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10,000 fans watching fax home games hahaha

Nothing wrong with a bit of ambition, but thats a bit lofty, even if they were in SL. They used to struggle to attract crowds bigger than 6'000 even during their glory days of 1985-88.

But they know how to do it now. Instead of giving away 3000 free tickets and adding all free tickets to the attendance regardless of them being used ...................

its a pity their new marketing guy cannot speak English...what on earth is "by hook or by crock"?

Something I would have like to have heard from the Leigh club , he obviously knows it wont be easy , but understands the principle of getting people to sample something is the best way of getting them to then buy it

It's no use aiming to increase by a few hundred , all you will get is a few dozen , go for thousands , get hundreds , go for tens of thousands , get thousands

At least they're making their friendlies more affordable, £10 adults, £1 kids = £22 for a family of 4.
Whereas at Leigh £42, which is one reason I didn't go against Salford, it was too much at Xmas with all the usual seasonal expenditure.

I would have thought 10,000 was eminently achievable for 'Fax - after all, didn't they get almost 10,000 for their final home league game with Batley, to take their 2010 average, to 2,500 and a half?

If Leigh were in SL and making the top 4 regularly and getting to the semis of the CC and playoffs with a win or two. What crowds do people think we would get at the LSV?

It all depends on the attitude taken by the club ?

Just leaving things to their own devices , probably 8/9 K

Pushing as we should be , 10/11-full

1800

Dread to think, how the lsv would cope with a few more thousand on the terraces ??
Does it mean they would actually open another food place on match days instead of the farce at half time at the salford game.
By the time your served, you find yourself asking other fans "who scored them last 6 tries please"

if you don't dream you can't move forward for are all plans not based on dreams, it's about being realistic in those dreams.

Thing is Fred , he gives the game away by the comment " Hook or by crook " , given that he runs a Marketing company he will be looking at getting them in using both tried and tested methods and that horrible term ' thinking outside the box ' , all he will be interested in will be the numbers , wether they pay or not

Good luck to Fax, wish we could get someone to do our marketing.

As for Premier footie, I wouldn't waste my money on it, thats why I'm on yet another freebie tonight.



Where's my mate Peawapp?

Which match are you going to? I'm going watching Bolton tonight. Not been to any live football in ages so looking forward to it

Rovers, I never seem to be away these days

we should conentrate on the now and like you say lets be positive, we should for this season aim for 2500 average and then increase year on year.

just like we were dreaming about winning the league after our shambolic administration, and a team with the average age of 84!



theres nothing wrong with abit of ambition.....i remember been at school on the halifax/bradford border 15 years ago,

halifax and bradford were decent supported teams. nothing to pick really between levels of support.

abit of attention to detail, and some good marketing by the bulls and in 10 years they won how many leagues/cups?!

5-6000 crowds to 15-20000 crowds. all by chucking afew cheerleaders on and some fireworks...with cheap tickets for kids.

it wont happen over night, but i for one am very exited about this year, and the appointment of our new marketing director.

widnes are going to super league.

we are the best package other than that to market outside the top division....bring it on!!!

Errr Featherstone Rovers 'won the league' Halifax won the 'play off's' there is a difference.

Err you are right. No one cares who won the league.

Its sad but your probably right.

WHERE DID I SAY THAT FAX WON THE LEAGUE?! I SED BRADFORD WON AFEW..





POINT IS LEIGH SPEND BIG MONEY ON 'HAS BEEN' SCRUM HALF, AND COACH FROM DOWN UNDER, GET KNOWHERE.

FAX REALISE THEY NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH CROWDS, AND OFF THE FIELD ACTIVITIES TO GET TO WHERE WE DESERVE TO BE.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE COMING SEASON....ITS GONNA BE A CLOSE ONE ME THINKS.

Not knocking 'Fax, but would take issue on the 'getting nowhere' bit. From being 'relegated' the previous season, to finishing third & appearing in the NRC semi final, was immense progress, from where we started out. Leigh have opted for the steady progress route and who's to say that's the wrong way to do it? 'Fax have been deservedly successful of late, and who's to say their way of doing it is wrong? Ther's no right and wrong way of getting there, as long as the club remains viable and makes progress.

Looking forward to more progress this season!

I'll make an educated translation from Yorkshire to English...

Where did I say that 'Fax won the league? I said that Bradford won a few. The point is Leigh spend big money on a has been Scrum Half and a coach from down under and get nowhere.
'Fax realise that they need to go forward with crowds, and off the field activities to get where we deserve to be.
Good luck with the coming season, it's going to be a close on I think.

Yes your right. As has been said one will be remembered as the Champions of 2010 and the other, well no one will remember what they did in 2010.

I thought i would have a nosey and see how long before the topic derailed but back on topic i chuckled to myself about the 10K figure but you gotta dream havnt you. If you didnt dream you would just realise that theres no chance of going anywhere in this sport and that it is dieing a slow death.