Was that on Friday? It was extraordinary circumstances on Friday with the East Lancs/M60/M61 Junction closed, but it shows how vulnerable the stadium is to an M60 problem. That's not a unique issue to the stadium though, Prestwich has often come to a standstill because of a problem on the M60.



I don't think it's that black and white, but it's going to take work. Since moving there we've had two challenges - attracting fans and retaining them. The problem has been that on occasions we've attracted new fans and the double whammy of a poor display from the team, and a poor experience visiting the stadium has made it harder to keep those fans. With a full strength team playing good stuff (i.e. the Wigan game) hopefully we can overcome one of those, but work still needs doing on the other.



For afternoon games I'd play the Academy game on the community pitch with a 5pm kick off and have a band on outside the fans bar post match, and maybe the odd post-match drinks promo. That might encourage a few more people decide not to head off straight away, and in turn might help reduce the congestion leaving.

Keeping more people around after the game might also help foster the sort of community spirit you used to get in the variety club at the Willows, and give the next generation of fans more opportunity to meet the players.

Well that maybe the case on their own statistics. However, in general, email is still the most effective (or rather has the highest return on investment) than any other type of online marketing, and by some distance.

I stopped following the club on Facebook, got a little tiring the constant hawking of club linked betting sites and the like, if it was purely news updates it would be perfect.

Just had an E-mail this morning from Mr Vickers

Well, shock horror! Just had a message from my brother: he went to the AJ Bell stadium today for the tickets. He actually got 4, as I asked him to pick up 1 for my dad, and 1 for my daughter who's back from Uni. He went went into reception, and they told him to go back to the ticket office, shout through the window, and someone would come out to deal with him. He did this, and someone came along to serve him. 4 tickets requested, paid cash, not one question and no contact details asked for. An absolute disgrace! The investment that Dr Koukash has put into the rugby club, both in terms of money and time, only to be let down by incompetence on a grand scale just amazes me! With such a huge promotion as £5 adult tickets / kids free, the stadium management company and ticket office staff must surely have been tasked with closing the loop on contact details. Such a basic thing, and probably the most important aspect of the whole promotion.

Our marketing department always reminds me of a popular Italian phrase to describe their politics; everything must change, so that everything can remain the same.