That's what I said Pal, choice and not affordability for 95%. If we get 10% choosing we have 5000 home fans, I feel we will hit 3000 pre play offs

Ok that's fine. But they need encouraging and not insulting,bearing in mind that some people don't make going watching Leigh a priority so then it doesn't become affordable after expenditure. The club is selling the product much better than it once was,but it will take time to keep the crowds increasing.Like I've already said, they are taking the club in the right direction and doing a fantastic job.

Nostra - When you haven't got the money no matter how much you want to go to a game it's impossible. You obviously have the money to spend as you wish. Other people choose fags and a drink. I choose food, bills and then a game. I'm unemployed and I pick my games and I travel 8 hours there and back from Oldham to the LSV so put your keyboard warrior attitude away please. I never understand that type of poster who attack people but don't have the guts to put their photograph as their badge. They remind me of car drivers who change personality behind a wheel. If you met them in the street they would be as nice as pie but get them behind a car wheel or a keyboard and they change into The Incredible Hulk :O)

Cokey - I'm not used to this. People being nice to me on here. You are a rarity indeed. Pass me the smelling salts :O)

I'm with you Nosy.

We need to up our attendances massively, and possibly our admission prices also, to stand any chance of a competitive team in SL.

And by competitive I don't mean winning silverware, I mean mid-table and the odd good cup run. And by attendances, I mean our own speccies and not being reliant on big away followings.

Well that's nowt to do with choice and affordability. The mind boggles.

WYSIWYG, I cant see your posts until someone quotes then, I put you on ignore after the sheeite you posted a while back, and for what its worth I was quoting local area I have mates in Australia with the same problem

Nostra maybe it's past your bedtime - Night Night :O)

ROTFL

Your advice for the board? you not on it anymore Neil?

I agree with some of your points but a bit strong IMO and I supose it's easy to have your view point when earning a six figure salery, some are not so fortunate.

Wigans population is over 310k so despite being the biggest club in the country and current double winners they are operating well under 5% on your logic. Leeds is a City with nearly 1m people in It but it just doesn't work that way mate.

Instead of critising people who don't share your point of view, try to understand what they are saying. I don't believe dramatically increasing attendances is impossible and a competitive Leigh side in SL will pull big gates for the big games if marketed right but it's a long game and will require year on year marketing imporvements and far greater levels of resource and advertising than the club has currently got or has ever had before.

Let's keep doing what we've been doing an slowly building and most of all appreciate the people that do go, fund the club and try and make sure they keep coming back and growing steadily like they have been doing this last 18 months.

Andy

Excellent post Andy!

We should carry on the work we have just started but ramp it up with the extra money we get each season - a budget for properly marketing our club to its populace should be set aside each season as a must.
The target MUST be families and youngsters and the aim of the club short term should be to ensure every youngster aged 6 to 11 years old who goes to school within 8 miles of the LSV will have seen Leigh Centurions represented at school or in the area (be it players or others from the club) and as a bare minimum know the club exists and they are currently champions and doing exceptionally well.
Along with the brilliant work started (but by no means even remotely completed)in the community of Leigh and with the partner local and junior sports clubs lets continue to build on that.

As harsh as it sounds I don't believe RL is the sport people choose to watch on spec as its profile is virtually non existent and in effect the door was slammed shut by many people by poor governance and leadership effectively making the results of many games of no value or consequence.
Just going back to being a competition may start to get a few back but the majority lost are long gone as they have found other things to spend there leisure money on, equally the fans who follow Saints & the Pies et al will only come back to glory so spend no time enticing them as results only work to that fickle bunch so if we do well they will return in anyhow (especially
if the club they currently follow have poor results).

Our club has lots of work to do if we want to get a good average next season and in all fairness last year that work was started, but its just that - a start and lets not forget all our competitors (be it RL clubs, Football clubs or pubs & bars) want them just as much as we do and have already made a start on getting people in, we are going in the right direction but the next 5 years will see a lot of work needed off the field if all our hopes are to become reality.

My view is we have easily been the best Championship team and next season our squad will be full time and even stronger.

We must take this chance next season with both hands if we want to get in the top league' with the extra funding that will bring.

Re the Leigh and District public it is up to them to respond. I am hopefull that they will.

We will soon find out.