Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 4:28 pm  

Being played at Ebbsfleet United’s ground ....in south EAST London.
Apparently we will be playing an annual game in Kent. Not sure that will get past first contact or how we fetched upon South East London. Not sure what the cross over is of people going from SE to SW my guess low. For me an hour’s drive and pay the toll I believe. Hmm...maybe not. On the plus side that now means our first home game is Fev. Hope for a big attendance push so loads of new prospective fans can see us get an absolute towelling in our shiny stadium.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 5:10 pm  

They are taking the loving mickey now.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:19 pm  

Bit of a stretch to call it South East London but being close to Gravesend, has a sense of humour about it.

You might think if we are playing in Kent then Medway would make more sense.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:35 pm  

To paraphrase Hughes

"We could play in a 2nd or 3rd division Rugby ground, but where's the future in that"

6th tier soccer grounds are OK then.

Spiralling down the plughole with every turn of the page....

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:39 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Bit of a stretch to call it South East London but being close to Gravesend, has a sense of humour about it.

You might think if we are playing in Kent then Medway would make more sense.

Am I missing something or is a really, really random choice.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:46 pm  

I never thought I would see the day when there was a parody rugby league club.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:46 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

They are taking the loving mickey now.

Yup. It’s the drive to get buy in from Kent I don’t quite get. Is Wimbledon’s nearest home county not Surrey? If Wimbledon is to be our new long term home then getting buy in from somewhere where people might travel to go to games would make more sense.
Ebbsfleet and Wimbledon don’t seem to be an obvious fit. I like to think we got a good deal. If not.........bonkers!

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:47 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

I never thought I would see the day when there was a parody rugby league club.

Did anyone else get the email? If not it’s perfectly reasonable to assume it was some kind of spoof email designed to lift the mood in these difficult times.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:52 pm  

BigTime wrote:

Yup. It’s the drive to get buy in from Kent I don’t quite get. Is Wimbledon’s nearest home county not Surrey? If Wimbledon is to be our new long term home then getting buy in from somewhere where people might travel to go to games would make more sense.
Ebbsfleet and Wimbledon don’t seem to be an obvious fit. I like to think we got a good deal. If not.........bonkers!

This will be the 4th venue Hughes is paying for this season. The one we can only use for 1st team matches for part of the season, the training ground we can only use when the landlords have finished with it for the evening, the one we are using for the youth to be close to the Academy head who then quit and now the one in Kent.

Re: Sheffield Home game : Mon May 16, 2022 6:59 pm  

An ex Broncos fan I know was told by an Ebbsfleet official that this was on the cards at Steve Mascord's birthday bash. He told me at Army RL Challenge Cup 2nd Round day so it's been in the pipelines a long time.

One of the Ebbsfleet officials used to be employed by an NRL club, which is why they were so keen to host the match.