littlerich wrote:All the English based Co-operative Championship and Championship One clubs have been divided equally into two pools for the group stages with five teams from each division in each pool. Each team will play two home games and two away games against teams in their pool
The two pools are split by division so that each club will play an equal number of The Co-operative Championship and The Co-operative Championship 1 clubs. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures will then progress into an open draw for the knock out quarter final stage.
The quarter-finals will be played on the weekend of July 6/7 with the semi finals being played on July 20/21. The Northern Rail Cup Final will be held at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday July 12.
Meanwhile the 18 teams not involved in the Northern Rail Cup Final will participate in the inaugural Northern Rail 9’s celebration weekend which will also take place in Blackpool over the Northern Rail Cup Final weekend.
The draw for the 9’s competition will take place in June once the Northern Rail Cup finalists are confirmed.
current league tableour fixtures Blackpool Panthers(H) , Hunslet Hawks(A) - won, Barrow Raiders(H) and Sheffield Eagles(A).