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| Enjoyed the day and a nice friendly ground to visit as well. Was shocked to see Barry playing, but nice to see him score near the end.
Only minus points on the day was the number of 'sunday drivers' on the road between Halifax and Keighley (just managed to get in for kick off!) and nearly getting killed by a cricket ball in the burger queue at half time. Fair do's to the batsman, it was a hell of a hit!
The Keighley players showed up well, but the main thing for me was that we managed to cut out alot of the bad discipline and stupid defensive mistakes that have cost us recently and we had someone at full back who can actually catch a high ball (Flynn is a winger by trade but is fair better under the high ball than the other three we've tried at full back this year).
Good luck for staying up and sadly I'll miss our league visit as I'm on my holidays.
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| I didn't think we were bad, but if we had much more creativity when attacking, the scoreline might have been very different.
Widnes had a good defence and it was up to us to break it. We didn't.
I applauded your sprinter who ran the length of the pitch and scored a try and I noticed a few other Keighley fans doing the same.
Anyway, fair play to the Widnes fans. I knew you'd give your team a proper backing and I was a bit jealous that we didn't seem to give our team the same level of vocal backing. You're a team I've had a soft spot for ever since I went to watch you when you were in The Super League with a friend of mine who follows Widnes.
I hope you can finally get in to The Super League so I can have a team to look out for on the TV.
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| A great day and one of the friendliest groups of fans around look forward to coming back for the last game of the regular season .
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| Quote: Connor "I didn't think we were bad, but if we had much more creativity when attacking, the scoreline might have been very different.
Widnes had a good defence and it was up to us to break it. We didn't.
I applauded your sprinter who ran the length of the pitch and scored a try and I noticed a few other Keighley fans doing the same.
Anyway, fair play to the Widnes fans. I knew you'd give your team a proper backing and I was a bit jealous that we didn't seem to give our team the same level of vocal backing. You're a team I've had a soft spot for ever since I went to watch you when you were in The Super League with a friend of mine who follows Widnes.
I hope you can finally get in to The Super League so I can have a team to look out for on the TV.
Ah mate thank you very much. I enjoyed the day, the weather was brilliant even if the coach ride was a bit lengthy. I have to agree with you all and wonder why there were only a few hundred keighley fans but hey, i like the diehards and respect you all for staying the 80.
I hope we get into super league more than you know, and if we retain the cup our chances are even higher so i guess i have to thank you for the day and the result.
Every ounce of luck for you to stay in this league!
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| Quote: Connor "Thanks.
Conner, our shirt isnt the best in the world is it.
I would say its aimed more at kids, rather than a adult.
Which is a shame. I have not got this one as i think its a very poor effort.
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| Quote: Connor "Not many Keighley fans seem to wear replica shirts.'"
I'd love to come down wearing a replica shirt, especially if it was as nice as Widnes'.
Sadly I think both our kits look naff. So that's at least £40 the club's missed out on.
I think next time around they should keep the home kit relatively conservative and aim it towards adults. Then have an outlandish away kit aimed at the kids.
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| Quote: Stealth Comic "I
I think next time around they should keep the home kit relatively conservative and aim it towards adults. .'"
Something along this line perchance ...??
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| Quote: Rach "Something along this line perchance ...??
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Yep, like that or Souths style.
No more cartoon cats please.
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| A little more white and that's spot on.
Conservative yet still contemporary
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| Quote: aj cougar "Yep, like that or Souths style.
No more cartoon cats please.'"
I'd buy that for a dollar..
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| I cant afford £40 for a shirt but there should be cheaper alternatives such as bright red polo shirts like last year. So at least you can see the red.
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| It was very noticable the amount of young male Widnes fans were there. Was just going to leave that statement at that but...... our very small band of loud ones where on holiday this week. Joe who used to be the loudest is now your DJ so we need more groups of men/lads to shout and bang the drum. Our audience seems to have a lot of maturer followers, plus me and very little 13 - 30 people. Would love to see more young ones down at Cougar Park. Where are all the Albion players and Cubs players etc??
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| I fall in to that age category. The question has to asked. What's being done to attract people like me here? Not a lot to be fair, it's all aimed kids and families instead.
Why aren't people in like me coming? Well for a start since I started coming in 1991 the entry price has nearly trebled. Wages haven't. It affects younger people because they tend to be in lower paid jobs.
What can we do about it? It's a difficult one, there's no guarantee that just reducing ticket prices will equate to more fans. I think it would need a multi faceted approach, make it more than just the rugby but a cheap social event, sell high quality merchandise that we want to buy, that we're happy to wear. A young lad/lass walking through town in a nice Cougars shirt is a walking ad hoarding for the club.
When I was at the away game in Toulouse I came across a club shop for the Union team. It was a boutique full of top quality nike merchandise, jeans, shirts and accessories you'd wear on a night out . Ours in comparison look cheap and poor quality and the only place you can buy them is out of a cargo container at the ground.
Don't get me wrong, I know we can't match what they had in Toulouse but have stuff on sale that resonates "buy me" maybe have it available in Willis Walkers or something.
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| This has been brought up before at meetings about the "Cargo" hut no matter what you paint it, it just doesnt encourage you to buy, but perhaps thats a project for another season. The main priority is to get people in, young people, crowds of them so they can drink, eat and buy tickets. Not sure what the answer is, many of Keighleys residents dont have the spare money, if its a choice between, spoons, royal, rodney, k2 and a kebab saturday night or Cougars on a Sunday............................
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