Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:33 am  

Wigan v Catalan - Saturday 5 September 3pm New Den
London Bees v Watford Ladies Sunday 6 September 2pm Hive
London Broncos v Workington Sunday 6 September 3pm Hive

Think I would prefer to be a warm up act at the New Den than sharing the pitch with the Womens SL at the Hive (although might liven things up).

We are used to being kept in the dark but its only a month away now so should be fair to the Town fans and let them know there is something dodgy about this fixture.

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:10 pm  

I would not be too upset if it turned out to be a failure.

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:36 pm  

TaRL PaRL wrote:

Wigan v Catalan - Saturday 5 September 3pm New Den
London Bees v Watford Ladies Sunday 6 September 2pm Hive
London Broncos v Workington Sunday 6 September 3pm Hive

Think I would prefer to be a warm up act at the New Den than sharing the pitch with the Womens SL at the Hive (although might liven things up).

We are used to being kept in the dark but its only a month away now so should be fair to the Town fans and let them know there is something dodgy about this fixture.

IIRC the clash of the fixtures on 6/9 was raised by an individual on twitter and the Club responded that they were looking
into the matter. Doesnt affect me as such as working that weekend. Had I not been it would have been The New Den for me.

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:56 pm  

Perhaps we should leaflet the neutral fans at the Wigan game at The Den. Might drum up a few fans, though probably not.
Better to do it at The International at The Olympic Park.

At The Den Just give don't give flyers to the Where's Wally impersonators .

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:00 pm  

Bostwick wrote:

Better to do it at The International at The Olympic Park.

Better?
November 5th 2011 we leafleted the 4 Nations game at Wembley as well as taking an advert in the match-day programme and on the screens. It was to announce our return to the Name London Broncos 3 months later and resulted in a 19% drop in attendances in 2012 as opposed to our last season as Harlequins Rugby League. Oh...let's not forget the "Black Cabs"......between them and the activity at Wembley we blew the majority (if not all) the marketing budget for 2012 some 3 months before the season started and ended up with club record lows for the visit of every side in SL.

I'd suggest keeping your powder dry when it comes to promoting the Broncos at our new home. It's highly unlikely that your floating Wigan/Northern RL fan or ANZAC (that will be the #1 target for Wigan) will be interested in watching 2nd tier RL on a track more suited to Hammersmith Hills Hoists v West London Chargers (well done the chargers BTW.....defeated the bar staff at the weekend!)

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:24 pm  

I only wish they had planted them daffodils on the Lexus roundabout all those years ago. You would then have been part of the failure and would have have had no outlet to spout your bitterness. oh well.....

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:52 pm  

Bostwick wrote:

Perhaps we should leaflet the neutral fans at the Wigan game at The Den. Might drum up a few fans, though probably not.
Better to do it at The International at The Olympic Park.

At The Den Just give don't give flyers to the Where's Wally impersonators .

Now if the club was actually organised, it would be there selling itself with people rather than a half hearted advert int the programme, next years season tickets on offer, people promoting the club and collecting data. But wait it's Broncos so unless the fans do it won't happen.

Oh god I'm starting to sound like the cat (currently on his fourth life).

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:31 pm  

I'll be going for the beer. Great pubs near there. Might stay for the rugby.

Not sure why people were worried about safety, went as an away football fan last year and felt alot less intimidated than at alot of Northern grounds.

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Sat Aug 15, 2015 11:38 am  

Gonna wear the London shirt for this game with a very nice Catalans French Beret, that will wind up the Pies, Wigan have given away 1000 free coach tickets and then its £25 return after that, with a free ticket for season ticket holders etc along the way, reduced prices for others,

Who cares if only 2000 people turn up for the game, will still be a better crowd than Broncos and its another RL game at higher level in London,

1) Challenge Cup Final @ Wembley
2) England v NZ @ Olympic Park
3) Catalans v Wigan @ Millwall

Re: Wigan bring Catalan to London : Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:31 pm  

Difficult one, is it worth going in the Hope the pies go down to the French. Problem is Catalan have been poor away from perpignan