Last nights 'Boots n all' : Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:34 pm  

Did anyone see 'boots n all' last night? If you didn't they ran a 10 minute section all about Catalan celebrating it's 100,000th visiting fan during the recent Warrington game. As part of this they spoke briefly with 3 or 4 Warrington fans about how much money they had spent that day, in regards to their match ticket beer and food etc. The typical response was €100, €120 or one guy said €200. This is of course on top of their flights and hotels etc. So we could easily be looking at €300 to €400 per person to make the visit!!!!

Putting this together with them celebrating their 100,000th visitor it adds up to a whopping €30M to €40M Euros (GBP £25,000,000 to £35,000,000) of the Rugby league communities money being spent out there. So then Barry Mac (who I normally like) goes on to say 'what a wonderful greating the fans always get in the shops and bars in Perpignan, they have their shirts on behind the bars etc etc......' I bet they do, when we are pumping so much money into their local economy.

Bringing me on to my next point!! How many other better uses there are for the rugby league communities money. We all go on and on about supporting the youth coming through, better supporting British talent, local amateur teams with no funding, facilities for our national teams etc etc. Of course not forgetting good causes like the RL Benevolent fund, Steve Prescott Foundation, Adam Watene fund, etc etc.

In my humble opinion there are so many better uses of our hard earned money without taking this money out of our economy and out of the heartland RL community. Many such good uses as given above!

The next time we have an away game away from the M62 corridoor, think of the best way to use your money in support of the true RL community, our RL values and the future of the club you love.

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:59 pm  

Top post buddy. Never been to Catalan due to the shier expenses side to just 1 game.

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:05 pm  

the_grobs wrote:

Did anyone see 'boots n all' last night? If you didn't they ran a 10 minute section all about Catalan celebrating it's 100,000th visiting fan during the recent Warrington game. As part of this they spoke briefly with 3 or 4 Warrington fans about how much money they had spent that day, in regards to their match ticket beer and food etc. The typical response was €100, €120 or one guy said €200. This is of course on top of their flights and hotels etc. So we could easily be looking at €300 to €400 per person to make the visit!!!!

Putting this together with them celebrating their 100,000th visitor it adds up to a whopping €30M to €40M Euros (GBP £25,000,000 to £35,000,000) of the Rugby league communities money being spent out there. So then Barry Mac (who I normally like) goes on to say 'what a wonderful greating the fans always get in the shops and bars in Perpignan, they have their shirts on behind the bars etc etc......' I bet they do, when we are pumping so much money into their local economy.

Bringing me on to my next point!! How many other better uses there are for the rugby league communities money. We all go on and on about supporting the youth coming through, better supporting British talent, local amateur teams with no funding, facilities for our national teams etc etc. Of course not forgetting good causes like the RL Benevolent fund, Steve Prescott Foundation, Adam Watene fund, etc etc.

In my humble opinion there are so many better uses of our hard earned money without taking this money out of our economy and out of the heartland RL community. Many such good uses as given above!

The next time we have an away game away from the M62 corridoor, think of the best way to use your money in support of the true RL community, our RL values and the future of the club you love.

100,000 British rugby fans helping the french economy when our own economy is on it's ar5e. How many French fans have come over here to watch the Catalan team

Sorry but having a French team in this competition does nothing for me

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:26 am  

Disney cat wrote:

:CLAP:


100,000 British rugby fans helping the french economy when our own economy is on it's ar5e. How many French fans have come over here to watch the Catalan team

Sorry but having a French team in this competition does nothing for me

You won't need to worry about it from 2012

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:50 am  

the_grobs wrote:

Did anyone see 'boots n all' last night? If you didn't they ran a 10 minute section all about Catalan celebrating it's 100,000th visiting fan during the recent Warrington game. As part of this they spoke briefly with 3 or 4 Warrington fans about how much money they had spent that day, in regards to their match ticket beer and food etc. The typical response was €100, €120 or one guy said €200. This is of course on top of their flights and hotels etc. So we could easily be looking at €300 to €400 per person to make the visit!!!!

Putting this together with them celebrating their 100,000th visitor it adds up to a whopping €30M to €40M Euros (GBP £25,000,000 to £35,000,000) of the Rugby league communities money being spent out there. So then Barry Mac (who I normally like) goes on to say 'what a wonderful greating the fans always get in the shops and bars in Perpignan, they have their shirts on behind the bars etc etc......' I bet they do, when we are pumping so much money into their local economy.

Bringing me on to my next point!! How many other better uses there are for the rugby league communities money. We all go on and on about supporting the youth coming through, better supporting British talent, local amateur teams with no funding, facilities for our national teams etc etc. Of course not forgetting good causes like the RL Benevolent fund, Steve Prescott Foundation, Adam Watene fund, etc etc.

In my humble opinion there are so many better uses of our hard earned money without taking this money out of our economy and out of the heartland RL community. Many such good uses as given above!

The next time we have an away game away from the M62 corridoor, think of the best way to use your money in support of the true RL community, our RL values and the future of the club you love.

What a strange post. If the Steve Prescot Foundation or the Cas youth team agrees to take me to France I will part with £200, until then I would rather spend it on going to France.

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:51 am  

Disney cat wrote:

:CLAP:


100,000 British rugby fans helping the french economy when our own economy is on it's ar5e. How many French fans have come over here to watch the Catalan team

Sorry but having a French team in this competition does nothing for me

Its called going on holiday FFS. What about all th people who go to Spain, Egypt, Greeece etc. Should they stay at home and put money into our economy. What a stupid thread this is.

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:20 am  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

Its called going on holiday FFS. What about all th people who go to Spain, Egypt, Greeece etc. Should they stay at home and put money into our economy. What a stupid thread this is.

Some fans go Friday,watch game Saturday and come back Sunday. I don't know about you but I don't call that a HOLIDAY.
But maybe you do

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:26 am  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

Disney cat wrote:

:CLAP:


100,000 British rugby fans helping the french economy when our own economy is on it's ar5e. How many French fans have come over here to watch the Catalan team

Sorry but having a French team in this competition does nothing for me

Its called going on holiday FFS. What about all th people who go to Spain, Egypt, Greeece etc. Should they stay at home and put money into our economy. What a stupid thread this is.

You've missed the point by a country mile!!!

The sport that we love is based around a competitive match being played in front of home and visiting fans. If supporters love the game half as much as they claim, then they will travel to support their team on away games. But at what point does it become too expensive? or not the best use of their money in truly supporting the game they claim to love, or indeed supporting their club?

Amongst the many other impracticalities of having an overseas team in the league, most of us can decide when and where we want to go on holiday without the RFL deciding that for us? Or maybe some can't!!!

If you're not too bright in life then let the RFL decide where you spend your money on holiday......in the meantime I'll put some money into the grass roots, and core values of our sport, so that you've got something to watch and say how deeply involved you are when your on holiday.

[tb]

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:30 am  

I call a weekend break a holiday yes.


And as for the basis of this thread: rugby league fans spend money in bars in rugby league heartland wow!

Ad just for the sake of the obviously bigoted and thick OP - Perpignan is part of "the true RL community, our RL values" (unlike, say, …) – and when I spend an overnight at a game, whether I put money into a chain hotel in Leeds or Perpignan makes no difference to the "the future of the club I love".

Re: Last nights 'Boots n all' : Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:32 am  

MrPhilb wrote:

You won't need to worry about it from 2012

My thoughts are a bit broader and wider, and are in regards to the game as a whole. The next generation of British players coming through etc.