5 or 6 seasons ago Cas were only getting about 2-3000 people going to the games since they changed coach, Brought Powell in & started winning & competing for Cups & top of the table people came back in droves. You aint going to bring new fans in to watch bottom of the table stuff. It's going to be a hard slog No matter how hard we try putting posters up etc There's nothing to get excited about Sad but true. Success brings in Fans

I think we are agreeing with each other from different angles. If that's what you want, look for new owners, because thats not their policy.

Agree with most of your post but they have never had 2-3000 in SL.

Their lowest average over the last 10 years was 6288 in 2013 and their highest was 8779 in 2017.

For comparison, our lowest was 4351 in 2014 and highest 8172 in 2012 - mind you the higher figure was under the Glover regime and there seemed to be some "double counting" going on at certain times while he was in charge.

However, our most recent average was 5368 in 2019 so, there seems to be plenty of scope for increasing attendances.
Most of the die hard fans are used to the state of the ground but, there is no doubt that modern facilities would encourage more people to attend and IF this could be coupled with some success on the field, numbers would grow significantly.
A regular top 4/5/6 finish would put another 1500 or more fans on the gate.

I'm not interested in new owners, unless they are a Trinity fan and are a multi-billionaire, I accept what we are and what we can afford, I am comparing what a basically amateur club has done to a professional one though.

Past history tells me you wont get much out of fans, but it could be something to team up with one of the sponsors. A dual advert of sorts.

True but it depends how much it costs. If it cost a few hundred quid for a week or two then we could do it on here? A go fund me page?

Best tim though is not now but when matches go live again, would you agree?

Done a very quick check unscientific search and the price for a standard digital advertising screen like the one opposite Willis in Wakefield seems to be roughly £350 for a two week campaign.

Get in touch with MC through the club website and see if he’s interested. I’ve done so in the past and always received an instant positive response.

If they are willing to create an ad my £50 offer stands. I’m busy sorting out a hopefully much bigger project otherwise I’d do it myself. So I’ll have to pass the baton to you or someone else on this one

Just before they sacked Millward I’m sure they got a crowd of just over 3000. May be wrong though.

Looking at our attendances since the heady days of the 60’s and early 70’s I don’t think we’ve ever done much better then what we are averaging now. I discount the glover era because clearly we were never getting gates of 8000 at home to catalans whatever number they managed to dream up! So from 2014 we have managed to gradually build year on year

In my opinion, the number of people wearing merchandise in the city has vastly increased from 2016. Whether that’s the team, the merchandise, better gear or what I’m not sure

One final reply vastman.
I have always kept clear of having a go at the players and inever run them down., however I have had a go collectively if the team have performed well below expectations.
I never wanted to see CC shown the back door unlike yourself.
I do critasise the clubs lack of ambition and feel I'm not on my own on that subject.
Yes you have become boring constantly jumping on the back of a number of posters without reading the post in full in the first place and going on for ever to constantly attempt to humiliate them and bow to your self proclaimed superiority.
You seem to be an expert on all subject and have and have an opinion everything, the vast majority in my opinion fall well short of the mark and what you don't know you make up on a egular basis,
Anyway for me at the end of the day it's about opinions and supporting the club in what ever way you can and being honest in my observations..
You seem t I'm think you have some sort of manopoly on the site and your view is the only right view. ITS NOT COME TO TERMS WITH IT.

Whatever

Like I said that's the response I expected
BORING.

ambition in rugby league always comes with a price tag ultimately. hard work gets you so far. the final step costs a lot of money. look at huddersfield. Ken davy has thrown 30 million in over 20 year and won 1 league leaders shield. The only people that ever utter the words 'speculate to accumulate' would never ever do it with any money they have, but are expert in telling others what they should do with their money

Can’t win with you, a boring one word reply, that takes some doing.

You post, I reply if I feel the need, if that’s monopolising the forum then so be it. You do realise I can’t stop you posting, I have no power.

That's not entirely correct Jose, thousands of people every year speculate to accumulate when starting up a new business.

with their own money! Not someone else's!