Great post Jenky.

Excellent post

Like you say it is the youngsters who must be targeted. That's how most of us started watching Leigh via the free tickets in school. What you also have to realise is that not all children want to attend the games with their parents. They want to attend with their mates but if the games are on Sunday afternoons and they have nobody to give them a lift then they can't get to the game if they aren't in walking distance. Saturday afternoons or teatime KO's should be reconsidered so kids can get to the game on public transport because Sunday's are a complete waste of time.

Stupid question, how do you work that out given that the license for 2015-2017 (inclusive) would have been announced in May 2014 based on the previous 3 years performance and the financial situation at each club (plus bits). BTW what a big mistake that would have been to give to Fev looking in hindsight now and the mess we are have been in the last six months? I could be cynical and suggest that they changed the league format to keep Fev out of SL, but would have to put that big chip back on my shoulder before I did.

PS in terms of attendance at the GF last weekend, how many do you think were Leigh fans out of the 9000-ish gate. And this is not a question about our fan base is bigger than yours, etc. it is a genuine question. The reason I ask is that if you assume that a 3rd of the gate was Leigh fans (3000) at a final when you had swept all before you how do you think you can average 3000 next year when you will not win as well as you have this, you only need to look at Fev gates this year (down on last because we started to lose some games).

IMO Fax/Leigh/Fev gates will be up next year because of Bradford, but I doubt will be much different in the initial 12s to the gates this year, teams making the middle 8 will be up in the 3/4 games they have at home, which makes finishing in the top 4 really important along with the money for finishing in the top 4.

Enjoy the off season, will be a long few months before the start of next season.

Nailed it.

If you're claiming that you cant afford £14 a week for the entertainment Leigh are offering at the moment, you either don't want to be there in the first place OR if you do want to be there, it's time to enroll in college and get a better job.

Cmon Jim , your last statement really surprises me , its not that simple to just enrol at College , and then qualify for a better job , some families cannot support their Children to do this , my 2 eldest went to College , Danni went to UNI , Charlie Jnr went to College , my youngest Kell is now at College and has 2 jobs , my point being not everyone can do this , to some families £14 a week is a lot of money .

You obviously don't live in the real world either.

Here's my simple response.

Was it 2300 average this season just past? If so before the middle 8 I think we will average around 2600 based on internal (home support) growth with the added Bradford factor.

Come middle 8 time we will average 3000 plus based on the competitive nature of the fixtures and the added away support from the 4 SL clubs dropping down. Their 400 plus will be like liquid gold compared to Sheffield/Workington/Hunslet and Dewsbury for example. No disrespect meant to any of those fine clubs but the their travelling support is not particularly goodie numbers. Also, they are not necessarily the 4 clubs I expect to miss out out on the top 4.

Then in SL we will start of with a hardcore 2800 (maybe 3000) based on continued success. Then with the added travelling supporters of Wigan, Leeds, Wire, Saints etc.. Plus the big game supporters we should see averages of around 4800/5000 some gates lower and some much higher.

Beyond that will be determined by continued success and stability but hopefully LCRLFC will be back in the blood for many who have been on the ride and will be here to stay just like me 45 years ago

That's just about what I said on page one of this thread looks like Leyther Forever knows .

We should be getting around 3,000 next season, we were heading that way towards the end of this season. With less games against smaller teams, the added attraction of seeing us play bottom SL teams and the fact that games are meaningful again with a chance to win promotion we should see a fair increase in attendance.

Neil, you are obviously far too clever for me, however I note it took you nearly 24 hours to line up your proverbial ducks.

What percentage do Leeds get then from their imeadiate catchment area just out of intrest?

If you are so confident in what your stating why not do it in your own name instead of pretending to be someone else? I thought it was only me who allegedly uses multiple user names on here

The clubs stratergy is great we've both helped implement it and hopefully the club will reap rewards if adopted as part of a long term sustainable plan but that's the bit if. In the meantime don't attempt to patronise people or mimick them for either being less fortunate than you or simply having a different view point as It doesn't reflect well on you as a person or the club mate.

Andy