LEAGUE 1 ROUND-UP
WORKINGTON TOWN have confirmed that they will be applying to join the Championship in 2021.
The Derwent Park outfit are one of five clubs that are eligible to apply for the spot vacated by whichever Championship club are promoted to Super League.
"We've analysed the criteria and we meet it all," chairman Les Smallwood told the Times and Star.
"The board have thought long and hard as to whether to apply.
"We would prefer to achieve promotion through the usual process, but have decided that we have to apply when circumstances have presented the opportunity.
"We are a club with a strategy to get to the Championship anyway and all of the things we have been putting in place over the last few seasons is based on being a solid Championship club. "We look forward to submitting a compelling case to the RFL.
ROCHDALE HORNETS' longest serving player Ben Moores feels the club is getting back to it's best under the stewardship of chairman Andy Mazey and coach Matt Calland.
Moores first signed for the club ahead of the 2016 season, which culminated in promotion with a play-off win over Toulouse Olympique in France.
He has since witnessed relegation back to League 1 and the financial difficulties that saw Mazey come in and try to rebuild the club.