Pretty easy when there is no reflection I guess.

This is my take on paying up front for a season ticket.
Very hard to get this across when even some "hard core" fans on this Forum still look at the season ticket as essentially a way to save money and get free games.

Could there be trends within the WF postal areas where general interest in the club may vary.

Obviously I understand that people in the WF10 area for example may be less interested, but say if it is lower in WF4 or 5 could there be some kind of marketing campaign.

Just a thought.

What baffles me is how little people know about the club on their doorstep. Wakefield Trinity a professional Rugby League team playing in Super League, you'd think it would be the talking point among people in the pubs and clubs, especially after our improved season last year. Or at least people would have some clue. Recently at one of my Quizzes I featured Chris Chester on my themed Picture round (all those pictured had a surname that was a town or city in the UK). Only 2 teams out of 16 knew it, even with the clue to help them. Bear in mind this quiz is held in Wakefield not Dewsbury or Barnsley or another place he might not be as well known and when I gave the answer out there were groans of "who's he"? I was absolutely gobsmacked, I really thought people would know about us but it seems we have work to do to try and raise the profile of the club, I just wish I knew how to help in some way.

A good season competetive in most matches with some positive stadium news and attendances will grow and grow. We all know the state Belle Vue effects attendances massively for both home a away crowds I don't bring the kids to big matches and know loads who do the same. The lack of stadium progress (not our fault I know) has but doubt of our future and strangled the enthusiasm a lot had for our club, some good stadium news will install confidence in Trinitys future and that enthusiasm will return.
Although this topic has brought up some negativity I've seen a lot of optimism for our great club that I seen pre season in a number of years so hopefully this will continue, name change (dropping Wildcats) has contributed to this everyone is talking about how good our new merchandise is so I predict record sales in that department and squad is looking excellent. I'm looking forward to this season more than ever and optimistic about our great clubs future so are most people I speak to. Please let us get stadium sorted. Up The Trin

That's a bit daft isn't it? Even after the early bird there should always be an incentive to buy a season ticket i.e. cash saving

If other towns teams had 50 plus years of not winning anything playing in a not fit for purpose ground you'd get the same response. Infact a lot would get a lot less support than we get. Don't worry I get a feeling we are turning a corner as a club and awakening the sleeping giant that is Wakefield Trinity all we can do is spread the word.

I reckon there's lots of reasons why people don't know about it; the game is rarely plugged on local news, the only BBC programme is on late on a monday night (American football does better), Sky seemingly couldn't give a stuff about the clubs/fans but do nothing to plug the game away from the usual fans, most local radio stations don't care, the local newspaper doesn't care, other clubs have a terrible perception of us/the ground, the ground is a dump in a particularly unpleasant part of Wakefield (away fans regularly have to walk through the grave yard to get to the stadium)... The list goes on and on

For people to want to come and watch the game then the game needs to be sold to them, people want value for money and they want entertaining. I hope and think the boys can do that on the pitch this year but I don't know how many new fans it will bring in until some of the bigger club/game issues are resolved

I think that sounds totally reasonable, perhaps those who drink in the Con Club can start coming into the ground 30 min earlier and buying a pint in the ground instead of elsewhere, then they can stand where they want to stand and not have to moan that the north stand is full of away supporters

The ISC gear looks amazing, my wife has said that I can spend £100 for my Christmas present on gear this time which is double my normal allocation

To me, that's the key. £5 a week is perceived differently to a one-off payment of £249. People are used to budgeting based on monrhly direct debits. If it was possible to offer more flexibility of membership, and iideally include different levels of committment, the income source could be expanded.

Pay £249 a year and attend 1 game, mmmmmm.