Understand opposition to London in Super League for 2027 is there, but not because it's London. Because it's a 15th team and the logistics around it. Tried to put some detail together on it; lots of moving parts. Many feel 2028 better date for Broncos.
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๐จ POINTLESS STATS OF THE DAY #059
Yesterday we discovered there are Premier League shirt numbers nobody has EVER worn. So naturally we went down a rabbit hole. ๐
๐ Permanent PL squad numbers arrived in 1993/94.
Since then, we can find just 14 occasions when a team has started with the actual squad numbers 1 through 11.
The last one?
BURNLEY v Liverpool - August 2021.
Pope 1, Lowton 2, Taylor 3, Cork 4, Tarkowski 5, Mee 6
Gudmundsson 7, Brownhill 8, Wood 9, Barnes 10, McNeil 11. Now isn't that Beautiful. ๐
But somebody went one betterโฆ
In 2000/01, Aberdeen's Hicham Zerouali actually wore No.0. His nickname was โZeroโ, special permission was grantedโฆ and the number was subsequently banned. ๐
Meanwhile at the OTHER end of the scale, after yesterday's Bingo investigation, these are the updated PL numbers from 1โ99 we still believe have NEVER actually been worn on the pitch and are the ones to watch across the season.........
79, 85, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99
From 0 to 99, football shirt numbers are considerably more ridiculous than expected.
Use this information wisely ๐ค
Castleford Tigers end the Super League season having scored the fewest amount of points and conceding the most.
13th-placed finish for a side that has beaten Super League's top two. Can't think of a side that has thrown the towel in as often as this one.
Seen so many posts mentioning that the players we have signed from St. George Illawarra Dragons for next year won't come if Carr isn't coach. Pretty certain they can't just "walk away" from their contract?
Castleford Tigers held an urgent board meeting tonight over the Ryan Carr situation, I'm told. The suspension is NOT performance related, nor is it due to any heated words that may have been said in the changing rooms at half-time on Saturday.