the raiders bar inside the ground will probably be showing the game

shame that I'm on a short break up silloth, would of come to the match as we had a great time last year in barrow,

they will put a decent day up for you, cheap beer and tasty pies

Makes you wonder why Cumbria hasn't been dedicated as a growth area for the RL doesn't it ?

The money wasted on areas such as Paris in the past, for expansionism, shows up the RFL 'mandarins'.

But Workington was in Super League at the same time.

Hopefully this will show The RFL Cumbria deserves a SL Franchise.

Is there any particular area of the ground we are all going to head to or is it going to be a case of get inside then see what's what?

For me its Weatherspoons then follow the Cherry and White Army

been some good players produced in cumbria........huddart, southworth, hartley, purdham, edgar, archer, stan owen (i think)...so the talents there as well

Mossop is also from Cumbria

Over 6,000 tickets sold now, so should be capacity (6,200-ish) by Sunday.

Everyone who wanted a ticket has got one, so the capacity of the ground wasn't been an issued in the end. With the fans being almost on top of the pitch, and with lots of cover, it should make for an amazing noise and atmoosphere - a real bear pit.

All the Barrow fans are being encouraged to wear Blue and White, so it should be a colourful occasion as well.

Enjoy your day in God's country, enjoy the banter, enjoy the match and spread the word that Rugby League is alive and very well in one of the sport's forgotten heartlands.

Excellent.

Can't wait.

Gods country ?

That will be Lancashire won't it ? So we won't have left.

Barrow used to be Lancashire IIRC.

what about "the arrow from barrow"?

What about your own Ade Gardner he is from up that way

He is the "arrow"

who?

do you mean mat gardner? or jon paul gardner?

Saint Simon I assume Ade is the 'Arrow'. Don't forget Les Quirk too.

The above named in the original post all hail from Whitehaven & Workington there are many more great Cumbrian names (or Lancashire as they were at the time) that come from Barrow to add to that list (and a few who played for Wigan too).

Wasn't Craig Murdoch from up that way?

No, he's from Hull.

The main problem trying to form a cubrian side is the rivalry is massive, its like asking saints and wigan to merge, its not going to happen. Barrow have a good backer at the moment, and both barrow and whitehaven are performing on the pitch. If one did make it into superleague, as i think they should, they would have a good catchment area of talent to pick from.

Humberside, Cumberside, there's no real difference

They're both a pain to get to

I think you will find Craig Murdock is from the Kells Club which plays in the Cumbria league

Hull?
Are you sure? He went to Hull after Wigan. I was talking to him in a bar in Benelmadena a few years ago and was surprised when he said he was a Wigan fan because he enjoyed it so much at Wigan. He married a Hull girl.

Sure he had Workington connections. Can't remember whether that was pre-signing for us or after.