What would your prefered day to watch The Cougars if
They were to change game day ????

Me ?

I would prefer Early Saturday Evening kick off , say 6:30 / 7 pm kick off.

Better crowds , less hassle from Significant other for tying up
Sundays and would free up the weekends in general.

Over to you now .......Annnnnnd Discuss.

Blumming sounds good to me, does that... Can this be organised , because a couple of the cumbrian clubs do it , and it gives them the advantage with away support,,, GET IT SORTED SOMEONE..Saturday;s are good.. Come on Cougars... get yourselves sorted for next season ... Saturdays ..6:30/7pm... This is the sort of Management that's needed....Well said Burley, 'do u wont; the chairmans job..I will vote for u pal..

No way, saturday in Summer is chock a block with sport for amateur players who would not be able to attend

Stick with Sunday for me, although I don't mind the odd Friday night game.

It would be better if it wasnt on a Sun for me. It would free up every Sunday giving more time to spend with the family.
How about a Fri evening?

Friday would be ok too , but the big problem I would see
With that is in which ever division we end up it will
Be part time players more often than not so would cause problems
With travelling to games & work etc , not to mention the fans.

In an ideal world every club would be full time but that will only
Be for the select few clubs outside of Sooooperdooooper league.

You've hit the nail on the head! Sides that have regularly used Friday night have been accused of trying to gain an unfair advantage. I seem to remember posts on this board decrying just such a thing.

Sunday has been the accepted day for some time and people have got used to it, I'm not sure how you can choose another day that will suit everyone. In the area I stand, everyone are couples. If you look around the ground there are a lot of couples too. It only seems to be under the scoreboard where the "loners" gather

Sunday doesnt suit everyone. Couples could still spent Sunday together. They may have to find something else to do.
Maybe go for some beauty lessons. Then they may look as good as those that stand under the score board

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So we move away from Sunday ??

And if every club does this and its seen as the norm to pratt about with kick off times how soon that we end up with a similar scenario to that that is massively affecting football with kick offs at ridiculous times of the day to suit the media ...and impossible for the average fan to plan around .

We've already seen SL supporters screwed over pre booked trips to Catalan out of pocket with Sky changing the kick off times at the last minute , lets stay on the traditional KO time .......what ever time we ko its always unfortunately always going to be inconvenient for somebody ..but by sticking to one time everyone can sort out there lives around it

Well said Rach

Just another point as well , as we own our own ground ,the onus is on making the facilities profitable for the club and hopefully meaning more investment in the team .

Friday and Saturday nights are usually the evenings of choice for Private Functions bookings in the bars , all profitable with hire fees bar takings and catering , take out 20 of those evenings if we went to a weekend evening and you're left with a massive dent in the Clubs ability to generate income

The club are onto a looser if they change game day because there will always be someone it does not suit.

We've worked Sunday into a full day of entertainment for ourselves: first the game then into the bar for a few drinks and the speeches, then out for a pub meal. When the kids were younger they came too, in fact they first brought us down to cougars after Joe Grima visited their school.

Thinking about this more and something Dreamer pointed out. It does seem there are more couples and loners at the game.
Where are all the young kids and families?
Are they not coming down as much as before because games are played on a Sun.
During the summer there is a lot more choice for families to do things.
Would more come down on a Sat/Fri as it would leave Sun for them to have a family day.

It's more about finding the formulae that attracts kids rather than the day its on.

Apart from the points mentioned by Rach, there are many other distractions on Saturday to keep Kids and existing supporters away.

A semi pro club would find it hard to sustain friday night games.

Sunday it is!

I used to like Saturday afternoons in the 60's and remember the 13,500 that watched the Wigan Cup-Tie but, unfortunately, those days are long-gone.

So, why don't we encourage today's families to do what my wife and I (and our friends) did in the late 80's, early 90's? We actually encouraged our children to come down to Lawkholme/Cougar Park with us and they started to enjoy Rugby League (at that time 'Cougarmania') and have become life-long Cougar supporters as a result.

Despite them living in Reigate and Colchester, they always follow the games by whatever means they can access. One of my friends also texts me updates for every home-game to keep me up-to-date with the scores as and when they happen.

Before moving 'down south' we always used to say that the only way to increase crowds was to 'breed them' (i.e. for couples to bring their children down to the games).

It worked for us so why won't it work for everyone else?

Surely fourteen Sunday afternoons out of the year (for 'home' games) isn't too much to ask, or is it?

Going back to the 60's (sorry) every pub in Keighley had details of the fixtures and spare bill-boards around town used to have posters, regularly updated, with details of forthcoming fixtures.

Friday and Saturday evenings usually have other attractions so Sunday afternoon (possibly with a later start) is surely ideal.

'Derby' games on Bank Holidays (such as those against Northern in the 60's) were always held on August Bank Holiday Monday evening with a 7.30 Kick-Off. More-recently games have been arranged for Bank Holiday afternoons which, in my opinion, fails to cater for anyone who is badgered by their family to 'go somewhere' and I have never understood why an evening Kick-Off appears to be 'taboo'. This would enable those supporters who have to 'go somewhere' with their families to do so but still get back in time for an evening game.

So, why not give the matter some thought for our 'home' games next season, before the fixtures are published?

The Club must also consider the players, who also have other jobs, and surely it is far better preparation for them to be able to play on a Monday evening rather than a Friday?

Easter Monday has to be an evening fixture, as do May Day Monday, Spring Bank Holiday Monday and August Bank Holiday Monday (despite the Cup Final being played on the previous Saturday); there would be time to get back home. Didn't we once have to play Oldham on the Sunday following the Cup Final? Anyway, Cup0 Finals aren't the occasion that they used to be in the 60's and 70's (if you don't believe me then look at the attendance figures). Times change and we must change with them. Let's make it easy for supporters to support.

Even if we can only arrange two 'home' fixtures on these Mondays it would be helpful; as would not arranging any 'home' games during Keighley Holiday weeks (when some supporters still do go on holiday, although not as many as did in the 60's [when it didn't matter in any case because it was 'winter rugby' in those days).

Anyway, that's my two-pennorth for what it's worth.

Some great answers there , just seen the queation banded
About on other forums and wondered what everyone thought.[list=[/list