That's the point Fred , we should be doing similar at every game , as for the stewards , well they wouldn't be checking tickets , they'd be checking who had the tickets , and it's not difficult to spot a group of people without any kids in it , as for reading ' flyers ' well yes , except these flyers would be a message from our chairman/BOD and as such , hopefully they would be read by our loyal paying fans

The reason communicating with the fans is so important is quite simply because the reason we dont do free ticket initiatives is that the board are worried that they would be abused and this would result in a reduction in season ticket sales , this I know because I have been told

So the answer is to educate the fans we have , the loyal willing to pay fans that we need their support in trying things to increase our support base which will then result in more income for the club and less reliance on Mr Thomas

Not a gesture at all , it is what we recieve for the Co op sonsorship of the Championships

thats not what i read though is it?

I have a season ticket and wouldnt object to any promotional activity from the club for any home games this year. I have put forward ideas to the club for different promotional days for certain games throughout 2010. However one of the biggest handicaps to us throughout 2010 will be Sky TV. Once a game is on a Thursday night any promotion will be worthless when moved at short notice.

didnt mean to 'cloud the issue' ive said it somewhere else and i thought it was on this thread by 'bought' i mean by the co-op as part of the so called big RL deal to clubs sorry to confuse the issue j.c.

know problem.

I have now had two posts deleted from this thread none of which were insulting or in the slightest bit defamatory. So before I send a report to the site moderator and my internet provider I suggest someone tells me why this is happening. Hacking into anyones computer is illegal.

Near the top of page two of this thread I posted that the Co-OP sponsorship pays for these tickets.....does no one read anymore

I'm intrigued word them differently to give us the idea of wot you was saying then please?

To be fair I think the mods on this site are very realistic and I think they will provide an explanation if you contact them.

I do not like censorship and I see many opinions on here which I do not agree with but I try to respect other people's views irrespective of that because if thats what a person thinks it is their buisness not mine.

I am sure there will be an answer to the deleted posts no doubt you will let us know the outcome' of the enquiries' I would certainly make if it had happened to me.

I posted that I would like to shake the hand of the person who had bought the 400 tickets to give away and one simillar to the one at the top of this page and this is the second time I am sending this one. It's not funny now.

so you did


i'll try to remember not to take any of your future posts with a pinch of salt then

Take them however you want. If you think I talk the brown stuff thats your choice. I know what I know, maybe I shouldn't bother trying to inform. I know how you feel now Fred

to be fair to all I did confuse the issue by saying 'bought' i should have explained better

Having now had chance to read all the thread, tickets haven’t simply been thrown out like confetti.

The 5 local clubs were given a form to fill in ‘Who wants a free ticket?’ (I never asked but would imagine it’ll be funded by the Co-op, does it matter?), the form had to include the adults name and contact details and just the name of the child, a representative from each club was asked to drum up support from their club and to ensure the form was completed correctly, they had up until mid day Saturday to return the form to LSV reception, Leigh will then issue the tickets today/tomorrow for the South Stand.

Could it be abused? Of course it could, but hopefully not.

Well done to Hannah

and the amateur reps for supporting this, hope it’s a great night with loads of screaming kids.

I am Spartacus and I acknowledge the need for crucifixion

It can only be abused by people not bringing any kids , so if they abuse it and bring a kid , then is hasn't been abused


Data collection , now all we need next is to collect the same from everybody entering the stadium who is not in possession of a season ticket , I suggest a chat with the local college's as data collection is all part of ' marketing ' and we have college students taking marketing at A levels and as part of business courses

Aren't names and addresses taken when people purchase match tickets, or is that just during the week?

Thing is though Matt , these are people who are already coming , so yes having their details is important , what we need is the details of the people who might consider coming down , we need to give them a taster , that taster needs to be a good experience , that experience will be better if the stadium has more people in it and an atmosphere , you only get that atmosphere by having people in the stadium

Then we already have their details, as they will have entered the stadium by virtue of buying match ticket - it seems that you're talking about "first timers" when in reality we need to be targetting the "no timers".

Like these

Thing is though Matt , these are people who are already coming , so yes having their details is important , =#FF0000what we need is the details of the people who might consider coming down , we need to give them a taster , that taster needs to be a good experience , that experience will be better if the stadium has more people in it and an atmosphere , you only get that atmosphere by having people in the stadium

Come on Matt , pay attention

Alright then - how do we get the details of people who might consider coming down? And don't say ask around in Leigh as we all know that Leigh town centre is inhabited only by junkies and Greggs sausage rolls during the week.

We do a ' blanket ' coverage , we make the LSV available to every single person in the borough , we hassle them , cajole them , make them an offer they can not refuse , we knock on doors , 100 per game , sell , sell , sell , sell

We could always send the lads round and drag them out of their arm chairs and to the LSV Steve, that might work.