Could a heritage shirt be sold outside our deal with Macron, maybe as leisure wear (instead of being a "competing" replica shirt).

Most of the "kids" would still want a replica shirt but the older "viewers" seem to prefer the nostalgia of a traditional cotton shirt with collar.

The same goes for the Wakefield Trinity name.
The older generation are still uncomfortable with the "Wildcat" brand, whereas, many of our younger fans quite like it.

Adidas-adda-stripe lives on.

I think that's another company's trademark, possibly xblades??

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Would love a proper retro away shirt, or something like the one in 2011 with the gold trim would be great.

Me too.
Cotton is the key.

Without sponsorship if possible but not a must.

I'd also pay a deposit to fund before receipt if it helped financials.

Revert back to Trinity for 2015 and make the whole season a heritage season?

Sell a shirt and other merchandise harking back to the glory days, and hold a series of events around match-days celebrating the heritage and history of the City's only professional sports club? A music festival on the pitch, an open air showing of the Watersplash Final on a massive screen, proper engagement with former players and fans, events for young people from the District's schools and amateur clubs (link in with History courses to give it some purpose?) armed forces day, public sector 'everyday heroes' day, disability awareness day etc etc

There's a whole host of things that could be linked together to really get the club back into the public consciousness, but it needs a coherent strategy, a skilled marketeer and of course, some money - which MC has already said we don't have.

Why can't we be called Wakefield Trinity and have "The Wildcats" as our nickname? We can still keep all the Wildcats merchandise (and Daddy Cool!!!) but keep the heritage. It's like Arsenal are "Gunners" and that appears oa lots of merchandise but they're not Arsenal Gunners.

B2k some great ideas. It's a bit of a catch 22' you HAVE to speculate to accumulate .

I'd agree and with the extra SKY funding in place it could be a worthwhile investment to get us back on the map.

I don't know what we have spent this year but suspect it is under the cap due to the financial difficulties we were in, and Michael's reluctance (which I wholly agree with) to spend more than we can afford.
I believe MC was quoted as saying if we could get our average up to 6300 we "could" (not would) spend up to the cap. Given that statement someone needs to analyse whether diverting £50k (I'm guessing, as I have no idea what you'd have to pay) to employ a Marketing expert is a good investment.

On the face of it, it looks like a good idea to me but you'd have to figure in the general apathy of the Wakefield public to see whether it would be worthwhile. Maybe see how the early bird offer for Season Tickets goes and then make a decision.


PS some good ideas from B2K (perhaps he'd fancy the job

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Don't most businesses budget for advertising and promotions. We have a facility that ain't used for the closed season. I used to drive past the debs bury ground quite often on a Sunday they had a car boot sale in the carparks. Thornes park used to have a business to business event that lasted for 2days. Accountants have proved to be a stumbling block when it comes to speculating, and many would never entertain spending cash on any kind of event. They are however first in line to claim the best hotel accommodation for themselves, claim back the expenses.

That sounds likes bit of a dig and IMO not at all necessary. MC seems to be doing a great job in very difficult circumstances. Please don't try and derail a good thread on next years merchandise