Well, they should be off to a flying start with all the development work that's been done in the area.

So if no one wanted to watch Celtic Crusaders why would anyone want to watch an even worse team?

What the hell is wrong with these people

Not to mention the apparent improvements being made to the Brewery Field.

I'd say the latter.

If they are playing out of Brewery Field then the parting wasn't exactly all sweetness and roses.

Definitely a go it alone club.

Well idiots STILL go watch Cronulla

Barry it pains me to say it but this is the first time I have ever actually agreed with a post you have made

Its true isn't it.

Its like opening a Christian bookshop in the middle of Tehran.

It will never catch on.

We're not talking SL here. I would think that a fair number of Crusaders fans would prefer to support a local team, if the Crusaders do move up North.

There's a ready made fan base, development work been carried out in the area for some years and the club will not have financed any of that. I would think that some of the Crusaders reserves/18s squad would sign up. That's a pretty strong start to me.

Trouble is......there isn't really a ready made fan base.

If they didnt turn up for a Superleague team why would they bother with an amateur (or should I say ANOTHER amateur) RL club?

Unless you filled it with Islamic books? Let's say a quota of 500 Islamic books per shop. There would have to be a Qur’an Cap though.

Thing is though Barry that those that did turn up , if they decided to stay at home instead of travelling north would go a long way to financing a Championship club numbers wise

I think this new team could easily get crowds between 1 - 2000, which is sustainable for a div 2 / 1 side surely.

I like the names Glamorgan Celtic. Or if its owned by BFL why not a tie in ala harlequins so maybe Bridgend Ravens / celtic or Glamorgan RAvens.?

I like the sound of this more and more.

Remember with LS not involved more people will come and watch.!

Salman Rushdie could open it

The store could be called Water-stoned- to - death

Leighton Samuels is not a rich man and will never be involved in rugby league again.

Point taken.

NEW SOUTH WALES

Why should leighton samiels involvement impact the attendance? Was this the case before?

This is good news.

I hope this time they are allowed to develop at their own pace and grow organically and the same mistakes aren't made again. If they're a good enough club then they'll get to SL eventually. Lets develop South Wales naturally instead of artificially this time.

Though you can guarantee that if they have a half decent start in CC1 then some people will be starting threads about how they must be put into SL in 2012

err....at the risk of stating obvious.........didn't Bridgend have one of these and then didn't want it anymore and wanted to be Superleague? They didn't win anything as I recall.

if there's one thing u can guarantee in rugby, there's always a leak to the press.


let hope that the people interested are that couple who won the euro millions

Thank Christ for that!

History. Ancient History mate. Lets just say he and his ways are not best liked down here. The Crusaders are the 4th club (2 Union & 1 soccer before) that he has owned/invested in. One just survived and is still struggling, one is no more, one fell down the leagues and has not recovered and the jury is still out on the Crusaders.

What he said. Success can only be defined as such when it is achieved on a level playing field, and I sincerely hope that this new club gets off the ground and continues the good work in the communities of the Bridgend area that the Crusaders appeared to be undertaking.

3,500 turned up on average for the SL team. Even half that would be a decent crowd in the championship. As long as they're realistic about paying players, there's no reason they can't establish themselves.