as others have said on here sometimes you have to speculate to accumulate, get the printing sponsored by allowing an advert for the printing firm on it, maybe a local printing firm would like to come on board as a partner and support this, surely we need to be a little creative in how we advertise and how we pay for it.

Hi Shed Head

I teach on the Wirral and due to geographical traditions have had to teach Yawnion. Last season I spent a thoroughly dismal afternoon at Edgley Park with my Year 8 rugby team watching sale and newcastle kick the ball to each other for 80 minutes.

Having booked the tickets I am on their data base obviously, and I have had 10 text messages from the bar stewards so far this season trying to get me to go again. Now that's what I call having a go at marketing. How they get 10,500 in each week to watch that is beyond me. The most entertainment was watching the fat kid in my team return from the burger van for the 13th time and trying to guess what he was bringing back this time.

I also think we are missing a trick. Who are our major shirt sponsors? Where is our new ground (chuckle, nudge, nudge wink, wink say no more!) going to be? Shouldn't we tap up the Trafford centre for a FREE stall in one of the main malls?

The devil to make a reappearance in all marketing strategies please!!!!!!!!

Who sponsors Us and Sale Dolphins why the MEN, so this should be part of the sponsorship deal, in reality it costs the sponsor nothing but gets away from the empty spaces, could even have it pop up on the MEN website. Just a thought.

red13pjb

I work so close to the ground its unfair.

It's extremely well run. We need to get them in as advisors.
(And I wish I could go to the Crown, the OLd Vic [my local at work, or the Armoury befoe a game!!!!!!!!!!).

Aye, some cracking pubs in Stockport - but Salford can boast The New Oxford, The King's Arms & The Crescent - a bit of a stroll to the Willows but worth the effort.

Incidentally, jumping the gun somewhat, anyone know of any decent pubs in the vicinity of Barton (planning years in advance)? My local knowledge only extends to the western borders of Eccles.

Closest Holts pub is the The Grapes on Liverpool Rd Peel Green, used to be my local till we moved.St Mikes social club and the Unicorn both just up the road serving no doubt the usual suspects of the kep variety.
At the Irlam end of Barton Stretch, is the Golf club not sure about non members etc and then into Irlam there`s the Nags Head and the Sports/White Lion.And that my friend is about your lot.