Our first Championship home game for well over a year is something we have been desperately waiting for although a game with a crowd is something we are equally desperate for. We tried to move our game v London to Monday 17th May but we have been unsuccessful as London have not agreed to such a switch which to an extent we can understand with the travelling distance involved but it is still disappointing. We can now only hope that there is some way we can be allowed a crowd on 16th May but we are not optimistic.
If you are able to watch our game on OurLeague you will see our stadium and pitch are looking absolutely magnificent thanks to a lot of hard work over the last year in particular by our volunteers. We are truly indebted to them. We have rebooted our Club in many ways but a significant way is the work we have done to our facilities as we have improved our toilet facilities, sponsor boxes, turnstiles and our gym. We have cleaned, painted, repaired, overalled and painted again in a year with no rugby as that is all we could do. Now of course we can hopefully concentrate on improving in other areas and of course rugby league where we will all do our best to have an enjoyable and successful season.
2022 at the moment is full of uncertainty where we are still to know what if any funding there will be and there are many rumours about how our sport will look and how many professional teams there will be. This season is very important for our survival and that is not being too dramatic. We have got to get to October 2021 with no debts and as high as we can get in the League table. In addition apparently we have to show that we are “ relevant “ whatever that means but it will mean we have to get as good a crowd as we can at each game and we have as many OuRLeague members as we can and we have to perform relative to other Clubs as well as we can on social media. So we all have a lot to do this year. Any help people can give to keep us financially stable will be greatly appreciated and in this respect the support you have given to our Draw over the last year has been absolutely brilliant and has played a significant role in keeping us going.
We are in all this still very enthusiastic going forward and confident that we will prosper this year and going forward. We are particularly enthused by the squad of players we have put together and our coaching and backroom staff who have done a superb job in coping with all the challenges over last few months to get us to the start in a good position. We believe we have got a good team spirit this year and we are quietly confident but the proof is in how we actually perform on the field. We have to start with a solid performance today against Oldham who have already got their first win under their belts under Matt Diskin who we welcome back to the Fox’s Biscuits Stadium in his first coaching role since he left us.
So let battle commence!!
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