I did`nt go myself but a mate mentioned that there were traders selling new stuff there, so why not.

A stall giving out promotional material, maybe with the club mascot there for the kids would have been good to see. Bit too much to ask though, as it might involve staff giving up a couple of hours free time to benefit the club.

You are a , it's really simple. Sorry Steve or is it Paul?

I really do not know how you can still lauud the club. Who's smoked you off champ?

Any questions pm me, im more than happy to have a beer with anyone, but seriously think the club is ran disgracefully!!!! Please put your points ac cross.

I'm not sure that a car boot sale is the best place to showcase the club, but there is the kernel of an idea here. There are a number of festivals in Salford (Ordsall, Langworthy, etc.) where they're crying out for people to run stalls, especially since their funding has been savaged by our 'all in it together' government. Despite the festivals having to cut back, they're still drawing decent crowds in. I think a stall there with maybe a few players doing training drills with kids would be a way to build awareness of the club in the community.

perhaps the officer from the council who is now joint CEO would be able to sort this, with all his community links and his support for community ventures, then again he might not.

The club isn't doing this already??? I thought this would be the kind of thing the Reds Foundation did - promoting sport, health etc in the community.

Nope. They certainly weren't at Ordsall, and they weren't at Langworthy yesterday.

I don't know what the general web-etiquette is when it comes to quoting one's self but some findings are worth sharing

So we try something once, it doesn't work at the first attempt, so rather than keep hammering away for a bit we just give up at the first hurdle? I wasn't aware that's how marketing of any kind works, but there you go, what do I know?

Yep. The entire tone of this thread is fully justified because one day, one of the X-thousand leaflets handed out may be put to good use.

Point being, the club DID act - not on the car boot, granted, but the football event they were lambasted for ignoring. And it achieved the sum total of f*ck all.
I've no idea if this will spur them on to try, try again or give it up as a naff use of resource but here's what I am sure of - this wont be the last thread to celebrate their failings.

Credit to the club for trying something. Pretty surprised none of em got used however coupled with the poor take up of the big MEN promotion for the Hull KR(?) game it seems Salford have a lot of work to do change the image of the club.

Which is half of my point. If the club just decide to give up on pushing anything then we've no chance of changing the club's image.

I know a lot of people would like to see the club plastering the city with flyers, but it apparently provides poor returns, and money could be spent more effectively elsewhere to promote the club.

The recent England football game seems to backs that up.