IF Widnes, and that is a very BIF IF 1,000, it will be a First for Widnes for a long, long, long time!!!!

And do you think, based on the previous, Broncos will do what is needed or what it takes to get the fans in?? Will we see a well planned and thought out marketing strategy?? Or is it Hughes email...."please bring a mate".

You'll forgive me for having zero faith in the club getting this right

Widnes won’t bring 100. They’re another club on the downward spiral.

I share the majority’s legitimate concerns about the volume of L1 players we have brought in and, in particular, the volume from bottom end L1. In an ideal(ish) world Id have liked to see more experienced Championship players or top end L1 but we are where we are. Playing Devil’s advocate, a positive is that they are Coleman’s choices not any previous managers. They will know this and hopefully play for him and he can build the team and culture he wants.

The 1st three home games are important because in previous seasons they would have been (most likely) wins. We will see fairly quickly what the direction of travel is. I’m looking forward to those games. Fev Rovers less so! I think I’m washing my hair on that say.

I'd be inclined to say that the first three home games are more important this season than for a number of years.
If we struggle in those games then I fear a lot of our home games later in the season will end up like the one at home to Toulouse in 2021.

Will Buck and Dusty be there? Should be
Will the Cheerleaders be re-introduced? should be...there are buckets of dance schools in the area......
Will there be Face Painting for the Kids? should be
Who will be the stadium announcer and who will pick the music? Please god can we get a professional....
Will there be general access to the after match presentations or will it be hidden behind a paywall. Need to be free for the first couple of seasons
Will there be posters up on every bus stop within 3 miles of the ground? Should be
Will all the local pubs be given a framed fixture list, 10 tickets per game and be entered into a draw to win a box for a game. Should be
Have the club joined this group? [urlhttps://www.mertonchamber.co.uk/directory[/url should do
Have the club reached out to all the local schools? Should do
Have the club considered tele canvassing every ex/lapsed fan? Should do
Have the club considered an old fashioned snail mail campaign. should do
Will the club introduce themselves to their immediate neighbours of which there are about 10,000 inside 2sq miles? should do




Will the club stick posts in the ground, announce a KO time and expect people to come to games....assuredly!

Not forgetting checking out roundabouts near the ground.

Plus posters on the back of buses !

London Broncos , in my experience, have always used the Field of Dreams approach - to paraphrase, ' if you stick the posts in the ground, they will come'. Worked so far hasn't it?
Oh hang on.........

Chris Warren put in the effort during his 10 years at the club. Crowds were pretty stable during that period.

It all started to go badly wrong when Gus was installed.

He did.

But when did he leave? 2005 ish?

Part way through the 2007 season when I think he went full time with his Setanta broadcasting.

A big loss to the club.
I thought he left as we were moving to The Stoop - but I now have recollections of seeing him speeding away from the ground on his Vespa in our first or second season after leaving GP.

it's flattering

He wasn't a genius, but he at least had the decency to listen and discuss and put into place some ideas, like the leaflet drops. It does seem very basic, but a simple flyer dropped through the front door saw about 300+ fans more than the season average the game afterwards....I'd be all over VB asking for a decent price and flogging 6 tins in a bucket again........
I first met him when the club where at the stoop 1st time. There was $0 for marketing then too....

Orangeman Chris wasn't involved in leaflet drops at all. That was SAG who got the leaflets printed at no cost to the club via the secretary/SAG organiser and it was fans who turned up the Thursday before each home game and delivered them around the local area. Between 15 to 30 fans depending on the people available. spent the full evening on distribution

I certainly delivered leaflets where Chris was involved. He brought the leaflets on his moped and we were trying to convert union fans in Twickenham pubs.

I Recall picking leaflets up from inside GP....a young girl who was an intern I think...Chris had emailed me earlier to arrange collection...

Talking of leaflets, Centre Court shopping centre in Wimbledon has a vaccination hub which will have a lot of local people and probably employees from Wimbledon businesses queuing up for their vaccinations. A queue of people queuing up not going anywhere would have been ideal for marketing.
How about this for an idea for the first game, cheap admission with the flyer which has a lucky number, a draw for all those who turn up with the voucher offer which gets them into a drawer to win a box at a future game.

Nice idea but I've been in Centre Court many many times & never seen a queue greater than 6 or so.