Nope...as I understand it, this person had the responsibility for targeting sponsors (club and matchday) as well as selling corporate hospitality.
Given we struggled to find someone to put on the front of our shirts apart from a restaurant group (in receivership) part owned by our backer and another of his companies on the back, I would qualify that as a resounding success as well

The St Mary's deal was done by "other parties".

Negativity has its uses....but if you're of the opinion that we should let the club carry on as normal and swallow the rhetoric tossed out at the Fans Forum about "everything being OK" and "attendance not being a problem", then you're entitled to think that.
I on the other hand look at cold hard facts (where available) and the fact regarding attendances is that since 2000 we have broken the 4,000 mark once and our current average gate is the lowest since 2001.

I have also been told that David Hughes can spend his money as he sees fit and I shouldn't dare to try to advise him........very true.....it is his money and his club, so let's all hope he stays fit, healthy and interested, otherwise, we're bu99ered!

Again, the subject of my ego crops up. I have no qualms about declaring I am a cocky little sod...I also do earn shed loads of cash and consider myself very good at my job. I don't see what the problem is? Shrinking Violets work in the accounts department as far as I am concerned and maybe if the club showed a tiny percentage of the passion I do when they market the game, they might just turn the corner.
The nature of sales and promotion is to be overt, confident (arrogant) and passionate.......words you wouldn't associate with Harlequins Rugby League marketing (or London Broncos before them).

Lastly, I repeat that anyone who comes on these boards and is affected by my constant negativity to the extent where, rather than forming an opinion about me or the club, decides that they will stop supporting the club has problems....serious problems.

Some reasons the kids (playing scheme) was seen to fail was sometimes match times but also lack of access to the club. With regard access, kids were given season tickets but the problem is how to get to the game i.e. parents are often required for transport. I know plenty of kids who would love to see QRL but did not have parental support/desire to watch the professional game and could not get to a game. Either the kids are too young or too far away from the Stoop to use public transport.

Rather than a failure the scheme should be tried again and could be tweaked with the odd free/reduced ticket to entice a parent to make the effort to get to a game. For every young season ticket holder there is a least one parent and sometimes two which are the ones you need to target. Kids are already converted - they are playing the game.

You only have to see what happens when the community team have events at the Stoop to see proof of the potential. But even here QRL have shot themselves in the foot and demanded that parents who have brought their kids to events on the college pitch to be told you have to pay full price to watch your kids in the final which is to be (now) played on the main pitch (no prior warning given). Believe me this happened last year and lost a lot of good will and support.

2 things.

1. You weren't "told" by Homer as you put it. Nor did he say "dare to try to advise him". Read what he said again.

2. Not once was it mentioned that people would stop supporting the club based on what you write. Again something you appear to have read into things...again.


Please read what gets written.

I (YES...ME Rooster Booster...ME ME ME ME ME!) have suggested to the club that all 1,700 kids get a free ticket and the parent/guardian gets a ST for £50-£60.......
Also, I would think that a kind of "Kid Pool" system would be good. 1 Parent looks after 4 Kids one week, the following home game, a different parent...etc...... That would mean that 1 cheap "guardian" season ticket could be shared between 4?
This would need to be suggested to the coaches of these teams and marketed NOW....not in March next year

Wow.

You wrote

he responded


The point of Homers post was exactly as I defined it. If not, it was a very obscure and random post. It was blatantly a "who do you think you are telling David Hughes how to spend his money" statement ....ergo, don't tell David Hughes HOW TO SPEND HIS MONEY!


conceeded. I have also gone back and re-read the AUP and as there is no ban on negativity, I will continue to post my thoughts.

It has actually been posted on here in the past (I forget who it was) that gutterfax does indeed apparently put people off supporting the club with his negative posts. I think I have been accused of this too.

we are a clique within a clique

Write away GF. Everyone's entitled to post what they like.

Thanks for that



Anyway, back on topic. 9,975....how to get them?
1,600 Amateur Players
1,700 youth players with guardian possibly 3,400 (may be hard getting hold of them as it's school holidays.
These 2 alone with a 10% uptake would give us 500.

Free entry to all TW2 residents on production of a utility bill/proof of address. .

Free entry offer run in the local rag (a la Hull FC this week)

Place an offer in the programme of the Charlton Athletic v Brentford game on Saturday 6th....? Free entry to anyone wearing a Brentford or Charlton jersey.....

You will notice the liberal use of the word FREE here........let's face it, we aren't going to [usell [/umany for this game.

Data collection is key to these offers and this data must be used to encourage people back for game 1 next year.

Indeed and next season ticket holder should get a number of vouchers, which if they are filled in on the back 'Data Collection' again GF allow free entry.