Re: Poor crowd : Fri May 12, 2023 10:10 pm  

Is there sufficient a stadium in Bolton? Walking down Hope Street, Leigh, on a clear day you'd think that you could reach out and grab that little stick atop Winter Hill. But that little stick is blummin' huge and, at Bongser's age, takes a good 30 seconds and more to circumnavigate.

Point? Horwich is a lot further away than Bolton.

Presume CowYed is from Westhoughton anyway. Bongser lives in Bent. The latent interest is there. But there are far too many Wiggin shirts around Atherton. Glory seekers (from the old Leigh vills) will stay reflected glory seekers until Leigh pick up some serious silverware again.

For Bongser, it should be best 17 for the C Cup tie next week.

Re: Poor crowd : Sat May 13, 2023 4:30 am  

Bent&Bongser wrote:

Is there sufficient a stadium in Bolton? Walking down Hope Street, Leigh, on a clear day you'd think that you could reach out and grab that little stick atop Winter Hill. But that little stick is blummin' huge and, at Bongser's age, takes a good 30 seconds and more to circumnavigate.

Point? Horwich is a lot further away than Bolton.

Presume CowYed is from Westhoughton anyway. Bongser lives in Bent. The latent interest is there. But there are far too many Wiggin shirts around Atherton. Glory seekers (from the old Leigh vills) will stay reflected glory seekers until Leigh pick up some serious silverware again.

For Bongser, it should be best 17 for the C Cup tie next week.

I more than get your point Bongser but as an Exiled Leyther living in Warrington and being a Wanderers fan to boot, there are far more connections with both clubs than there are with Wigan.

Bolton is a huge Town, and although it may be a little further away, easy to get to and it doesnt stop 20k week in a week out watching an average football team play in Championship 1.

Point ? Nothing to lose, spread the brand, day out and no doubt far more than the 9100 in the previous fixture v the crustmunchers will attend !

Another great win last night, so happy days !

Re: Poor crowd : Sat May 13, 2023 5:13 am  

Pies appointed full time development officer to bolton after world cup
they got bit over 20k at that fixture with all the promotion
dont know if pies do any of the fabled marketing around bolton if so what form it takes anyone know?bolton town centre resembles Beirut
we have posters round town and have been into schools i believe including bent and bongs?
think we should look to fill lsv. elvis on the pitch gives us lots more seats

Re: Poor crowd : Sat May 13, 2023 6:23 am  

Lower Creaser wrote:

As I’ve said and others have said before , with the population of Leigh itself , being around 60k 1 in 10 isn’t a bad average.
After a few years of Super League Rugby and more interest in the surrounding areas like Astley /Tyldesley/Atherton/ Westhoughton the crowds will rise .
We didn’t get a massive average in 81/82 despite what people say about HP being packed every week , it simply wasn’t.
That’s when there was little to do on a Sunday , pubs closing at 3 etc.
Regards the pricing I agree more should be done for our OAPs and not price them out of going regularly.
Friday nights will always favour some and not others , corporate wise it’s a no brainier , rest between games again makes it viable.
If the top teams , Wigan Saints Wire Leeds all play Fridays then they must of weighed up all the options.
There was outcry when we didn’t have cash turnstiles on the day and had to purchase tickets but this is now the norm , as will Friday night Matches

Friday is a must for the big clubs as that is when they fill hospitality

Re: Poor crowd : Sun May 14, 2023 7:20 pm  

Lower Creaser wrote:

As I’ve said and others have said before , with the population of Leigh itself , being around 60k 1 in 10 isn’t a bad average.
After a few years of Super League Rugby and more interest in the surrounding areas like Astley /Tyldesley/Atherton/ Westhoughton the crowds will rise .
We didn’t get a massive average in 81/82 despite what people say about HP being packed every week , it simply wasn’t.
That’s when there was little to do on a Sunday , pubs closing at 3 etc.
Regards the pricing I agree more should be done for our OAPs and not price them out of going regularly.
Friday nights will always favour some and not others , corporate wise it’s a no brainier , rest between games again makes it viable.
If the top teams , Wigan Saints Wire Leeds all play Fridays then they must of weighed up all the options.
There was outcry when we didn’t have cash turnstiles on the day and had to purchase tickets but this is now the norm , as will Friday night Matches

Wikipedia states Leigh`s population is only 41,250.

Re: Poor crowd : Sun May 14, 2023 7:57 pm  

45,491 Census 2021

Re: Poor crowd : Sun May 14, 2023 9:30 pm  

....and that's only the registered ones.

Re: Poor crowd : Mon May 15, 2023 5:46 am  

Makes the crowd % all the more better!
Hopefully Wire bring a good following next week and fill out the south stand.!

Re: Poor crowd : Wed May 17, 2023 9:46 am  

This thing about IMG wanting the likes of Newcastle and London in SL...they can want all they like, but the amount of money needed to turn those teams into viable SL teams is gargantuan by RL standards.

Remember London have had a very wealthy man ploughing money into them for years and they are currently playing in front of crowds of about 300-400 in a horribly inaccessible soccer stadium and languishing in the bottom half of the Championship.

Newcastle have stripped right back, gone back to part time, slashed their budget and look prime candidates to be relegated back to League 1.

Even Toulouse seem relatively cash-strapped, they have played all year without a major jersey sponsor and have been unable/unwilling to make any major signings this year and are struggling accordingly (losing at Sheffield, Bradford, Swinton and Batley).

There's more to building a SL club than just locating it in a big city.

Re: Poor crowd : Wed May 17, 2023 10:40 am  

Hello Horsey, is this the year that Fev make it to Super League? It would certainly be a good time for promotion.

Regarding attendances, a big issue appears to be travelling away support on Thursday and Friday nights (especially involving trips across the Pennines). Well supported Leeds only brought a handful of supporters on a Friday. Local derbies are going down a storm, so for me it is better to have teams located closer than further away. If further away then more games need to be televised.

Catalans home games appear far less on Sky than in previous years.