It'll be interesting to see how Leeds Uniteds promotion affects the Rhinos. In the current economic climate money will be tight in many households, and the cost of supporting the two sides may not be economically viable.
It'll be interesting to see how Leeds Uniteds promotion affects the Rhinos. In the current economic climate money will be tight in many households, and the cost of supporting the two sides may not be economically viable.
Leeds United will sell out every game next season so I doubt it matter. I don't really care one way or the other to be honest.
LUFC have a big and fairly nasty following from Wakey and some of the other outlying towns. Don't forget Leeds was a Rugby League City. Hunslet were a huge club but badly run. Leeds RL was well run but not that succesful. LUFC didn't really figure until the early sixties.
I don't think it will affect Leeds RL or The Cricket. Those who support both when it suits will have the cash to do so.
I know one of our mob feels that way! He's from Leeds and a LUFC fan, but was taken to the rugby in his younger days by his late father. He was so disgusted at the Leeds RL fans dis'ing the football team, that he vowed to support the team that they were playing that day. Saints. The rest is history!
Well Wakefield have sorted there pay cuts out, and only 33 season ticket holders have requested a refund, however they only have 2200 season ticket holders. No wonder they are want a reduction in the salary cap. Meanwhile Saints and Wigan lose all their Home grown top talent to the NRL.
Time to cut off the dead weight, but it will never happen, we will be dragged down to a semi pro level As long as Wakefeild and Cas are allowed to just survive by playing in 19th century facilities.
I remember the 1988 JPS Trophy final at the piedump. Rumour went round the ground that as LUFC didn't have a game that day, loads of their fans had tagged along and were looking for a fight.
Back then, fans were allowed to run on the pitch at the end of the game and loads of mainly Saints kids/teenagers ran on the pitch - including me and my mates. The trophy was presented in the Douglas (?) stand, with loads of Saints fans on the pitch below cheering, singing, clapping. Cooper had just hoisted the trophy when a panic ran through the Saints fans, and some started running away from what had been the Leeds end (kop end). I looked that way, and charging towards the Saints fans was a mass of Leeds/LUFC fans, and it seemed to me a lot were carrying sticks or flag poles.
Just before turning to leg it myself, I saw a lone Saints fan, stood between the two sets, facing the charging Leeds thugs. He had his arms aloft, beckoning on the attack and shouting 'Come on, then!'. With his skinhead, huge DM's and green coat, it was the unmistakable figure of local Windle nutcase and infamous 'gluey', Tony 'Moggis' Morris.
Not got a clue what happened to him. I think a few Saints fans - mostly kids - got beatings from the oh-so-hard Leeds tw*ts.
Never used to mind LUFC, though. Mostly from a 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' and they hate Man U more than we Redmen do. But when that slimey Tory slug Ken Bates took control there, and then their fans became all whiney and entitled with all that 'we're a big club' crap, then I started to go off them. No doubt when they play us, their working class fans will, without any sense of irony or self awareness, again mock Liverpool for being victims of The Thatcher's vindictive policies.
I don't think it is. If you look on the Leeds RL fans site, you will see that they have over 130 pages dedicated to Leeds United.
https://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic....7853#p19067853
I knew a fair few Leeds RL fans at uni who were also LUFC fans, and I’ve also been on trains filled with Leeds RL fans coming into Manchester on Grand Final days on a couple of occasions (not against us) and listened to their vitriol against the city, which you just wouldn’t have without the football element. Manchester and Leeds aren’t close enough (in the way that Liverpool and Manchester are or Leeds and Bradford are) to have a strong dislike of the other without football framing it IMO. A rivalry, yes. A Lancashire-Yorkshire thing, yes, but not a vitriolic hatred of the other city. That’s a football thing, and a lot of Leeds RL fans have it because they also support LUFC. I don’t think it’s particularly surprising that the two sets of fans cross over really.
[QUOTE=Rogues Gallery;794410]I don't think it is. If you look on the Leeds RL fans site, you will see that they have over 130 pages dedicated to Leeds United.
God, Rogues your knowledge of websites is unsurpassed, didn't you discuss one called Punternet on here a while Back? 130 pages, that is like one of your spreadsheets on accademy players.
Just read on Sky sports that the EFL salary cap for leagues one and two, are considered by the PFA to be unlawful and unenforceable. It will be interesting to see how that develops and if there is any knock on effect to RL
The Clarke scum at the forefront of killing the game.
In football it's the 'super agents' - arseholes like Raiola, Mendes, Joorabchian.
They manipulate moves of their players to pocket a cut of the fee
It was reported that Timo Werner's move to Chelsea resulted in Chelsea paying his agent €12m.
That is morally indefensible.
Football authorities should bring in rules where only players themselves are allowed to pay agents and club payments are banned totally.