Thing with ladies attending live sport is they dont like to go alone , even if they are taking the kids , so when you target the schools you need to get the mums as they are picking up the kids from school and invite them ' en bloc ' , that way you will have better results

Has anybody come up with a name for this new "resurgence" yet?

I ain't condoning the giants actions. But as far as i'm concerned htafc can go wherever they like to raise money for Y.A.A. Htafc have a unique partnership and along with barcelona are only one of two teams to have a charity on their shirt. They should be applauded

That is fair enough but the same lad who organised the penalty shoot out was the one who brought in the Giants tickets so they must at least work together on marketing.

Yer good point, we have never had decent avertising hoardings either at Thrum Hall or at the Shay.
I know its now a Council run stadium and for both clubs but we could do with a much bigger advert on Skircoat Road, it can be done and would not cost the earth, 50/50 with AFC Halifax Town or maybe the fans would pay for it?
Thing is I have a lot of repect for people at the club but the same people are being asked to help and thats us the already converted. The club need to hit new fans both for coming to games but also the lottery, people may show an interest if only they were asked.
Get where people are like in the pubs in town on a Saturday afternoon, or in the shopping areas like Woolshops or Southgate precinct with flyers.

On Sat 1st Aug is Yorkshire Day I may just enquire about a stall of some kind for that .I went down and did there last week for another organisation I am involved with and the place was heaving.

Also, is there a "mini-season ticket" launch this year? Last year, the club did one in May.

Remember someone asking about this a few weeks ago did anyone reply to them?

Attendances for the last three seasons vs Leigh:

2,854 July 2008
1,816 August 2007
2,160 April 2006

Surely we've got to bust the three thousand barrier on Sunday - seeing as though the standard set by this current sqaud is much higher. If not then maybe Starbug's point that the ending of P&R is more damaging than people think holds some truth.

Utter bollox!

The cost of printing and distributing those leaflets was miniscule as they were done in house and the returns were a high percentage. I can remember collecting every single voucher that came back and the only time we didn't get a decent return was when it was left to somebody other than my self and Guy Williams to deliver them to a School or Company.

I can remember one occasion when I went into the office and asked if somebody could drop some vouchers off at a school near where they lived and they said "I'm not getting involved"! Some bright spark had convinced people in the office that free vouchers for kids didn't work

There's a difference between being helpful and being useful and unfortunately the club have some very helpful but useless people. When those useless people are no longer helpful what's the point in them being there?

If the club had treat a few people a bit better over the years im sure they would have a lot more money in the coffers.

You have to ask yourself why dont any of the people who sponsored us in some of the worst times eg. relegation from SL and the first season in NL1, sponsor anymore? Where have they all gone? Afterall we are playing some of the best Rugby we have played in years, i bet im not far wrong that if you asked any of them why they are no longer involved it will be because of how they have been treated by the club. As good as things are on the field it still seems that off the field is as amateurish as ever.

I mean every succesful business person that has become involved with the club has slowly had their noses pushed out because the `clique`, who have no experience of running a succesful business, dont want to change things for the better. Are they afraid of change or afraid of getting tripped up?

Mike, I've said it numerous times before, how many thousands of cars drive past The Shay on Huddersfield road every day? Put up a proper sign with places to slot in teams/dates like they have at odsal and hey presto, free advertising to thousands every day and much more professional than an A4 sheet of paper.

Wrong.

Correct, Aston Villa for one,