City were still getting the crowds though when the were down to the 3rd tier of football

Yes results do help but but is not fully the reason behind people turning up or not

p.s we havent had to compete with the football for the last 2/3 month so what happened in those months............Nothing

Now I don't buy into this "we have no support cos of the big footie teams down the road" syndrome. There are hundreds if not thousands of local people who support those teams and never ever go to watch them live for whatever reason. Therefore they could possibly afford to come and watch Salford if they were interested in the sport, but they aren't. The fact is that Salford is not a RL area despite what many might think. Thats why we are a small club with a small club mentality. It's one of the reasons why we hate Wire so much because they have gone from being a relatively small club into having ( though not fullfilling) some potential.

It doesn't help though that we haven't been as competative as the outside public would want us to be for them to come and watch. Saying that crowds weren't that good when we in the play offs.

When Trish Goldsmith was heading up the publicity campaign she was ideal for the job, but some posters on here objected to her tactics and the way that she controlled things she was however very successful in my opinion.

Adam Jude's role has never been fully explained to the fans although the in roads that are being made in the local areas may be attributed to Adam,perhaps the club could explain who does what etc.

We get publicity from a variety of quarters but it is not always good publicity lately mainly due to the problems with the new stadium and the majority of of hopes of increased attendances, new sponsors, new money coming into the club were based around the new stadium development.

The publicity that Huddersfield received last year with their special season ticket launch, and the subsequent increase in season tickets sales for this season is something that we should or possibly are looking at, as it provided a large amount of income at a time when the club is not receiving any, so that must be a good thing and was good publicity.

The club has to be careful not to alienate the regular season ticket holders/ supporters with special offers as if you are not careful we have people who are only interested in these freebies whilst the season ticket holders have paid their money up front well in advance.

Back to publicity and we probably get more in the press(MEN & Advertiser)
than most clubs but what sort is it?Usually items off the Turkey which in some cases are way off the mark and usually negative in a lot of respects.

Finally if we were more consistent on the field than we have been the interest in the club would increase as would the support where as at present we take one step forward and two steps back.

yes but only half what they where getting, and having worked at city I used to laugh at the loyal fan thing, Leeds have still get a similar following to what City had in that division. Every sport has a lot of fans who don't go, two weeks ago I went to OT for the friendly against Valancia over 70,000 locals there, thousands of kids because it was only a fiver for them and a tenner for adults plus there was a match programme. If only Salford would have had posters or a page in the programme about the next games at Salford and special offers for anyone with a ticket from the friendly a massive opp was missed there. John is a big United fan he even does matchday specials from his hotel on Chester Road, he surely could see the potential there.

BUT DO THE POWERS THAT BE AT OLD TRAFFORD WANT TO DO YOUR SUGGESTIONS, I DOUBT IT VERY MUCH, THEY ARE SELF, SELF, SELF & DONT GIVE A STUFF ABOUT SALFORD OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.

Oh dear oh dear!! Someone needs to look at the facts.
Now, presuming you mean [iManchester[/i United then the average attendances were as follows...

68-69 - 51,169 City - 33,750
69-70 - 49,862 City - 33,930
70-71 - 43,945 City - 31,041
71-72 - 45,999 City - 38,573
72-73 - 48,623 City - 32,351
73-74 - 42,712 City - 30,756
74-75 - 48,389 City - 32,898
75-76 - 54,750 City - 34,280
76-77 - 53,710 City - 40,058
77-78 - 51,860 City - 41,687
78-79 - 46,430 City - 36,203
79-80 - 51,608 City - 35,272
80-81 - 45,071 City - 33,587
81-82 - 44,571 City - 34,063
82-83 - 41,695 City - 26,789
83-84 - 42,534 City - 25,604
84-85 - 42,881 City - 24,220
85-86 - 46,321 City - 24,229
86-87 - 40,594 City - 21,922
87-88 - 39,152 City - 19,472
88-89 - 36,474 City - 23,500
89-90 - 39,331 City - 27,975
90-91 - 43,242 City - 27,874

Not once in those 23 years did City have a higher attendance than Nited and only 3 times was Nited's average under 40K...not quite the 27K quoted though we have had a few crowds of round about that figure - Wimbledon at home on a Monday night was definitely a 27Kish crowd if I remember rightly.

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Agreed , didn't stop us getting decent attendances in the 70's when Utd had Best, Law & Charlton , Indeed Myth has it they would even turn up to watch the odd game.

If the product is the right mixture of flair , spirit and determination everything else becomes easier. I can't remember worrying about the ' completion rate ' with Watkins Fielding, Dixon & Coulman on the pitch.

The club has to start their 2010 marketing campaign NOW , and make some bold headline grabbing descisions.
Some premiership Football clubs are doing £150 season ticket offers now, it's a reccession and people are making hard decisions. I get the impression that everything seems ' on hold ' pending pronouncements on our new stadium.

Still not bad for a team not to win anything for a few years. Until this year . You need to stop googling Odsal red and get on with your work

I personaly dont think we use the salford advertisor to the full. First thing I do when I get the advertisor is pick up all the crap that falls out advertising certain products. why cant we stick a big flyer in there advertising the following game with any promotions, and possible do the same with the MEN as that hits a wider range than the other paper mentioned

Why do City Fans allways Lie

didn't Rob Parker mention something about better marketing in last weeks advertiser column.

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