Maybe an idea (an off the top of my head brainstorm without thinking of logistics in terms of availability of staff, players and function rooms) would be to stage an event directly after a home game? It maybe having 10,000 people in the vicinity together with a compelling tannoy announcement throughout the game and FOC entry may get a good number of first timers to attend and then a good number to enrol into the programme?

We had a Q and A session straight after a home game this season and the event still wasn't particularly well attended.

Oh yeah forgot that one.

Dean Bell! He made Leeds a team brimming with local stars, then turned Wigan into a team with the luxury to be able to sell Briscoe, Wild, Brown, Robinson, Aspinall and still promote O'Loughlin and Hansen et al!

As good as Bastian may or may not be, he's been riding coat-tails so far in his career!

Just to answer this point we have noticeboards in every concourse at the stadium that advertises our events and also explains what Squadbuilder is about. We have tried leafleting in the past, the problem with leaflets is that they just end up as litter or are made into paper aeroplanes. The club have sent out information for us with each season ticket renewal notice. One season we sent out 6000 and we actually recruited one member.

Saying all this we welcome all ideas that would lead to recruiting more members.

Roy

I think unless it is a truly unique type of forum like meet the new Head Coach you are flogging a bit of a dead horse. Attendance figures are generally low because the majority of middle of the road speccies know they are likely to hear something they have already read online or in a newspaper. Coaches and players are too savvy to drop any real juicy info. The more successful events appear to be things like the Quiz Night which enables speccies to meet players in a more informal an enjoyable setting.

Maybe. Ladies night seems to work though. Perhaps we need to be more base. Indeed can we have a gentlemans evening with a blue comedian, cheap ale, pie and peas and one of those tidy sorts from the club shop on a pole?

I'm joking of course.

No, I still think the issue of low attendance can be sorted with creative thinking but the product needs to be right.

Hi lance, what you up to these days?

Who's he and who's Greg?

That's me

Ideas ?

a)As standard print on the back of all tickets
b)Couple of local announcements on the radio, instead of paying for an advertising slot get one of the players to go down and talk briefly with the DJ
c) instead of multi dropping leaflets, just make up a few posters and target selective areas, Colleges, Gyms, Sports clubs, pubs, mens clubs, mens type shops, put up a big advertising billboard up on the stadium.
d) a little stall in the shopping centre similar to those people who try to get you to change energy supplier or get a new credit card.
e) reassure people. people fell put off (said previous) they think these events are for uber fans that could recall every match and every player for the last 10 years and are slightly intimidated

Hello Greg (?) and best of luck to the wire tonight against the pie eaters.

Can't wait to see the end on camera capturing Moz in all his fury running out of the screen and into our living room, that should get the little uns to bed lol.