Will Buck and Dusty be there? Should be
Will the Cheerleaders be re-introduced? should be...there are buckets of dance schools in the area......
Will there be Face Painting for the Kids? should be
Who will be the stadium announcer and who will pick the music? Please god can we get a professional....
Will there be general access to the after match presentations or will it be hidden behind a paywall. Need to be free for the first couple of seasons
Will there be posters up on every bus stop within 3 miles of the ground? Should be
Will all the local pubs be given a framed fixture list, 10 tickets per game and be entered into a draw to win a box for a game. Should be
Have the club joined this group? rlhttps://www.mertonchamber.co.uk/directoryrl should do
Have the club reached out to all the local schools? Should do
Have the club considered tele canvassing every ex/lapsed fan? Should do
Have the club considered an old fashioned snail mail campaign. should do
Will the club introduce themselves to their immediate neighbours of which there are about 10,000 inside 2sq miles? should do




Will the club stick posts in the ground, announce a KO time and expect people to come to games....assuredly!

Not forgetting checking out roundabouts near the ground.

Plus posters on the back of buses !

London Broncos , in my experience, have always used the Field of Dreams approach - to paraphrase, ' if you stick the posts in the ground, they will come'. Worked so far hasn't it?
Oh hang on.........

Chris Warren put in the effort during his 10 years at the club. Crowds were pretty stable during that period.

It all started to go badly wrong when Gus was installed.

He did.

But when did he leave? 2005 ish?

Part way through the 2007 season when I think he went full time with his Setanta broadcasting.

A big loss to the club.
I thought he left as we were moving to The Stoop - but I now have recollections of seeing him speeding away from the ground on his Vespa in our first or second season after leaving GP.

He wasn't a genius, but he at least had the decency to listen and discuss and put into place some ideas, like the leaflet drops. It does seem very basic, but a simple flyer dropped through the front door saw about 300+ fans more than the season average the game afterwards....I'd be all over VB asking for a decent price and flogging 6 tins in a bucket again........
I first met him when the club where at the stoop 1st time. There was $0 for marketing then too....

Orangeman Chris wasn't involved in leaflet drops at all. That was SAG who got the leaflets printed at no cost to the club via the secretary/SAG organiser and it was fans who turned up the Thursday before each home game and delivered them around the local area. Between 15 to 30 fans depending on the people available. spent the full evening on distribution

I certainly delivered leaflets where Chris was involved. He brought the leaflets on his moped and we were trying to convert union fans in Twickenham pubs.

I Recall picking leaflets up from inside GP....a young girl who was an intern I think...Chris had emailed me earlier to arrange collection...

Talking of leaflets, Centre Court shopping centre in Wimbledon has a vaccination hub which will have a lot of local people and probably employees from Wimbledon businesses queuing up for their vaccinations. A queue of people queuing up not going anywhere would have been ideal for marketing.
How about this for an idea for the first game, cheap admission with the flyer which has a lucky number, a draw for all those who turn up with the voucher offer which gets them into a drawer to win a box at a future game.