The Craft Event was an HGSA initiative and was primarily aimed at maximising the game-day experience. We haven't got the manpower to publicise such events around the town.

However, if anyone wants to help, there's a Kids Disco before the Salford game.

Good post.

An advertising board by the entrance to Kingsgate stating the next game date is a start

Or anywhere with high footfall

It's also something that we don't do now

good post.... massive point on the half empty stadium bit which alot of people forget and its why our crowds look so bad on tv.

I agree, the stadium does us no favours at all, in a smaller ground, 5/6,000 would look quite full and create a better atmosphere than having 5,000 spread out across 20,000 seats.

to me the stadium isnt the issue, town manage to get 10k in and they create a atmosphere with plenty of empty seats, so theres no reson why we cant aim for the 10k mark, in fact against saints the atmosphere was great with 5500 there, to me its all about price like daz says, i personally know 10 people who cite this as the reason they dont go to every game.

I can assure you that all the ideas mentioned and MANY MORE have been raised with the club at the highest level.

It is my biggest source of frustration and demoralistion.

I then read Mables post and realise it is even worse than i think. The worst thing is that ideas have been put to the club about how to improve all of this for very little financial outlay or extra paid staff.

we will never average 10k a season.. even if we win something.

you cant lower the gate price too much, otherwise people may aswell not bother buying a season ticket and a season ticket is the best way to help the club and also for the supporter supposed to be the cheapest way.

hudds town got 4700 for lastnights pre season friendly.. 300 short of what we got going top of the table on sunday, its a foootball town, how much publicity did the town game get..more than our game on sunday? dont believe so.

Has there been any feedback on these ?


Also, Brearley, there was 5,700 at our game so its 1,000 less not 300.

i know but 700 were from cas so 5000 were giants fans

doubt real betis brough that many to watch versus town

Well it seems the club is concerned as this piece in the Examiner www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... te-5355444 Though the club website doesn't yet suggest the cut price tickets.

Well it seems the club is concerned as this piece in the Examiner www.examiner.co.uk/sport/rugby-l ... te-5355444 Though the club website doesn't yet suggest the cut price tickets.

Good that they listen and that they have reduced prices but how are people going to know about em ?? this is why we need posters in town telling people who we play, when and how much !

to me dont understand and never have, why these special deals always require people to go to stadium to buy the tickets or on line purchase, wouldnt it make more sense to reduce the turnstile price on the day so people can just decide on the day to go.

Good point or again, some kind of stall in town where the club can sell discounted tickets to people who just happen to pass by and see what its all about .....the 'fans' are gonna go anyway so its no good keeping it hidden away on the website where only the fans will see the offer..........GET INTO TOWN AND FLOG THE TICKETS !!

There is a club shop in the town centre, I have never understood why tickets could not be bought there.

As I read it the reduced prices are for advanced sales only. I really can not understand RL teams obsession with charging different prices for advance and on the day and hope it does not come back to haunt us as people turn up expecting to pay £10 or £15 and being asked for £24.

I didn't get a season ticket this year and following this announcement it will mean the only game I have paid full price for was cas. All the rest have been on deals.

I will be on around a £130 spend for the season.

Why doesn't the club make season tickets £130 and save us all the hassle.

To be honest I think the day when a SL team scraps a season ticket and runs things match by match is not far away.

If you have the funds and sponsorship to see you throigh the off season surely it is more beneficial to get cash in fortnight by fortnight rather than gatting a lump sum in Feb and not much after

well the club has listened to the fans that moan about the high price.... no excuse now... but i dont think it will make much difference at all.

agree about the pre purchase stuff, should just be on the turnstile pay

its just another spanner in the works, some people just want to turn up on the day instead of having to pre purchase



and is it even worth getting a season ticket with all these deals through the season?!

should we be succesful this year, then i would hope the club would make it affordable for the general public to come next year.
if we win something this, we have to maximise crowds next year to enable us to carry on being succesful.
but with that comes the financial implications if we reduce prices again.
i feel for the club in a way as next year really could be make or break, do we offer cheap prices and hope people will take up,thereby making money back on ticket sales throughout the year or do we leave it as it is and hope people will turn up and pay £24 a game?

It's still worth getting a season ticket if you can attend all the games.

I can go back to the late 1950s and you always had a good following,but its like you lost almost a generation of fans since 1962 and had to almost restart the club.It will be interesting how many you will take to Old Trafford if you get there and I think there is every chance you will

we lost 2 generations of fans between the late 60's - mid 2000's. What 'little' support we have has come form nothing unlike most clubs who've just lost fans through other means- lack of success, moved away etc.

To be fair we are doing it right in getting lots of family groups watching and as long as those youngsters do not lose the faith generational continuity could well come back.

Exactly - we have the kids watching us now which will hopefully lead to it being passed down, when i started watching there were no dads or grandad's passing the love of the club down to the kids...we had to find it ourselves.