Bradford Bulls to play St Helens on Saturday, Feburary 23 (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford Bulls to play St Helens on Saturday, Feburary 23
6:00pm Wednesday 30th January 2013 in Bulls
By Ross Heppenstall, Bradford Bulls Reporter
The Bulls have been refused permission to play their Super League home game against St Helens on the same night as the World Club Challenge.
The Bulls had wanted to switch the game from Sunday, February 24 to avoid a clash with Bradford City's appearance in the League Cup final at Wembley and felt they would draw a bigger crowd on the Friday.
The Rugby Football League turned down the club's application to go up against Leeds Rhinos' clash with Australian champions Melbourne Storm at Headingley and today they lost their appeal to the RFL's board of directors.
"The World Club Challenge has always been a stand-alone fixture," said an RFL spokesman.
"The board asked for more information from Bradford to support their appeal but nothing was forthcoming so they took a decision based on the information they already had."
Comments(21)
Wipsi
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7:29pm Wed 30 Jan 13
beowulf kicks ass
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7:32pm Wed 30 Jan 13
wembley bound wrote:cue the usual brain dead woodworm climbing on Bradford success stop talking drivel,grow up and get a life
Cue the so called fans saying it will cost club 100k
The rugby league help out yet again.
theviking62
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7:53pm Wed 30 Jan 13
So in the words of Beowulf, stop talking drivel, grow up, get a life.
If you search hard you'll find me on the City forum, under my original name.
theviking62
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7:58pm Wed 30 Jan 13
wembley bound
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9:53pm Wed 30 Jan 13
wembley bound
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9:58pm Wed 30 Jan 13
Or are you going on yet another fictitious holiday and be an armchair fan.
What a joke of a man / woman.
JAtkinson
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8:05am Thu 31 Jan 13
Personally, gutted. I'm away this weekend and will also be away that weekend, not getting back until late on Saturday. Will have to wait and wait for my Odsal fix!
Best of luck to City. Hope we can emulate you in the Challenge Cup.
theviking62
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9:11am Thu 31 Jan 13
wembley bound wrote:Yes, unlike you I'll be at both games. As to you, you're not going to either are you? Your the armchair, I now use this word loosely, fan. I don't do " fictitious " as I explained to you earlier, ipad, free WI FI, works wonders. I can insult you from anywhere in the world.
So you are going to watch bulls Saturday and super city Sunday are you viking ?
Or are you going on yet another fictitious holiday and be an armchair fan.
What a joke of a man / woman.
See you all, Saturday at Odsal and to those of you going to Wembley, see you Sunday. COYB. GO CITY.
City, have nothing to loose, so could quite a easily bring the Cup back to Bradford.
Thee Voice of Reason
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9:24am Thu 31 Jan 13
£100k was always a scaremongering figure and nowhere near what the club will get. They will be lucky for any game to get 5k paying on the door on top of season ticket sales.
theviking62
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9:54am Thu 31 Jan 13
wembley bound
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9:58am Thu 31 Jan 13
Come on try tell the truth for once. Barrel of laughs is viking posting on here while on holiday, how sad and lonely must someone be to do that ?Don't worry I will be your friend son.
Thee Voice of Reason
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10:04am Thu 31 Jan 13
theviking62 wrote:I support exiled City fans, was that you having ago at me on another sign on via the other thread. Seems strange both of you saying the same thing when I'm all for getting tickets to the exiles and have handed one of mine to someone who was a season ticket holder of many years before moving to London for work.
Got fed up with slagging off, landladies, expat supporters on City site. Decide to come over this side and have another go at the Bulls. What do I always say to you, when it's Bulls and money. Here you are.now get a life and go back to having a go at folk on City forum.
Your an idiot if you think the Bulls would lose £100k by playing the game on a Saturday, that would mean 5k paying adult supports wouldn't turn up. The Bulls don't even have that many pay on the day supporters in the first place.
wembley bound
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10:16am Thu 31 Jan 13
You should come with a public warning lad.
theviking62
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10:32am Thu 31 Jan 13
TVOR, firstly I'm no idiot, never once referring to any amounts of money, unlike you. To me wether they play Friday, Saturday, as it is, is immaterial to me. The £100k was mentioned by OK.On City site, I post under a different name on there, but I can assure you it wasn't me having ago at you. I agree season tkt holders at first, although, I do think three was too many. I took two, for the match.
Thee Voice of Reason
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10:42am Thu 31 Jan 13
theviking62 wrote:Refer to my post in the 8000 sold by 11am thread of yesterday where I state 3 per ticket was probably a demand from the FA or Football League so tickets could be tracked and if found on the black market be traced back to the buyer.
My dear friend, not, I was referring to TVOR, re landlady. FAKE. Not you. So You're WRONG again. Try reading first before putting gob into gear. TVOR, firstly I'm no idiot, never once referring to any amounts of money, unlike you. To me wether they play Friday, Saturday, as it is, is immaterial to me. The £100k was mentioned by OK.On City site, I post under a different name on there, but I can assure you it wasn't me having ago at you. I agree season tkt holders at first, although, I do think three was too many. I took two, for the match.
This couldn't happen if tickets were simply sold enmass on general sale. 5k to 7k of tickets on general sale is easier to manage than 14k to 16k that would be on general sale if season ticket holders were only allowed 2 each.
One other point, we will get about 10k for the home match next week against Gillingham, so where are all these 20k who deserve tickets then?
col 64
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10:42am Thu 31 Jan 13
wembley bound
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10:42am Thu 31 Jan 13
bullybullman
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10:43am Thu 31 Jan 13
bullybullman
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10:44am Thu 31 Jan 13
Thee Voice of Reason wrote:Good point ! away support brings in the hard cash.
theviking62 wrote:I support exiled City fans, was that you having ago at me on another sign on via the other thread. Seems strange both of you saying the same thing when I'm all for getting tickets to the exiles and have handed one of mine to someone who was a season ticket holder of many years before moving to London for work.
Got fed up with slagging off, landladies, expat supporters on City site. Decide to come over this side and have another go at the Bulls. What do I always say to you, when it's Bulls and money. Here you are.now get a life and go back to having a go at folk on City forum.
Your an idiot if you think the Bulls would lose £100k by playing the game on a Saturday, that would mean 5k paying adult supports wouldn't turn up. The Bulls don't even have that many pay on the day supporters in the first place.
Thee Voice of Reason
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10:49am Thu 31 Jan 13
bullybullman wrote:The away support will no doubt be higher on the Saturday than it would have been on the Friday so the Bulls aren't going to be as out of pocket as OK was making. It's nice to see others see that rather than just biting for the sake of biting.
Thee Voice of Reason wrote:Good point ! away support brings in the hard cash.theviking62 wrote: Got fed up with slagging off, landladies, expat supporters on City site. Decide to come over this side and have another go at the Bulls. What do I always say to you, when it's Bulls and money. Here you are.now get a life and go back to having a go at folk on City forum.I support exiled City fans, was that you having ago at me on another sign on via the other thread. Seems strange both of you saying the same thing when I'm all for getting tickets to the exiles and have handed one of mine to someone who was a season ticket holder of many years before moving to London for work. Your an idiot if you think the Bulls would lose £100k by playing the game on a Saturday, that would mean 5k paying adult supports wouldn't turn up. The Bulls don't even have that many pay on the day supporters in the first place.
wembley bound says...
6:22pm Wed 30 Jan 13
The rugby league help out yet again.