I reckon Barrow could manage this with the right peopl in place.



We are having a cruise liner terminal built, so that any Welsh, Scots, Irish, French or Barca based fans can travel in style





We have an Airport if any fans fancy flying in

Pity you don't have a good enough set up for super league considering.

i wouldnt have thought barrow would be anywhere near obtaining a SL license imo,the current first team is ok, would possibly struggle as they are now.

as for claiming they would attract 6/7,000 crowds, well.........erm.....................................................

Mick, tell me the last time Barrow averaged over 4500 in a season?

Tell me same of Haven, then Town.

You're not allowed to make a legal challenge to franchise decisions.



Think that may well be because the RFL knew the decisions were gonna be opaque, bias and agenda driven.



Says it all really............

Apart from Cas in 2007, tell me the last time ANY team from below SL averaged above 4,500.

Quins have only broken the 4,000 average twice in the last 10 years in SL!!! Also Salford in their last 9 seasons in SL have only averaged above 4,500 twice.



Regarding Craven Park (again), I posted earlier that 3 things would definitely have to be sorted before SL could be contemplated.

1. Toilets

2. Floodlights

3. Refreshment outlets



Yes, a few hundred grand would have to be spent, but nothing that would threaten the future financial stability of the club. Other improvements would be financed on the back of 3 GUARANTEED years in SL. Special dispensation should be given to clubs who are looking to enter SL for the first time and haven't been in the privelidged position of raking in millions of SKY cash for several/umpteen years. Craven Park actually had a new Grandstand installed 10 years ago, yet the likes of Saints, Cas etc haven't made any noticeable improvements in that time. That is a bigger scandal and should be looked upon in a far worse light than those clubs who haven't had a pot to p1ss in for decades.

I find it galling that a Huddersfield fan is giving out advice and opinions on crowds. For decades, Huddersfield Barracudas were knocking around in the gutter and were one of the perennial whipping boys of the sport on crowds far lower that Barrow's current average. Then came the Sky cash and voila. Huddersfield's history is actually proof that a SL team in Barrow would work.

typical. another thread supposed to be about rugby has turned into a shiny toilet and crowd debate

Side note, having some legal expertise at my disposal. To the people who keep banging on about the RFL's little scheme of making clubs sign up to a 'no legal action' statement. In this country, it is not possible to sign away your right to bring in the law where you have had a crime committed against you. To that end, all that would be needed would be a solicitor diligent enough to find written evidence of non-successful license chasing clubs being led by the RFL to believe they were entitled to SL status upon achieving certain goals. A technicality, IMO, that it would be possible to exploit with good quality lawyers poring over all the documentation handed out to the aspiring SL clubs. For example, it is not currently legally possible to sign away your right to legal action against someone or some organisation who fraudulently denies you what has been paid for in good faith. And believe me, clubs have paid a LOT for the goal of SL rugby.



Im not sure any club would choose to pursue it, or could afford it, but it is certainly NOT beyond the bounds of possibility.



Back OT, the Barrow side would need a hell of a lot of additions, just like all current Championship sides. I could probably think of only 2 Barrow players that would be starters in SL for a team with hopes of being anywhere but last.

saints havent made any ground improvements beacause of the new stadium.granted it has taken a long time in coming,but it has been in the process for the last 12 years.various cock ups with the old board and time taken with planning applications and funding haven't helped.but the wheels are now in motion.we haven't had the luxury of being able to share with a football club,but at least when the ground is built it will be OURS.there was never any point in building new stands when we were not going to be staying there.

Anybody not reading the thread from the beginning could be forgiven for asking which Craven Park are we talking about.

You can add new turnstiles to the list. You can burn 500 calories off pushing them to go through.