Yes the clubs have to share some of the blame , unfortunatly most if not all are just trying to survive , leaving little if any money for Marketing themselves , that is why I have suggested it is arranged and financed by the RFL on their behalf , the bottom line is that they have removed the most marketable thing the lower tier clubs had ' promotion ' and the RFL seem either incapable or uninterested in finding something to replace it

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Do you seriously think the people of Leigh dont know they have a RL team ?

answer other SL clubs all within 30 minutes drive

answer : yes,that's stating the bl*****g obvious - it has always been tough for all RL teams to compete in the rl heartlands and it always will be
If you believe your club has done the utmost to increase interest in your catchment area then,my friend,your club is DOOMED
Leigh,along with all the others will just have to scale down,manage their affairs better and lower their ambitions just to survive.
By the way,what excuse can you give for the lack of support for the likes of Whitehaven or Workington which are even further north of Watford ? and certainly a fair drive from the 'first class' sporting venues you describe ! Maybe they all head for the hotbed of footie that is Carlisle Utd ?

quite agree


regarding LER crowds - I can't say offhand but I will find out - it's not a cop out,I just don't know

off the top of my head I would estimate a crowd of about 800 - 1000 for the Villeneuve games

Very poor then , they need to market themselves better or lower their expectations

probably,but their expectations aren't that great to begin with - the LER maybe with the exception of FCL & UTC are parochial clubs and always will be - they are not sleeping giants such as Widnes etc - they know their place and cut their cloth accordingly - the LER is a totally different concept just as france is a totally different culture to that of the UK - don't try to make comparisons.
Union dominates down south and it always will,end of.

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So they play in the highest league in the country ?

Football dominates in the northwest of England and always will , end of

That's what the southerners tried on with us in 1895 , that's why RL was born , dont expect us to bend over and take it

it's a pity it now appears to be dying...........

It's been "dying" since before i was born. Hell, it's a long and slow death.

yes,the LER is as good as it gets - the general level is probably mid-Championship standard ie Leigh

yes,football dominates in the northwest - even in Carlisle ?

Think you meant Widnes there didn't you