: Sun May 25, 2008 5:00 pm  

Meist wrote:

Curry hut would be brilliant - there must be a curry place in Bradford that would set up a stall at Odsal.
Rugby league and madras. Perfick

I'm told that the entire catering at odsal has been franchised and they are not able to control which outlets are there.
The predominance of Burger stalls is pretty dissappinting especially in a city of excellent ethnic cuisine.
I have never bought a Burger there but would a curry every time

: Sun May 25, 2008 6:28 pm  

Redo the franchise player marketing, just with Sam instead of Robbie.

: Mon May 26, 2008 10:27 am  

bobsmyuncle wrote:

I'm told that the entire catering at odsal has been franchised and they are not able to control which outlets are there.
The predominance of Burger stalls is pretty dissappinting especially in a city of excellent ethnic cuisine.
I have never bought a Burger there but would a curry every time

I'm sure there is no stalls that even do pies - staple diet of any self respecting Northern person..

: Thu May 29, 2008 12:39 am  

Pre-match entertainment that's cheap and people might like - get an old player back each week. Post who it's going to be on here the week before, collect suggested questions, and have Stuart interview him on the pitch at half time or before the game.

: Thu May 29, 2008 12:44 am  

Youtube virals to promote games - spamming people will put them off but if it's half funny people won't mind and will forward it on to current and lapsed fans alike. Get the players involved, two minutes with a handycam in the week and you're sorted.

: Thu May 29, 2008 8:33 am  

Meanwhile, Cook says boss Steve McNamara has been reminding the players just how special a potential final date could be, having recently savoured the Wembley experience first-hand.

He said: "Steve Mac was down there to watch Hull City last Saturday. He's mentioned a few times since how electric it all was, the buzz and the atmosphere and how we could be a part of all that.

So, this week's video could have been Simon Finnegan recreating, Phoenix from the Flames style, Dean Windass's goal: orange shirt and black shorts, the top of his head painted white, he zimmers up then volleys the ball from just short of the halfway line and we see it fly between the posts past a hayseed chewing goal keeper. Cut to the stands where Steve Mac and pals go mad, shouting "I dern't believe it, What a gerl! Goodbye Kirka-Cirla Championship! Quick pass me that fern, I wannt to tell my mum." SM's mate passes him a large fern (ho ho) which he takes and waves "Werr herr, mum, did you see that?". Cut to 'SM's mum' (played by himself in Nora Batty headscarf) smiling and waving back. Tagline: can the Bulls block Hull's road back to Wembley? Find out Sunday 1st June, 3.15pm KO.

Now that may sound pretty corny but that's off the top of my head and people would forward it. Again, put people power to work - we could have a sticky thread on here for suggestions.

[Bullseye]

: Thu May 29, 2008 10:18 am  

Trimalchio wrote:

Perhaps the club should give af a job as head of marketing

Not a bad idea!

But why not also have a marketing competition where the club ask for ideas. They could give prizes for the best ones. Make a big thing about it, pitchside presentation, opportunities to help make it happen, media coverage etc.

It gets people involved, makes them feel welcome and part of the team. We're all in it together etc. This is just the sort of thing we need to do to pull people together.

: Thu May 29, 2008 12:28 pm  

Have to say, I really like the Phoniex from the flames idea. Could be done for sky games and shown pre-match on the big screen. That's something that would encourage me to get there early. Far more than some unknown person the club has yanked off the local karaoke in the pub.

It would have been even better last year tbh because you could have had big names from Northern/Bulls past reliving big moments to celebrate the centinery.

Maybe the Paul Anderson hand of God, face of Connelly from 2003 would be a good starting point? Or Mick Wither's hat trick try from 2001?

: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:21 pm  

To mark the return of a fully fit Nero, how about having a 'gladiators and slaves' day? Everyone could come wearing togas, armor and other kinds of Roman dress...

Mystic eddie could come as that pesky complainer tacitus

: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:51 pm  

given that the Bulls logo is pretty well known these days, maybe merchandising (t shirts, baseball caps) that just used its outline would look good in a minimalist sort of way.