Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:21 pm  

orangeman wrote:

To the apologists. Enjoy plough lane.....I give it 24 months.

Sadly when we do disappear, countless fans of other clubs will crow "bound to happen, no one in London ever had any interest in rugby league."

I was once naive enough to think that a successful London side would transform the perception of the sport in this country. Well, that ship has well and truly sailed. Sailed and then sunk.

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:11 pm  

Benny Profane wrote:

Sadly when we do disappear, countless fans of other clubs will crow "bound to happen, no one in London ever had any interest in rugby league."

I was once naive enough to think that a successful London side would transform the perception of the sport in this country. Well, that ship has well and truly sailed. Sailed and then sunk.

Best way to sum up why we are at this juncture is actually the WCC warm up games.

2009. Manly. RFL marketed the game and we got 6,000.
2010 we were again give the warm up game v the storm, but no marketing from the RFL, we didn't bother even trying and we got 3,500

It was simple bloody maths.....an extra £50k on the gate +whatever in the bars and food concessions because of a heap of PR and Promotional work undertaken by the RFL in London prior to the Manly match..

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:36 am  

Has anyone received an e-mail from the club about this? I haven't and am wondering whether I'm now on some don't bother e-mailing them list or whether the club really don't feel the need to inform someone who has held around twenty season tickets - albeit not this season for health reasons.

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:45 am  

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:

Has anyone received an e-mail from the club about this? I haven't and am wondering whether I'm now on some don't bother e-mailing them list or whether the club really don't feel the need to inform someone who has held around twenty season tickets - albeit not this season for health reasons.

Email from the club?
Oh you are funny!

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:16 am  

Benny Profane wrote:

Sadly when we do disappear, countless fans of other clubs will crow "bound to happen, no one in London ever had any interest in rugby league."

Typical on Twitter yesterday, some Loud Mouth! sent me a message, you never attracted more than 100!! when I looked at his information LFC Fan and Saints, the team who has been attracting 7,000 to 8,000 this season! the new stadium St Helens Council pulled out all the stops for them ££££, population now of the area is 170,000, council spending council tax money for 7,000 lol, it sums up RL, yes some people in lockdown have found better things to do, but no one at the RFL will pull their finger out!

It was good in the Catalan game Saints owner, the man with his personal offices at the ground lol, jumped up and down with one of the late conversion attempts, while no one around him in the stand did! Would love to have found a photo o this and titled it ;Should have Gone to Specsavers' lol

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:49 am  

People keep talking about 2024. In 2022 and 2023 we have to pay 200K rent just for PL... Not sure how much for Richmond. And we have very little central funding. Just how much money do you think we have to spend on the squad (acadamy). I don't see any noises from Wimbledon regarding the cost of the rent, (and why should they reduce it).... But no matter what the ticket price and marketing, people are not going to flock to see kids get beat by 50 week on week on week.

Would be interesting if we draw WWR in the cup next year. Could be their first ever win

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:08 pm  

I wonder what onnth gate price will be demanded to watch part time players next year. This year started at £25.00 IIRC.....what will the accountant lobster and commercial monkey think the imaginary hoards of new fans will pay to watch egg chasers get walloped by a team from a pit village they've never heard of?
How much do Skolars charge?

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:36 pm  

Think this year s/t was £100 with Conc at £80. No idea re kids. Match tickets £15 I think but sure there are those that know better than me.

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:53 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Think this year s/t was £100 with Conc at £80. No idea re kids. Match tickets £15 I think but sure there are those that know better than me.

900 was the average in 2018 in the championship....we won it and went up. 2022 will see us struggle to stay up....BUT....let's say we get 1,000 back, how.much will they be expected to pay to watch part timers?

Re: Club Statement - Part Time : Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:14 pm  

orangeman wrote:

900 was the average in 2018 in the championship....we won it and went up. 2022 will see us struggle to stay up....BUT....let's say we get 1,000 back, how.much will they be expected to pay to watch part timers?

I imagine prices will be same as this year. It will be impossible to justify raising them.