Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:43 am  

If RL is so attractive to football fans, how come we didn't build our crowds when we were playing at Charlton? Charlton were getting crowds of around 20,000 at the time and we didn't appear to pick up a single fan (our first home game in 2000 had a gate of 2,856 and the last game in 2001 had 2,854 attending.)

Ditto Brentford...the reason we had some half reasonable gates at GP was because the team was winning. Winning our home games is still the major key to building interest and sadly, we have not been able to do that.

Re RU fans, I have met many QRU fans over the years we've been at The Stoop...some have become regulars at the RL games, many not.

People have generally lost heart with us because of the stuff being dished up on the pitch...not only are we a losing team, but over the last few years, we have had too many non-performances and capitulations.

Things are never going to change until we can get a consistently performing team on the pitch, imo.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:10 am  

here is an interesting true comment overheard in the stand at a recent football game in the Ryman South last Saturday.

See London Broncos played at Wycombe? Loved the game last year at the Gills and wonder if they are going there again, it is better than watching this lot!

I was sat two rows in front and the discussion went on for about 5 minutes how they liked watching Robinson, Offiah and the merits of the game. Not staying they would become regular fans but what I heard suggests there is a level of knowledge and support for the game among some football fans.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:27 am  

Dan Stains woz God wrote:

Things are never going to change until we can get a consistently performing team on the pitch, imo.

That's the key IMO, a no-brainer in fact. No hope of wider success in a "new" market without offering something that people will want to see. Though even on-pitch success hasn't been enough in itself in the past, plenty of back-up resources (like marketing) also needed of course. And that's no guarantee of success either - look at all the dollars that went into NFL Europe with no significant lasting effect. And RL just doesn't have that kind of money.

Gloom

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:39 am  

2nd in SL, CC Final, 2 Play-off appearences......barring the name change in 2006, they all have one thing in common......we got LESS fans the following season.
YES....a performing team is important, but it's worthless without the proper infastructure and marketing campaigns to make serious gains.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:33 pm  

Broadly in agreement, GF.

But FFS it's FEWER.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:59 pm  

daftdad wrote:

say what you like we will end up in barnet, no transport link, no locals

No planning permission to increase the number of events at the stadium.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:55 pm  

The year we made the CC was a poor year for us by our standards in the SL era.

A lot of people got jacked off as early as 99. Wembley was huge and loads of people appeared from nowhere. That was the chance to start the database of fans as GF has suggested in the past.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:13 am  

Rooster Booster wrote:

The year we made the CC was a poor year for us by our standards in the SL era.

A lot of people got jacked off as early as 99. Wembley was huge and loads of people appeared from nowhere. That was the chance to start the database of fans as GF has suggested in the past.

Branson was (wrongly) convinced fans would flock to games andall he had to do was stick posts in the ground......and since then, every man, women and child associated with the club (that I have had dealings with) has acted like this will still happen.
...all I (we) can do is pray that 20% of Mr Hughes money if not 25% or even 30% for 2014 will be used to invite our new neighbours to come and see what we have to offer...

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:24 am  

Interestingly, there was a database of the Craven Cottage season ticket holders that someone did on the old Amstrad PCW (?) system many years back.

Re: Interesting- Farnborough : Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:38 pm  

The Chronicler of Chiswic wrote:

Interestingly, there was a database of the Craven Cottage season ticket holders that someone did on the old Amstrad PCW (?) system many years back.

last discussion I had regarding data (circa 2008) there were 2 lists..one from the ticket office and one from general collection of data....nobody at the club knew how to merge these or really what to do with them.

I reckon that when it is announced where we are moving to, every single person we have details for should be sent 2 free tickets to the first game.....and that's just for starters.