still believe we may see a bumper crowd.

Met an Ozzie girl in the office for an interview today. For once she turned out to be an NRL fan! So I gave her a plug for the Manly game so hopefully her and fiancee will be there now!

Thanks for the response folks!

I have just bought tickets in the Lexus Stand. Can't wait for the 22nd!

Lets hope so. There does appear to be an interst in the game thats for sure.

Lets hope we have a bigger then normal crowd, it can only help if th RFL and Quins wish to make this a yearly event pre-WCC.

But my worry was on the Quins main website at the beginging of the week they were still looking for a match day sponsor.

Without sounding funny but cant help feel if the Clubs had made this a Charity game,say for Help the Heroes or even the Cancer Charity that QuinsRU played their game for, we might have seen more interest from the Media.

Wouldn't the girl be better off with a ticket for the game I mean i know a plug is useful but come on!!!!

Alanw - I had the same thoughts as you re a charity connection.

I was actually thinking if we could help those poor people in Aus who have been affected by the terrible bush fires.

Then again, I know we're not a rich club and we probably need every penny that we can get.

Thats what I thought, sadly. The bush-fire fund idea would have been a good one too and I reckon would have put a few hundred on the gate. Maybe a contribution could be arranged? Probably too late to publicise it now though

Great idea Alanw and think of All that great feed back from the media.

They have just said on the Phil Parry show that Radio London are taking his show down to the Stoop for this game, and i think but not 100% sure they said they will be boardcasting it too.

Phil Parry said tickets sales were going well and he was looking forward to his first ever trip to the Stoop to watch rugby league.

As for the idea about donating to the bush fire appeal, thats a great idea if club was up for that of course.

Can understand about the club not being a rich club and needing every penny But what if they said their were going to give a pound or even 50p off every ticket sale made to that appeal, then im sure if they told the Media you would get some sort coverage. Maybe the sun would back it they like to get behind causes.

They could be Match Day sponsors.

Good Double Page Spread in TNT today covering Manly being over here, with a 20% discounted ticket offer.
Also, there is the Sonny Fai fundraiser in the Walkabout on Thursday night with players from both teams present and loads of stuff to win, so another opportunity to get more people to the game on Sunday.
10,000 would be great, but realistically, I can see us getting 6,000...

I would be well pleased with 6,000 for a non SL game. Should be a good atmosphere and will sharpen the boys up for Wigan.
Lets hope its a good game and means a few more return

Should have got hold of a copy of the TNT magazine as I have just ordered my ticket and been charged £23

. However, it is my season ticket seat bang on the halfway line. Will be bringing 4 others hopefully, 3 of whom are new to the Stoop, let's hope they want to come again.

Going to buy mine on the day and hoping to bring a fair few along.

When i booked my tickets i just mentioned the promotion and was charged accordingley - i believe i got £15 tickets for £12 sat in block D

Nice, going to buy some tickets mid week. Will get the TNT special.

Got 4 coming down so far, hopefully we can bump that up to at least 6 by the time the weekend rolls around. Anyone from the club got predicited sales figures?

Some good work being done here in getting people along. Well done folks. We'll get some decent crowds this season if we can keep this up. Hope the team does its part, and can keep up the momentum.

I did push the "charity" idea last week, but alas, with little or no staff at the club, it was deemed too late.
Great news from some on here that we are all dragging along some mates. This is still the best way to get new fans in my opinion.
Someone had a great idea a while back that we all target a game in the summer, where we all try to bring at least 5 mates. I think this is a brilliant idea.

..... at least the Club could allow as 'bucket collection' for the Bushfire victims. Am sure the Club could get 6/8 fans to help. What about it Gutterfax.

Shortage of staff is no excuse.

It seems certain backroom staff lack any will to do extra work. The sooner we get a CEO etc the better......

that's 1,000 seats sold then

feeling confident of hitting the 7,000 mark now!

In all honesty, I dont think the idea of donating from gate receipts is a great idea for a club that operates on a shoe string budget and is hoping to use the game as a money spinner.

As a sports and events proffesional, I'd hate to think that the staff arent pulling their weight as in my experience staff in the industry always go above and beyond what their contracts and often measly pay packets stipulate.

Right.....5,000 is my new prediction, so PP will receive 2 pints of Green King from me.
Bucket collections are all well and good, but need legal sanctioning etc to ensure the charity receieves the money, so there may be a problem with organising this for Manly. Wigan might be a better game to target (especially considering their team is full if Australians

) and I will propose this at both the walkabout on Thursday and to the club/RFL on Sunday.
Lastly, I have annoyed everyone on the facebook group with requests to bring mates, but please guys and girls.....I know we all do what we can, but if you can think of anyone of your friends, colleagues or family who might come to this game, ask them now. There are some people who have done more than enough to promote this game, but if we could all think of 1 more person to invite, Paddock might just have to buy his own beer

Gutters I have 14 coming to the game(All first game ever at league) The greatest selling point wasn't the Australian champions but the family ticket. If i was the club I would really push this fantastic offer.

......am a bit worried about the 'beer' stock for Sunday.....as the Old Spot's game might leave the bars short for what will be an above average RL gate



We need to project a 'well stocked' bar to ensure that we can be seen as an alternative Summer venue to such ex Pat establishments as the Church.

Only thing likely to go is the live IPA the rest is pasteurised nonsense that could survive a nuclear holocaust and the club has tonnes of.