Re: Fev v Sheff : Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:36 am  

halifaxjohn wrote:

So why doesn't it concern them, where is the money coming from?
RFL?

Barnsley probably saw the light and realised that with it being a football town there was no point.

Perhaps the RFL couldn't afford two development teams in one area.

I don't know where their money comes from, never really thought about it and in the whole scheme of things does it matter? I am more concerned about where Fax's revenue is coming from and how poor our gates are at the moment. How can Fax maximise their gates and all other streams of revenue to make sure that we, not only survive but compete at the top, that should be our concern, knowing where Sheffield get their money from is not going to change our situation!

One question we should be asking is, who are the player scouts at Sheffield??? I think their player recruitment over the last few years has been excellent both overseas and domestic. Picking up players like Menzi Yere, Quentin Laulu-Togagae, Misi Taulapapa but also players like Jack Howieson from Student Rugby League show they have some keen eyes on the player market. They really impress me in that respect.

Re: Fev v Sheff : Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:42 am  

griff1998 wrote:

The point you miss is that we're all in the same ****.

We've never had a crowd. You had one and lost it. You should be more worried than us.

No you. miss the point, we have had a crowd and we can get it back.

I will however hand it back to you as you always like the last word.
We have gone off topic so , over to you.

Re: Fev v Sheff : Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:35 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

No you. miss the point, we have had a crowd and we can get it back.

Re: Fev v Sheff : Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:29 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Sponsors definitely prefer Friday nights. Straight from the office to the game, just in time for some snap, watch the game, job's a good 'un. Sunday - takes all day and they don't work Sundays.

Wouldn't argue with your 200-300 but there's VAT to take out, so it's more like £2.5k - £3.75k a game, say £40k over a season plus £0k for the burgers and beer because DVS keep all that.

Sponsorship is profitable but I just think you need to build a crowd if you're going anywhere.

More punters = more gate money = more secondary spend = more ability to sell yourself to sponsors = more press coverage = more punters = etc etc

I would say less than 2.5k - 3.75k taking into account free kids season tickets etc
I agree they need to think about building a fan base for the reasons you've put but the moral of the story is sponsors are king at sheffield and are paying a large portion of our outgoings, Its no secret we've had good sponsors for quite a while it's catch 22 we're dependent on them

If anyone wonders where sheffield gets its money from this would be a good place to start

Have a safe trip down tomorrow night fax fans

Re: Fev v Sheff : Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:41 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

Barnsley a football town, not sure about that!



As for the RFL bankrolling us, I think most sane people understand we get absolutely zero extras by now, but keep believing what you want johnny boy.

Got to say Sheffield is a football city and whilst you have done brilliant on the crowds you have I can never see them ever getting big enough to justify a place in SL, it failed before even after a fantastic win at Wembley (I was there a great day that).
I think the reason you have done as well as you have is good management (Halifax take note) and a man who is Sheffield through and through in Mark Aston, when he goes you will drop like a stone I think.