Week 18

It’s a swindle….

Leeds used to claim thousands of attendees- most were free tickets to schools….so they were artificially inflating the crowds probably to promote sponsorship deals or some such (p.s. my view only)

Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!

gerg_861 wrote:

I thought Ealing played extremely well yesterday, especially considering their injury list being a mile long.

Clubs tend to be overly secretive on player injuries but I for one hope to see Smid & Tizzano back for the run in which is building nicely to hopefully a decider at St Peter in late April sunshine with both teams having fully fit squads to select from. I'll be there anyway but it will surely be streamed so other clubs can follow it.

Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.

Notts bp try- Sam Hollingsworth.

Notts 26 Blues 17

Exciting one, this - clock 'in the red', apparently...

It very much was a good game. Notts were camped on the Bedford line right to the last second.

maire23 wrote:

It very much was a good game. Notts were camped on the Bedford line right to the last second.

. Er were we watching the same match? On balance Nottingham took their chances and Bedford missed theirs, including a massive error by the Blues full back which Notts ran in easily. I don’t remember seeing either side camped in the opposition half. ‘Utterly outclassed’? No just beaten by a more committed side on the day. Well done Nottingham.

Does anyone have the attendance figure for yesterday's game please?

Our City,
Our Club

Kimbo wrote:

Does anyone have the attendance figure for yesterday's game please?

Anyone going to give Kimbo the attendance? I'd like to know, too

See if Caldy had the biggest crowd in the league

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

From official EliteHub site: att at The Bay = 1,048

seagoon wrote:

We haven't had The Rugby Paper, today It must have missed the train up to the NW LOL

Big Eddie's match report might have been a bit understated due to him having consumed more than his fair share of alcohol at the pre-match lunch Big smile

The Ravers gave their all (as usual) McQuins had so much pace in the backs

'The Bank' was very pleased when Louis Lynah was replaced off the bench , after around 60 mins

I have to wonder whether the RFU will decide on how many (if any) clubs are going to be relegated, before the final round of matches Confused

Seagoon,

I think you have confused two distinct personnas. My name is Eddie and the chap who writes the tosh in The Rugby Paper is called John. Couldn't be clearer.

I did talk to John's wife who informed me that she went into his office at about 7.30 pm on Saturday evening and saw him slumped over his laptop for all purposes dead to the world. It must have been a frightning sight apparently made worse by the significant number of peanuts coated in a disgusting frothing and bubbling residue which caked most of his unkempt stubble.

The good lady told me she thought it unlikely that any sensible report on the game could have been written by the Huckleberryly Pear who for most of the afternoon had been all over the Paton Field Stadium like a mad woman's p**s.

Having now read the report in The Rugby Paper I thought the chap must have held it together slighly better than he had any right to.

''The future isn't what it used to be''