: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:26 pm  

Fatboys Limb wrote:

I would hope 2100 but I think closer to 1200?!



Try giving LOADS of free tickets out ... it's the future!

I don't think it'll be as low as 1,200.

I'd like to think they'll break 2,000. I'd better keep quiet seeing as I'm not going lol

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:59 am  

I'd be amazed if we broke past 2k on Sunday. 1800ish.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:56 pm  

I'd be more than happy with anything over 2,000.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:47 pm  

Which is awful considering that the club was budgeting for crowds between 2500-3000.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:49 pm  

DParky wrote:

Which is awful considering that the club was budgeting for crowds between 2500-3000.

I think the club were expecting our new ground to pull a few more fans in but it doesnt seem to have happened yet.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:51 pm  

Lemon wrote:

I think the club were expecting our new ground to pull a few more fans in but it doesnt seem to have happened yet.

And it certainly won't happen until there is a bit more of a buzz about the town and on a matchday, in particular. Even before the Wigan game, the town centre was dead so I think it's quite easy for people to not notice when there is a game on.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:55 pm  

Still think we lack promotion in these games.I live in Daisyhill and if i didnt show an active interest in this site would not know a dickybird.

You cant get the crowds in if no fekker knows about it

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:47 am  

GranadaTV charge too much for advertising

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:05 pm  

It costs about £500 to put 25000 fliers into the leigh reporter and have it delivered through your door!

and before anyone complains about not getting it delivered at all and it going into Leyth canal it is still better to speculate and at least try and drive the business forward than sit there hoping people just wander in looking at the shiny new building that has just appeared!

Maybe once a week on a friday afternoon of the week we are playing at home, have a couple of the players do the rounds to the local schools giving out tickets to the pupils for the game.

Lowton/Westleigh/St Mary's/bedford not to mention all the primary schools were the parents would need to go too!

Maybe the same week like when i was a kid playing at East, my coach every sunday used to give me a free ticket the game that afternoon, we could hand tickets out to all the youth teams at East, miners Rangers, leigh RU, maybe push the boat out and do Golborne Parkside and Tyldsley RU!

The possibilities are endless, these are but a few and if the management dont promote there product strongly, aggressively and consistently it is inevitable that the club will fail. The business needs to be driven!

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:02 pm  

Binosh wrote:

It costs about £500 to put 25000 fliers into the leigh reporter and have it delivered through your door!

and before anyone complains about not getting it delivered at all and it going into Leyth canal it is still better to speculate and at least try and drive the business forward than sit there hoping people just wander in looking at the shiny new building that has just appeared!

Maybe once a week on a friday afternoon of the week we are playing at home, have a couple of the players do the rounds to the local schools giving out tickets to the pupils for the game.

Lowton/Westleigh/St Mary's/bedford not to mention all the primary schools were the parents would need to go too!

Maybe the same week like when i was a kid playing at East, my coach every sunday used to give me a free ticket the game that afternoon, we could hand tickets out to all the youth teams at East, miners Rangers, leigh RU, maybe push the boat out and do Golborne Parkside and Tyldsley RU!

The possibilities are endless, these are but a few and if the management dont promote there product strongly, aggressively and consistently it is inevitable that the club will fail. The business needs to be driven!

I also remember them days, and think it could be worth a shot.
My lad plays for East now and i know a good few of the teams parents filled in a form for the free season tickets as they where handed out at one of the training session, i also know that up to now only about 2 of them have bothered going to collect there tickets.