Quote ="wire-quin"Their advertising is done on the pitch-Lets see what happens to their crowds when the have a decent ground'"
Yes they are a successful club on the pitch, but currently they attract some 5% of the potential population of the town, the official unveiling of the Cunningham statue in the town centre (I voted for Vollenhoven or a trio of three players, past and present) attracted less than 50 people including playing staff, councillors and staff and his family! They are in truth about the worst top super league club as far as marketing goes and they have a top PR guy from Gillette as CEO?
Look at Wigan with the Wire game on Sky as the first 3D game, ran a TV campaign, superb posters and attract 23,000, that is Marketing!
When the new ground is built I would expect around 11,000, that is why they went for 18,000 and of that 10,000 is still standing, how many times a season will it be a sell out?