the problem with the advertising is volume and consistency. i have students working for me from salford uni and they haven't heard about the club and their supposed to be a partner? our main sponsors are the Trafford centre you wouldn't know when you go there.
there simply not doing the basics anywhere near well enough and thats way before you start looking at who your booking for half time.

Yeah a ground between [iBrookhouse[/i and [iIrlam[/i must be like Utopia compared to weaste.

The trafford centre isnt going to happen, money is everything and if the RFL would take most of the cost they would want to have a controlling say ie it would become a Rugby league shop not a Salford city reds shop which would benefit the sport but not us as the new "fans" would just pick a winning team, we need a shop where people go, You would get passing trade in all of the areas at present people go to the club shop make a special effort to get there as its the club shop and nothing else on a non match day.

Stick a shop/cafe bar in a town centre like walken or Eccles and you'll get people popping in as its easier access, the Height would be a contender, near a college/schools, students might get interested at dinner time if we can get a tie up with them with student offers somewhere to go friday night, its on a main road lots of cars driving past.

It might be a lot of money to rent a shop there perhaps for 12 months to see if it takes off, i did have a chat with the new guy at the start of the season he wanted to know where the "Centre" of salford was where everyone goes, its a good question as we dont have one imo.

I agree with all of the above, it just gets me when people have a go at the Weaste area when there are lots of other areas IN Salford that would be very hard pushed to poke a stick at Weaste...

Nowt wrong with the shop as it is....just requires some effort, that's all..

The only place anyone seems to visit in Eccles is Morrisons.

I agree with on that one....

They could do something like spend 50pounds in any Trafford Centre shop and get a coupon good for two free tickets, or just take your receipt to the Willows and use that to get in.
I'm sure they could get one of those cart things that go in the middle of the aisle that usually sell hairclips & jellybeans, I saw Sky TV with a stand there last time I was in signing people up.

i was in there last night, half the stock looked like it had come from a jumble sale with packets squashed and torn open, very tatty. Back to Swinton from now on.

any one noticed all the shops that are disappearing from the traff , why? because they are putting there leases up, Whittards coffee/tea shop going to close this week because of the raise, they are moving to the lowry, so i dont think we could afford a shop there, but they could still plug us more on the screen as they are meant to be are biggset sponsors.

Whittards went bust earlier this year due to the really daft prices they charge, so I assume that the new owners Buisness plan is to downsize and maximise the increasing usage of the Lowry centre as more firms in the media relocate there. I prefer a packet of tea bags from Aldi, when its in the pot it all tastes the same anyway.

whittards didnt go bust they still exist its the fact that traff are putting all there leases up to stupid levels and the smaller outlets dont have that kind of money.