I was just coming to the end of my teens sat in the press box for the first Fulham game, for Radio City Liverpool, I could not believe the number of families in front in the stand, even Grandparent, their Children and Grandchildren, can we create that again?

There is not much effort towards families by the club these days.

Yes shame Barry walked away from the club. Whatever happened to the cup he donated in memory of his wife.

Doubt it jaybs, 1980 was a different time. It was new & there was a ton of newspaper coverage. I kept scrapbooks with newspaper match reports those fabulous first 4 years. Today you wouldn't know who's playing if you relied on the Evening Standard. There was not a lot of live sport on the box then but now you can sit in your armchair & watch any amount of football, league or Union so much less point to go given cost of travel, food & booze.

Maybe we might if we rebranded as AFC Wimbledon Broncos but doubt it. Nor the vibe of the Griffin's bbq pre game & watching the Cowgirls come down the outside stairs. Happy days.

Leaving aside last year when lockdown impacted attendances, the UK has enjoyed rlsteady year on year growth in sporting attendancesrl in recent years. Attendance per capita is the largest in the world. However, only about 3% of attendance is to watch RL (a similar level to cricket). RL is a good product, many of us will having become hooked by seeing our first game. There are clearly problems in marketing the sport as a whole not just at club level.

Interesting article in League Express this week, something I've always felt some Super League chairmen let the game down badky governing SL, self importance & own club interest, A suggestion from a consultant should we come together with the NRL, they seem to get the game right,

As I said some clubs seem happy just holding onto attendance figuresk thiygh under 10,000? from a Metropolitan area like St Helens, population of 177,200, does their attendance really reflect the council tax payers any longer & council support, We are going backwards. When you look at those who head our Ganesh their is no get up and go, it now seems survival, which I worry about.

I'm probably being typically ignorant here, but what does that mean?

Try "head our game"

My error! Game

Disagree, the club are making an exceptional effort in fleecing families - £86 for 2 adults and 2 kids to attend a match.

The Reality is that Einstein had a very good point. If you repeat the same process and expect a differing outcome, then you're pretty much insane.
Since the modern inception of the Club, as in the SL era, with a handful (like Jeremy Beadles size handful) of exceptions, the club has danced around the single issue that it needed to address in terms of becoming anything other than a drain on a benefactors bank account.
You guys can debate the pros and cons of the current Commercial set up and the obvious conflict of interests. You can go over the David Hughes is killing us whilst keeping us alive debate and you can blindly and (see Einstein above) insanely expect anything other than more of the same from the club once they get their feet under the table in Wimbledon.
It matters not what we play. It matters less what we are called. The club badge or the club web address are insignificant and who manufactures the replica kit that hardly sells is of even less significance......if you don't invite customers in, then you'll never make a sale.
For those of you with a "comprehension filter" who find understanding this troublesome, here's a diagram that clearly shows the "efforts' made by the club over the last 25 years to find their place in this crowded sports market whilst ignoring the one thing they should have done!

You are either gutterfax or related to gutterfax and I claim my £5

I don't think there is much evidence Einstein said the insanity thing but I get your point.

I'm trying to be fair, but that diagram doesn't clearly show anything.