: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:38 pm  

poorlytoe wrote:

Fairly certain that you'll find that pro RL was for 100 years a Sunday 3pm sport until Sky's money came along.

No, only for about 40-50 years. Professional sports on Sundays were not legal until sometime in the 1960-s. When RL first switched to Sundays, to avoid clashes with soccer, it was initially illegal to charge for admission. The get-around was to allow entry only to those who bought a programme first.

And there were floodlit mid-week evening games.

seating : Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:51 pm  

poorlytoe wrote:

Also, imo, soccer fans have far more in common with RL fans than with RU fans. So whatever you say, Quins RU are not fishing in the soccer pond. We should fish in every pond avaialable to us and I would welcome soccer fans with open arms, particularly those looking for a summer sport outlet (and those that are family oriented)

Spot on. This is how the 'of Erith' clan got into RL .Now its at the point where RL takes precedence to football. Must be lots of other football fans looking for an exciting, cheap and family friendly sport in the capital during the summer. Who knows, some of them might even be fully converted in the way us lot were. Football season's nearly over so surely its time to start some new promotions to get folks in? We've waited 3 seasons now and apart from a very few the RU fans seem to be either indifferent or hostile to the presence of RL at the Stoop.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:57 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

No, only for about 40-50 years. Professional sports on Sundays were not legal until sometime in the 1960-s. When RL first switched to Sundays, to avoid clashes with soccer, it was initially illegal to charge for admission. The get-around was to allow entry only to those who bought a programme first.

And there were floodlit mid-week evening games.

cheers for the accuracy BO, but I'd still say that 50 years of practically every team playing on a Sunday up until 1995 (and most teams preference for it now) makes that tradition.

Re: seating : Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:02 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

Spot on. This is how the 'of Erith' clan got into RL .Now its at the point where RL takes precedence to football. Must be lots of other football fans looking for an exciting, cheap and family friendly sport in the capital during the summer. Who knows, some of them might even be fully converted in the way us lot were. Football season's nearly over so surely its time to start some new promotions to get folks in? We've waited 3 seasons now and apart from a very few the RU fans seem to be either indifferent or hostile to the presence of RL at the Stoop.

Somehow offering the QPR, Fulham, Chelsea, Reading etc fanbases an offer on the rest of the season once football ends would be a good place to start - the soccer clubs would be seen to be getting their season ticket holders a deal/favour....the only problem I foresee is the soccer clubs fearing losing their fans to us? But if Quins can come up with a good enough reason and a contra deal.....

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:15 pm  

poorlytoe wrote:

...50 years...

Which school did you go to where 1967 to 1995 is a gap of 50 years?

Michael.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:23 pm  

mav wrote:

Which school did you go to where 1967 to 1995 is a gap of 50 years?

Michael.

Tiresomely pedantic mate - BO wrote this {BroncOnIon wrote: No, only for about 40-50 years} so I am taking his words at face value. What does it matter - whether it's 30 odd from 1967 to SL or 40 odd to today (when Sunday is still more prevalent) it's a long time and most people supporting the game now (other than Quins/Broncos/Fulham fans) grew up watching on Sundays. So that is our tradition. Not Saturday as WQ suggests.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:14 pm  

Even Religion got it's house in order

Muslims on Friday
Jews on Saturday
Christians on Sunday

Seeing as Sky own (almost all) British Sport surely it's them we should be badgering
7 fixtures a week
1 Friday night ( a random team not just St Helens)
6 Sunday games

And make football with their 10 fixtures
9 on Saturday afternoon
1 on Monday night

Union
Who cares make it
Saturday night (it belongs to the beeb anyway)

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:10 pm  

Great point made by Stevo tonight after the game in saying how important the kids playing RL in the London area are because its their parents that will come and wathc the game

He clearly forgot that the kids play on the same day as Quins so can't

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:04 pm  

YED79 wrote:

Even Religion got it's house in order

Muslims on Friday
Jews on Saturday
Christians on Sunday

There are still clashes though - I used to work for an Israeli bank and all the Jews used to bugger off early on a Friday to be home before dusk, leaving mugs like me to hold the fort!

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:09 am  

He clearly forgot that the kids play on the same day as Quins so can't

He didn't forget anything. What he knew, as does anyone connected with the "local" game, is that kids play at 10, 11 and 12(under 12's, 14 and 16's) thus offering them and there fathers the opportunity to go to the Stoop for 3.

Its the open age games that clash