Re: Marketing : Tue May 24, 2011 7:34 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

When I was a young lad, I started supporting Fax in 1988. Attendances were around 7000 to 9000 regular.
a) They'd reached a cup final twice
b) 3 teams got promoted and relegated from Top-Tier giving more interest even at Div 2 level.
c) Pubs closed at 3pm
d) Bradford Northern & Huddersfield Barracudas were strugglers.
e) Not many folk had days out elsewhere in the winter
f) No SkySports football on a Sunday
Its a bigger consumer world now & the "floaters" prefer to spend their money elsewhere rather than pay over-inflated prices to watch Champ rugby when they could save their £20 for beer money and take in a Sky footy match in the pub.

SKY/RFL are to blame in the main.

Points c and f are often the forgotten ones , Saturday was footy day , Sunday was pub at 11.30 , Leigh East or Miners at 2pm , fairly sure the pubs around had last orders at 2 , then into Hilton Park for kick off at 3 pm

You are quite correct about the footy watching pud dwellers , are the recoverable ? , no chance , it's the 7/8/9/10 year olds you now need , at that age they don't really care who you are playing , they have no comprehension that Hunslet is a part of Leeds or that Leigh is a small t , well I'll leave it there , you know what I mean

Re: Marketing : Tue May 24, 2011 7:43 pm  

i do think we could all go round in circles with this topic. From my point of view (and it is my only my point of view) if any team is winning then people will come and watch and any marketing works. If a team is loosing week in week out then it's like flogging a dead horse.

It's only the loyal die hard fans that will come and watch a loosing team. i know as i only missed one game in 2003 and we won it.you have to have a product to market

Re: Marketing : Tue May 24, 2011 7:54 pm  

N.Hitchy wrote:

i do think we could all go round in circles with this topic. From my point of view (and it is my only my point of view) if any team is winning then people will come and watch and any marketing works. If a team is loosing week in week out then it's like flogging a dead horse.

It's only the loyal die hard fans that will come and watch a loosing team. i know as i only missed one game in 2003 and we won it.you have to have a product to market

It is a double edged sword , lose too many and fans get put off , win too many and fans get bored , fortunately as this year has shown again , there isn't much wrong with the on field product in the Championships , the NRC will have two finalists that haven't been in it for several years , so it will be 8 different teams contesting it in the last 4 years , and the League apart from a couple of teams is as open as usual ,

What is missing is atmosphere , the feeling that you are at an ' Event ' , it is that which the RFL either don't understand or care about , and the clubs seem scared of trying to produce

What is more conducive to creating that feeling and an atmosphere ? Some fireworks and a few kids dancing , or a large block of away fans singing and an extra 1,000 home fans in on freebies ?

Re: Marketing : Tue May 24, 2011 10:13 pm  

Come off it guys these little schemes do nothing in the big picture. All that counts is:
1. A winning team
2. Value for money entrance fee
3. Super League potential

other things may add 10-20 extra heads per game max

Re: Marketing : Tue May 24, 2011 10:27 pm  

Knock On Nigel wrote:

Come off it guys these little schemes do nothing in the big picture. All that counts is:
1. A winning team
2. Value for money entrance fee
3. Super League potential

other things may add 10-20 extra heads per game max

So your bolloxed then ?

Re: Marketing : Wed May 25, 2011 6:18 am  

Its true!