: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:07 am  

Piston Broke wrote:

Don't laugh but....

I know two lads who have been going for years. They weren't there on Sunday because, "we know that they'll win easy....".

That's what the Man U fans said on Sunday.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:05 am  

i think a lot of people don't get as excited about games like that but the players need the support if we think its an easy game or not. I'm expecting a few upsets in this league at some point and I don't think we should get complacent.

Anyway i have e-mailed the club!

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:50 pm  

When i've spoken to different people about Fax some of whom are former fans they all tend to say the same thing, and that is whats the point of going when in reality you've nothing to play for.
Franchise (sorry i mentioned the F word) has come at a bad time, with money being tight people are not getting excited enough about Fax because there is no chance of promotion. Even though i explain to them that it's part of the criteria to have played in a final they just laugh and say the whole thing is a joke.
Despite this our gates are rising at a steady pace. I think our best option is if we do manage to win something this year, hopefuly the league, and the stand finaly gets finished. The club should be able to really sell itself for next season. As for now we need to keep up the good performances on the field, because the more former and new fans that keep coming back then the more chance word will get around just what an entertaining side we are.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:59 pm  

n empsall wrote:

When i've spoken to different people about Fax some of whom are former fans they all tend to say the same thing, and that is whats the point of going when in reality you've nothing to play for.

Winners of the Champions League. Nowt to be sniffed at

To be honest - i go primarily to watch a good game of rugby and to see my team smash other opponents. If people are so hung up on league positions then they are "floaters" anyway and cannot be relied upon for mainstay support. Bradford Bulls have a lot of these types of fans.

I think the crux of the matter is - in their eyes - we're playing tin pot teams. No disrespect to Batley and Doncaster but these aren't the big guns which people want to pay £14 to come and see. They want to see Wigan, Leeds, St Helens and the like. It's a right chicken and egg situation isn't it? We can't get into Super League until our crowds increase. We can't increase our crowds until until we're in Super League.

IMO, the Halifax population (and many other towns actually) are a shower. Sport isn't high on the agenda. There's too much competition from Sky TV, X-Boxes, Wii's and Playstations. Has anyone seen Wall:E ? We're all gonna end up like those human exiles who had to evacuate the planet and evolved into a fat "cabbage patch" like species.

Re: Marketing : Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:42 am  

faxfan wrote:

I started thinking a couple of days ago, with the club doing so well at the moment and the buzz around Halifax at the moment. Does anybody know if the club are doing any extra marketing in schools around the area?

I appreciate it all takes time, money and effort but I just thought (for example) the schools between Halifax and Bradford may be worth visiting. With Bradford not doing so well at the moment and kids enjoying watching a winning team now might be a good opportunity to get out to the schools in the Bradford area and do some extra marketing. I know Bradford are a Super league team but does that really matter to young kids in particular, who like watching a team doing well? Just a thought anyway.

I also thought it might be a good idea to do a special gate price for anyone coming with a season ticket from another club. A lot of super league games are played on a Friday, saturday night and it might attract a few local fans to come down if we get some good publicity from it. I know it may not make a huge difference but it all helps....my sales brain is ticking again!

What does everyone think?

Just brought this back up to the top again re`special priced entrance for other supporters with season tickets.What about going all out to target the club who are playing away at Tolouse ? The minority will go there which leaves the rest at home twiddleing their thumbs why not encourage them to come down the Shay and lets all make a special welcome for them .You never know we may get a few it`s worth a try I think.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:12 pm  

Jonny I think thats a good idea as well... I haven't heard anything back from the club however, do you have anyone's e-mail address at the club as I think I may have sent it to the wrong place? Or could someone PM me?

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:53 pm  

i get the posters etc for matches from this add. jenna@halifaxrlfc.co.uk hope helps.

i get the posters etc for matches from this add. jenna@halifaxrlfc.co.uk hope helps.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:59 pm  

faxfan wrote:

Jonny I think thats a good idea as well... I haven't heard anything back from the club however, do you have anyone's e-mail address at the club as I think I may have sent it to the wrong place? Or could someone PM me?

I do think Mike reads this board and I know he or someone posts on this board from the club you could try PMing him .I know we may not get many or none when such as Whithaven play out there but it may just be a good publicity angle as we could market it as wanting to be our own fans first team and every other clubs fans second team.I know most fans have a second team mine used to be Cass and when we play away in France I will not be going so I intend to take in a game or two at any non super league side that takes my fancy. But if there was a club that activly said to me please come along to our game show your season ticket and we will knock a few quid off and make you really welcome and I thought there may just be a few other odd Fax fans I would go there.It`s worth a try just for the publicity.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:59 pm  

i have had a response from the club thanking me for the idea...they said they may consider this for one off promotions later in the season. The club mentioned that problem will be 'reconciling the gates as they are unable to take vouchers from other season tickets'..not quite sure what they meant by this.

The good news is the players apparently have a lot of time booked at local schools for the summer term.

There was also the suggestion the current season ticket holders must be considered when doing such promotions, with which I responded to, and it seemed that current season ticket holders may have complained in the past when promotions have been on offer.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:21 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Winners of the Champions League. Nowt to be sniffed at

To be honest - i go primarily to watch a good game of rugby and to see my team smash other opponents. If people are so hung up on league positions then they are "floaters" anyway and cannot be relied upon for mainstay support. Bradford Bulls have a lot of these types of fans.

I think the crux of the matter is - in their eyes - we're playing tin pot teams. No disrespect to Batley and Doncaster but these aren't the big guns which people want to pay £14 to come and see. They want to see Wigan, Leeds, St Helens and the like. It's a right chicken and egg situation isn't it? We can't get into Super League until our crowds increase. We can't increase our crowds until until we're in Super League.

IMO, the Halifax population (and many other towns actually) are a shower. Sport isn't high on the agenda. There's too much competition from Sky TV, X-Boxes, Wii's and Playstations. Has anyone seen Wall:E ? We're all gonna end up like those human exiles who had to evacuate the planet and evolved into a fat "cabbage patch" like species.

Its a modern phenomena now to go to Old Trafford, The Emirates or Anfield in football or Headingley (was Odsal or the JJB) in RL to see the 'best teams' and in 'luxury' and be associated with 'the champions or Cup winners' as nothing else gives you any bragging rights does it???
Its a lot harder supporting a poorer team as people are sporting 'snobs' and like to be able to go to work saying 'we won again this weekend' compared to 'we lost again'.
I bet we all know people who go to see football at some of the premier league clubs like Man U, Man C, Liverpool etc.. yet they won't come down to The Shay even to see Town when they were in the league!
Halifax is not unique in this.
People can support who they like fair enough, but I respect somebody more if they support their home town team (or adopted lesser team) rather than one of the 'Big Boys'.