly lightly.

The costs at the ground may be less, but we get a lot less Sky money now.

S Essex, am a bit confused as to why you have gone off on one, I have not slagged anyone off in fact quite the opposite, I fully understand the issues that people face getting to games, and yr talking to someone who as a season ticket holder travelled around 120 miles each way to games. And having spoken to other folk here that come from medway etc yep I realise costs rack up pretty quick.

My Leeds comment, was merely pointing out that in London we have pretty good transport links when you compare to other cities. Not denying that the majority of Leeds fans or Wigan or wire or hull don't have the distance to travel, but a lot of them do have to resort to bus car etc to get to games because that's the only way.

Take the club to Charlton, people complain about transport links, take the club to Twickenham look at amount of complaints about that, same for Barnet.

There are lots of options for all of us, the club is never going to be able to please everyone is it?

We are where we are because that's what the club have had to do, not applauding em for it, not heaping praise on em, never have, i the choice we have is to go watch or not, the fact using public transport for me has never really been an option has never stopped me coming, yep that's my choice.



The club ain't trying to alianate fans it's a club that's doing what it has to do to keep going.



Cowgirl good job dh is running the club for his benefit then coz no one else is gonna do it are they?





Back to original q

Has anyone been to an ealing game, see how they run a match day

A few of us plan to go to a game before Christmas. Yet to sort out a game we can all attend.

You have just motivated me to sort it out. Now going to the Yorkshire Carnegie game on 2nd January. £15.00 tickets bought and paid for.

look forward to hearing about the experience!

Has Sir Kev started playing for YC yet?

Places like Leeds, Wigan Bradford and Lond have good transport facilities but a lot of the LB fans travel from the home counties where public transport is non existant.

Maybe it would be best if he pulled the plug?



It's getting to the stage where the club is a thoroughly flogged dead horse that is only serving to hold Skolars back.

Sir Kev is the reason we chose that game.

As for Ealing I've already given a report.



To summarise crap journey, no turnstiles, one bog & a banqueting suite.



The pitch looks good though.



Small acorns & all that ...

Cor we got there in the end, which game did you go to? How do ealing manage the gate, pretty sure they don't let folk in for free

What was the crowd

Itsmeagain, you never tried getting from some of the villages round the edges of Leeds/bradford etc on the bus have you mate?

I get the point that public transport is not brilliant getting out of the home counties but its the same if yr going to the stoop Barnet or ealing so it's not actually the destination that's the problem there, don't see how you can blame the club for that! Struggling to see how broncos can take the blame for poor home counties transport infastructure.

Be interesting to hear what folk say after going to a watch a game there though.

There's a bloke with a trestle table.



Just like at a County Cricket outground.





God knows what they'd do to ensure payment if a bunch of herberts like Salford rocked up.



Cross that bridge when/if they come to it I suppose.

That's entirely what they are doing though. In your desperation to defend them and portray anyone complaining about the journey as a whinger you have forgotten or decided to ignore one thing. The club has decided to play on a Sunday despite knowing that local transport links are much worse that day. Forgetting what the journeys from the home counties may be like (generally slower and more prone to disruption on a Sunday) just the final part of the journey is likely to add an hour to the time taken on a Saturday in a round trip. When the club has decimated its own support, this seems utterly self defeating to me. Still I am sure you can find another spurious comparison to belittle those put out. How about travelling London fans whine more than Cas fans who can walk to Wheldon Road.

Well, here's one fan who is happy they are playing on a Sunday.

Was it the game against Bristol that you went to? I'd have thought they'd have a fair amount of travelling support, some of them a bit boisterous. Though nothing like Salford.

Taff, people whinged when we played on Sat, people whinged when we play Sunday. At least we know which day it's going to be, and for those that drive Sunday traffic likely to be lighter.

Not sure why you have decided it's desperation to defend the club, it is what it is, if you want to come as I say then there is the train, bus, bike skate board loads of ways getting around, if you continually want to find reasons not to come fine, it's you thats going to miss out on watching rugby league in London.

Personally Sunday suits me, means I get to be involved in the amateur game on a sat. So I get to take part and watch. Sure that was one of the arguments against playing on Saturdays so sunday means those that play the game can play on sat and on sun support.

As for me defending ir not defending the club, merely saying it is what it is, we can't change it so might as well accept it and find the best way to make it work for you

In answer to BroncOnion it was the Bristol game I went to.



Their fans were boisterous but good natured.



Unlike Salford who only manage to be boisterous.