Great to hear about the club visiting a school in Speke just down the road from me. No question that Liverpool is firmly a football city but there is definitely a lot of people (especially in South Liverpool) who can be won over to rugby league and supporting Widnes. I hope to see more such initiatives soon.

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Just offer cheap tickets to people alienated by modern football, fans of AFC Liverpool,FUCM etc.

I've seen lower division football clubs have 2 or 3 'family' days each season where the club promotes an upcoming fixture within a few miles radius of the ground. Posters put up in shops and pubs, and leaflet drops on residential areas. I'm sure if Widnes did this (£10 adult - £5 child) they'd get quite a few more through the gates and a fair few would come back for more.

And being alienated by modern football was one factor which got me back into rugby league.

It's the way to go, because unfortunately 4/5 of the population of widnes aren't d about the Vikings and won't be until we start winning

Yes but when we are winning things and all these weak bladder wannabee fans come flocking back, we the chosen few thousand who have ALWAYS stuck it out over many years can come up with lots of amusing matchday songs about the fairweather fans

Why not try to extend into Speke, Halewood and Garston? It's a good idea. You could sit them next to Beano, Kendunne Nagasaki or any number of anti-scouse inbreds who imagine they're Man U fans.

Thats Angela 'Danger' Powers.

As long as you guys don't start venturing as far as Aigburth. I've got there covered

You are boring now, seeing your tedious threads of how bad we are as a team.Well against Castleford and Saints is big improvements, and we are going upwards and not backwards.On the subject of Speke and South Liverpool will be great to get new fans.

Widnes need to win back the fans who don't go anymore first.

New fans are much more likely to come to a vibrant home crowd than what you have at the moment.

Agreed i wish a few more in the Town would make more effort.

It's all well and good saying that though but the only way that you'll get Wids that wouldn't normally go to the games through the turnstiles is through winning. Most people in Widnes associate Widnes with losing and being in the second division not a world championship win 20 years ago .

It's a lot easier to introduce someone to the game of rugby league once through a cheap day out with the family and then them getting hooked rather than someone who knows about Widnes and would much rather stay in and watch united on tele.