| Hornets on Sunday 19:31 - Feb 24 with 260774 views | EllDale |
They’re tweeting that their “matchday operations” are being restricted for the home game against Barrow on Sunday for reasons that they don’t want to divulge at the moment.
The bottom line is that the crowd capacity is limited to 920 and there will be no cash admissions on the day.
Wonder what that’s all about? |  | | |  |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:11 - Jul 23 with 2594 views | EllDale |
How did the new Community Team go on today?
Been searching the internet and Hornets Twitter feed but no result? | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:15 - Jul 23 with 2555 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:11 - Jul 23 by EllDale |
How did the new Community Team go on today?
Been searching the internet and Hornets Twitter feed but no result? |
They won 30-26.
Rochdale Mayfield lost at Lock Lane 30-16.
Wonder how it feels to have undermined a local rugby league club that has been in existence since 1958? |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 with 2474 views | Me1 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:15 - Jul 23 by RAFCBLUE |
They won 30-26.
Rochdale Mayfield lost at Lock Lane 30-16.
Wonder how it feels to have undermined a local rugby league club that has been in existence since 1958? |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:34 - Jul 23 with 2451 views | 100notout |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. |
Oh dear where to start with this .......... | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 17:47 - Jul 23 with 2407 views | judd |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. |
We've been in the league Cup final you idiot. |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 17:48 - Jul 23 with 2397 views | Me1 |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:47 - Jul 23 by judd |
We've been in the league Cup final you idiot. |
Year ? | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:51 - Jul 23 with 2375 views | kel |
Can’t believe someone has had such a dummy spit over posting one of his tweets after he thinks blocking them stops them seeing them. Very good entertainment though.
Spent too much time in his “man cave” today methinks. |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:52 - Jul 23 with 2370 views | judd |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:48 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Year ? |
About 60 after Hornets won the Challenge Cup.
More recently had decent runs ended by Premier league teams who don't enter until later rounds.
We had a decent run in league one, ruined by idiotic management that thankfully has been replaced by a professional team prepared to be accountable. | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 21:40 - Jul 23 with 2158 views | ThreeLions |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. |
I would give up if I were you. Maybe don't throw stones when hornets past history is anything but glorious. The last time they achieved something was in 1989 with the promotion to Division One for a season. Your just making yourself look really silly. Oh and up the field ! |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:59 - Jul 23 with 2089 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:10 - Jul 23 by RAFCBLUE |
Might be a function of the other results and what they mean for Hornets that's tipped someone over the edge.
Swinton Lions won. Now 2nd
Oldham won.
North Wales Crusaders playing the late kick-off - will go 2nd if they win.
Hornets must win tomorrow to hang onto the tails of 2nd and 3rd.
Slip up, just once, and they are going to be in the lower reaches of the playoffs and have to play those 2nd or 3rd placed teams.
Plus Swinton Lions will be doing everything to make sure Tattoo fails, given the attempt to rebrand them Manchester Lions was their equivalent of our hostile takeover. |
Crusaders win in the last few minutes, makes every remaining Hornets game a must win.
Table:
1st Keighley - P14 - 28 points
2nd Crusaders P15 - 24 points
3rd Swinton P14 - 22 points
4th Hornets P13 - 20 points
5th Doncaster P14 - 20 points
Hornets remaining 7 games:
London (h)
Swinton (h)
Doncaster (a)
Cornwall (h)
Crusaders (a)
Wales (h)
Keighley (h) | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 23:48 - Jul 23 with 1957 views | lenrichleysneighbour |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:59 - Jul 23 by RAFCBLUE |
Crusaders win in the last few minutes, makes every remaining Hornets game a must win.
Table:
1st Keighley - P14 - 28 points
2nd Crusaders P15 - 24 points
3rd Swinton P14 - 22 points
4th Hornets P13 - 20 points
5th Doncaster P14 - 20 points
Hornets remaining 7 games:
London (h)
Swinton (h)
Doncaster (a)
Cornwall (h)
Crusaders (a)
Wales (h)
Keighley (h) |
So providing they are still playing at Spotland, they would attract bigger gates if they were promoted, potentially providing us revenue via the 2 bars being open. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 00:03 - Jul 24 with 1940 views | EllDale |
If, and that’s a big if, Hornets get promoted, then their gates would certainly increase.
Two from Leigh, Wakefield or Featherstone will be in the Championship next season.
As will the likes of Bradford, Halifax and Widnes.
All of the above have relatively decent away followings. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 00:05 - Jul 24 with 1932 views | Sandyman |
| Hornets on Sunday on 23:48 - Jul 23 by lenrichleysneighbour |
So providing they are still playing at Spotland, they would attract bigger gates if they were promoted, potentially providing us revenue via the 2 bars being open. |
And if hornets fail, they won't be.
Looking at the numerous alter-ego's of their "keyboard warrior" owner online, he is doing everything possible to destroy potential support for Hornets from RAFC fans, and Rochdalians in general with his hateful words.
Given the online abuse directed to everything about RAFC and all Dale fans from him/ his alter-ego's, we should wish Hornets dead. But we are better than that. We hope they get a proper owner instead of a useless online gobshite and prosper properly - something the current Hornets directors are utterly incapable of achieving. 4 clubs he's tried and failed at? |  | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 01:58 - Jul 24 with 1864 views | pioneer |
| Hornets on Sunday on 21:40 - Jul 23 by ThreeLions |
I would give up if I were you. Maybe don't throw stones when hornets past history is anything but glorious. The last time they achieved something was in 1989 with the promotion to Division One for a season. Your just making yourself look really silly. Oh and up the field ! |
They have had two more recent promotions
One after an outstanding win against all the odds in Tolouse and the other after winning the play off final v Oldham at Leigh.
I don’t think we should lower ourselves to his level of understanding history. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 02:00 - Jul 24 with 1850 views | pioneer |
He doesn’t understand the meaning of libel. Earlier in the thread several weeks ago he threatened Anita Bath with the laws of liable! | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 03:11 - Jul 24 with 1838 views | kel |
| Hornets on Sunday on 08:25 - Mar 28 by RochdaleGlory |
Provide evidence lol.
It’s an Internet forum not a court of law.
I will leave it with you to prove what I’m saying is wrong as I have neither the spare time or inclination. |
“It’s an Internet forum not a court of law”
Quite. “LOL” | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:04 - Jul 24 with 1719 views | lenrichleysneighbour |
| Hornets on Sunday on 00:05 - Jul 24 by Sandyman |
And if hornets fail, they won't be.
Looking at the numerous alter-ego's of their "keyboard warrior" owner online, he is doing everything possible to destroy potential support for Hornets from RAFC fans, and Rochdalians in general with his hateful words.
Given the online abuse directed to everything about RAFC and all Dale fans from him/ his alter-ego's, we should wish Hornets dead. But we are better than that. We hope they get a proper owner instead of a useless online gobshite and prosper properly - something the current Hornets directors are utterly incapable of achieving. 4 clubs he's tried and failed at? |
A sad state of affairs | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:14 - Jul 24 with 1702 views | Dalenet |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. |
Shows just how little you know about the sporting histories of clubs in Rochdale, or of the town itself. You have once again exposed who you are. What a horrible gobshite. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:31 - Jul 24 with 1667 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 02:00 - Jul 24 by pioneer |
He doesn’t understand the meaning of libel. Earlier in the thread several weeks ago he threatened Anita Bath with the laws of liable! |
Having brought the topic up via the Hornets forum, The Hornet would not have a leg to stand on given his/her/their claims being made are that this is a matter of public interest, which it's obviously not. It's whinging.
There are two parts to the statutory defence of public interest under section 4 of the 2013 Act.
First, the publisher must show that the statement complained of was or formed part of a statement on a matter of public interest.
Secondly, the publisher must show that they reasonable believed that publishing the statement complained of was in the public interest.
The owner of the website, League Publications Limited must have considered some of it defamatory and therefore unlikely to be a matter of public interest which is why they removed it.
https://www.castrust.org/2020/05/cast-responds-to-southalls-threat-to-sue/
Worth reading how the Charlton fans dealt with Southall's attempts to gag them via the same threats.
The number of libel trials in the UK is very very low, given that anyone sues you for libel can be also countersued for making defamatory statements about you! | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 09:44 - Jul 24 with 1634 views | kel |
One would imagine sending veiled threats via PM puts one on shaky ground too.
I can never remember if it’s the misuse of communications act or the malicious communications act. | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 09:46 - Jul 24 with 1632 views | blackdogblue |
A moderator has removed the ground restrictions thread from their forum..
The thread entitled 'ground restrictions' has been removed from the forum in its entirety due to a number of posts within it being considered as potentially libellous.
A threat of legal action has been received by us as a consequence of this.
Please note the long-standing rule on this forum, as per the pinned thread (Oct 23rd, 2019) entitled 'New Rule: Off field issues / named individuals'
If you post a comment about a named individual relating to off field issues, whether critical or otherwise, you must add your own real name to the end of the post or it will be removed by a moderator, without exception. |  |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 09:52 - Jul 24 with 1620 views | ThreeLions |
| Hornets on Sunday on 01:58 - Jul 24 by pioneer |
They have had two more recent promotions
One after an outstanding win against all the odds in Tolouse and the other after winning the play off final v Oldham at Leigh.
I don’t think we should lower ourselves to his level of understanding history. |
Hardly an achievement when the level when prompted is just slightly higher than amateur level. We have been accused of nothing to consider as an achievement yet had two promotions ourselves in recent history. Lowering ourselves to their level is the only way of shutting them up sometimes | | | |
| Hornets on Sunday on 10:15 - Jul 24 with 1588 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Hornets on Sunday on 23:48 - Jul 23 by lenrichleysneighbour |
So providing they are still playing at Spotland, they would attract bigger gates if they were promoted, potentially providing us revenue via the 2 bars being open. |
How much does anyone genuinely believe that Rochdale Hornets generate significant funds for the club on the bar for rugby league games?
It's a significantly flawed argument in my mind, but one that is trotted out repeatedly.
If I try to put some numbers to it:
This season they Hornets 10 League games at home.
Maximum attendance is 920.
Not all of that 920 will be able to buy alcohol (under 18) or may not choose to do so.
Assuming 400 people buy 1 pint.
=4,000 pints sold per season
@£5 per pint
£20,000 of revenues
Less:
The cost of the beer
Staffing costs
Electricity
Cleaning
Insurance
Wear and tear
There's a reason why 30 pubs a day close in the UK which is simply that its uneconomic to run.
Let's just say that selling 4,000 generated the club £10,000 net per year.
And given there is no way on earth that Hornets will consume 400 pints per home game so the real numbers would be less.
£10,000 a season max. Probably much less. | |
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| Hornets on Sunday on 11:48 - Jul 24 with 1478 views | foreverhopefulDale |
| Hornets on Sunday on 17:31 - Jul 23 by Me1 |
Wonder how it feels to be a football club that have never even been recognised at National level. Not even a decent cup run. Forever in the bottom tier. Even that will end soon. |
You thick dim witted bastard. |  |
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