Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:In the Stoop days a few of us from a London non League football club watched Quins RL. One summer we brought a big group of first timers. At half time we were talking among ourselves about another fan who had taken up officiating and was expected to get the following years FA Cup Final. (He didn't but is a regular at the Euros and World Cup.) A well known Broncos fan turned round, started shouting who cares about Wendyball, football puffs etc.

Strangely none of the first timers ever came back.

wantawin wrote:There was also a lot of comments flying about when we went back to the Stoop which were aimed at the u
nion fans. I wonder how many union fans never came back after warching their first league game because of the insults.

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:Quite a few first half, not many second half. We lost 82-0 from memory?. I used to sit between two Quins RU fans at RL. One vanished at Barnet,. Sureyben who used to post here. The other remains an occasional visitor. Whilst mainly an RU man he used to volunteer with Broncos / Quins academy and had a cracking story about LMS as a junior.

RfE wrote:Did we actually draw in many union fans at the Stoop?
Genuine question.
I used to see the odd few wearing Ealing RU colours/ logos at Trailfinders , but I suppose they would have been more easily seen. At the Stoop RU and most RL fans would all have been wearing the same colours.