Quote ="tyr"Well, the newbies I brought certainly all enjoyed themselves, though I doubt they'll come back week in, week out. More likely, they'll be interested in attending the odd big game - for example, I'm confident that they'll all want to be at the Four Nations match, but it looks like I'll be heading out on my own this week.'"
I think that this point is very relevant to us building our crowd. One aim of our marketing this year should be to create a bigger sense of 'event' around some of our less glamourous home fixtures. We can usually get a fair crowd in for the bigger games against Wigan, Saints etc (due in large part to the away following I know) but struggle to sell the other fixtures against the likes of Wakey, Castleford, Salford etc.
One of the really pleasing things about Sunday was that the whole event had a terrific buzz about it, as my son said to me 'it's a bit different from the Halifax friendly isn't it!'.
Creating that buzz for all of our home games is easier said than done of course but with some imagination, some local media support and some decent marketing spend (as pointed out in various replies on this thread) it surely can't be impossible.
