Northern Rail Cup Madness : Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:10 pm
Just noticed that the Northern Rail Cup Semi between Barrow and Featherstone has been chosen for the Thursday night game on 18/06 and the other Semi is at the weekend.
So faced with a choice between getting part timers to do a days work and then travel 4 hours on a coach from Featherstone to Cumbria or getting full time proffesionals to travel from Widnes 1.5 hours along the M62 to Halifax they've gone with the former.
This immediately puts Featherstone at a disadvantage and also reduces the prospective gate at Barrow for the match.
I have no ties to any of the clubs involved but would think the best thing for the competition, the clubs and sky would be to have as level a playing field as possible with the best crowd attendance/atmosphere for the TV match.