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| I don't agree with the re-branding option but I do think that the club should be realistic in looking at it's catchment area or rather it's economic climate. I work closely with the community in Leigh and an awful lot of people could not afford to attend even if they wanted to. For some people the "low" amount of £20.00 per month for a bronze package in the touchdown club may as well be £200, it is that unaffordable for some. Now I'm not saying that the club is a charity that should supply the community with entertainment, but I am saying that if it wants the community to engage with the club then the club should engage with the community and look at getting as many people as possible for as little as possible. I don't know how much the current season ticket prices are/were but is it better to sell 1200 season tickets for £100 or 800 for £150? Also why not throw in a free kids ST if required? Ok the club doesn't make any more money but the profile goes up. I know it's difficult to estimate the take up but surely it wouldn't do the club any harm to be seen to be working [ufor[/u the community of Leigh.
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| Quote The Kevster!="The Kevster!"I think the issue is we don't have any resources to pool unless Swinton have money that I don't know about?
It's a good idea in principal but I don't think it will generate any more support and just serve to shrink the number of North West teams.
For people worried about the name though how about "Leigh Lions"
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Leigh Lions playing in blue and white might attract the Swinton fans or even just "Lions".
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| Quote rugbyballs="rugbyballs"Leigh Lions playing in blue and white might attract the Swinton fans or even just "Lions".'"
Yes, they're going to give up the 20 years of fighting to preserve their club in a whim just because a team plays in blue and white - there are plenty of those already!
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| That's fine on paper Dave and Im sure if the public of Leigh could guarantee buying those season tickets or paying around £10 per game then it would be worth looking at but they won't and it's no good saying we don't know till we try it because by that time we really would have gone bust. As for the club working for the community of Leigh let's turn that around and say why don't the community of Leigh work for the clubs survival in numbers. Free or reduced prices are OK if operating at a profit and until that happens it will not happen sheer economics say so especially when its 90% (or more) of the business revenue. It's a business after all not a charity, if the people in Leigh were really bothered about Rugby why are they not flocking to see Leigh East and Leigh Miners both teams who provide a decent standard of Rugby league admission £2?
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| Quote FredParky="FredParky"if the people in Leigh were really bothered about Rugby why are they not flocking to see Leigh East and Leigh Miners both teams who provide a decent standard of Rugby league admission £2?'"
Can't speak for anyone else, but certainly when the seasons run alongside each other I won't be able to justify spending both Saturday and Sunday watching rugby. Doesn't make me any less bothered about RL.
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| I'm not saying watch BOTH I'm saying if Pro Rugby is too much then there is an amateur alternative with a decent standard of Rugby league played anyone bothered about watching RL could watch them but they don't, even when the seasons were seperate, I'm pointing out the apathy of the public of Leigh in supporting it's sporting clubs, as an ex Genesis/RMI fan you of all people Matt should know that.
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| Quote FredParky="FredParky"I'm not saying watch BOTH I'm saying if Pro Rugby is too much then there is an amateur alternative with a decent standard of Rugby league played anyone bothered about watching RL could watch them but they don't, even when the seasons were seperate, I'm pointing out the apathy of the public of Leigh in supporting it's sporting clubs, as an ex Genesis/RMI fan you of all people Matt should know that.'"
Know exactly what you mean, but I think it is worth noting that £15 every other week (with all the other matchday 'additionals' chucked in) is genuinely out of reach of an ever-growing number of people in our town. In all honesty, I don't know what we can do about that though purely and simply because we can't afford to make it a tenner every week, and even then I'm not convinced it would make much difference. I would like us to seriously pursue the idea of offering much cheaper prices for kids though.
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| What other match day additions Matt? Ale? Food? It isn't compulsory I didn't/don't drink before or after a game as I couldn't afford it I just payed to watch the game if I was hungry I waited until I got home, I don't drink because I can't afford it, yes I know £15/£16 is a lot of money and is too expensive but ask the players to play for 50% (and I wouldn't think of doing as they are putting bodies on the line) and see what they say - even though in today's climate they may have to, but clubs can't make ends meet now on admission prices alone and relying on a big money backer is just false economy as we have found out, and I have no answer either.
It's an emotive subject but just to think that lowering prices will bring them flocking back is not the answer.
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| The thing is Fred we need to attract people to watch Leigh rather than any other sporting commodity. Why should floating supporters pay £15 to watch second grade RL when they could watch SL for around the same price within 10 miles. What are Leigh Centurions doing to attract that floating vote. Don't forget that not all people who live in Leigh are Leythers and don't have that town loyalty. We can't stand still and rely on the old reliables because those old reliables are getting fewer and fewer.
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| They are not doing much Dave but what can they do marketing takes money - they have none and what little they can they do - short of dragging folk in off the streets, but lowering prices would mean us not making it past (if we get there so the current predicament should ring some bells re money) June next year and that wouldn't only be us but 90% of Rugby Clubs, now if anyone has any plans how that could be done I'm sure not only Trevor Barton would like to know them but the CEO's of every club in the country, but unless they pay players less (as they can't cut other staffing costs down as they only have one full time staff member who's not on the playing side of things) it's £15/£16 there's no getting away from that.
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| Once again , we need to ' grow ' our own
Kids dont have the same mentality as adults , they dont understand that we once mixed it with the big boys of RL , just as many young football fans would not understand certain Championship and FL clubs once being top dogs in our ' premier ' league , FA cup and even Champions of Europe
They also dont really recognise the difference between Leigh playing Leeds , and playing [ no disrespect intended Batley
All they want is to have a good time , give them that good time and they might well start to build an affiliation with the club and the sport , the affiliation with the sport may well eventually take them in a different direction [ SL club , but hopefully enough would build an affiliation with the club to become ' Leythers ' , this is our only option
The hard part is getting them ' IN ' in the 1 st place , but it doesn't have to cost much if any money if done correctly , it just needs a little thought , a little help , and most importantly the ' Will ' to make it happen
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