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| Just to expand on the above . . .
Why not give the Willows a massive send off after Catalan by having a special charity match v Swinton over Christmas with the gate money (less costs going to several local Salford charities that actively promote the event. It could be a celebration of rugby league in Salford over the past 100+ years. Make it £10 adults and £5 kids. Get all the other local amatuer sports clubs involved and ask every Salford celeb to attend the event. Get some celebs to have a footie match at half-time (Coronation Street cast etc) Perhaps ask Russel Watson and the BBC philomonic orchestra to do the pre-match entertainment? Get the schools involved also, why not do a draw on the pitch where a school can win £2000. (One entry in the draw for each kid from the school they attend, do the draw at half-time) Then have a big firework display at full-time.
Wouldn't it be great to see the place full to capacity with the money going to great causes in Salford? I'm sure the Salford Advertiser would fully support it and give it months of exposure leading up to the event. It would be great PR for the club and could also help to attract some new support.
If the capacity is 11,000 and the mix between adults and kids was say 50% that would bring in £82,500. I'm sure with some corporate sponsorship it could raise over 100K.
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| there was something said over the tannoy at fridays game saying 'there is an additional game so listen out for more details soon'....seems the catalans game won't be the last at the willows.
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| At Warrington we had at least 3 last games at Wilderspool.
There was the last game of the league season in 2003 against Wakey where Appo got a hat-trick and the win clinched us the top six place (that should have been the one to bow out).
Then they had a Warrington v New Zealand 'A' game which was the last official game at Wilderspool just after the season ended.
Then we were playing pre-season friendlies there in early 2004. Made it a bit of a damp squib really. I remember Sean Mellor on the tannoy saying at one of them "and the next 'last game' at Wilderspool will be on...."
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| I think a game against New Zealand (pre-4 nations) would be ideal, making the most of the Lance Todd connection.
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