I honestly don't think a 20% discount for season holders would make a jot of difference as I think most season ticket holders will go to the game anyway. Children get in free if they have a season ticket as well, so for a Family of 4 all season ticket holders it's £36 - I'm not sure how you can make it much cheaper than that?

I think it’s a perception thing. Fans see the Challenge Cup as an added expense and question whether it’s worth it. Offering them a special discount and those who were thinking about it, would be tempt them.

How many season ticket holders do we think we have? I would have thought between 3k-3.5k, I can’t see the total attendance being this let alone the number of ST holders turning up.

I hope I’m wrong, but if there’s more than 3k Salford fans in total (not ST holders) at the game we’ll have done well.

I'd imagine it's no where near that, the club were making a lot of noise about season ticket sale at the start of the season, but I’d imagine we have between 1500-2000 season ticket holders.

This is my point. There becomes a point where you're simply lowering the gate receipts rather than increasing the crowd. We had a cup game a few years go, I think it was against Warrington Wizards (but stand to be corrected) and the prices were heavily discounted (about a fiver), but barely a thousand turned up. I'd wager the ones who turned up would have still done so if that game was a tenner.




And that's what I think needs tackling. We (fans, clubs, RFL) need to promote the games as something the club has earned the right to play in (OK, that's tricky for the first round) and that are an exciting addition to the season, as opposed to being an added expense. If we have more fans that are interested in attending a mid-table mid-season league game than a knock out game against fairly evenly matched opposition then it's a concern. Coming back to your family of 4 example that would seemingly cost £36 admission - if the game appealed to them would they be that much more likely to turn up of it was £6 cheaper?

It’s difficult to say, £6 to me isn’t a lot but to others it could be. BUT in all fairness to even the most hard up supporters, £36 sounds like excellent value and I suppose it’s getting that message across. It’s not difficult to knock up a leaflet and get it sent out to all existing ST holders, especially those with multiple ST’s at any one address. Break it down, £9 each for a family of four or kids come free however works best but get the message out there. It took them long enough to even announce a date.

Challenge Cup attendances generally halve from the typical Super League attendance, I would imagine we are therefore looking at a crowd of 3k or worryingly even less.

Kids season ticket holders are free, so it would cost £36.
Granted, still a lot if you don't have it, but when I didn't have any spare money, I used to take the kids drinks in with me, in fact I still don't buy anything inside the stadium.

We're playing in the Ashes?