it always amuses me when people say that they (their club) have no money for marketing.......marketing is the best way to attract fans, who spend more money, attract other fans and bigger gates are of more interest to sponsors......etc...etc..



London Broncos finished 2nd in SLII and made the CC final in 99......their crowds didn't go up because of success......

Im not going to sit and read through all the pages so forgive me if i say anything that has been said. The women who posted this rant has since come out and apologized on Salfords facebook and forum (not sure if she has here). She basically doesn't have a clue whats going on and has just listened to rumor after rumor and come up with this.



In the original post she refers to Salford moving back to the willows, click on the following link and make your own mind up weather we will be back there or not [urlhttp://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=473511972661905&set=a.473511465995289.110714.100000093185025&type=1&theater[/url Funny how she says this thread is not being here to spread rumors and malicious gossip.



She also goes onto say the people at the club don't have their heart in the job but then can never stop lauding them on facebook telling them how great they are. May i also point out she was on twitter after the Hull KR game spreading more rumors about how Salford fans were chanting racist abuse, you couldn't make it up. Maybe people who have noting better to do should start attending games instead of leaving it to the die hard 100 or so maybe we would be in a better position.



Let me say people who know me know i like a good moan but some things written in that first post are laughable. The club are extremely poor in almost every department and we need to buck our ideas up and fast if we want to progress as a club. They have let us down time after time after time so i can understand where this rant has come from i have had a few in my time but i base mine on facts. We may be near administration i honestly don't know things don't look good but what good does it do to Salford RL for a "supporter" to come out and start a 15 page thread up.



I will post what Salford themselves have said on the clubs facebook and yes i understand they are hardly going to tell you if we were but just for the sake of it;



Salford City Reds Rugby League Club They're just peddling the same rumours Rossy. The tired line 'Salford were forced to deny they are going into administration...' was used again as a stick to beat us with - damned if we do deny, damned if we don't (which is why we try not to comment on rumour and speculation!!).



Administration is not happening, nor has Holdsworth 'gone to Hull' but there's nothing we can do to stop people constantly repeating it with a nod and a wink and pretending 'they know something you don't know'.



Also nothing we can do to stop fans believing it sadly. /Steve

It might well be the best way to attract fans, but without the money to begin with, where do you start? Salford have limited resources (like most clubs really) and try to live within their means (like [isome[/i clubs). They've invested most of it in assembling a reasonably decent squad in the hope that that would bring the fans in (which, to a limited extent, it has), and have very little left for whatever marketing you think they should do.



I suspect things will change next season.

Get the players visiting schools every weekday and give out free tickets, caps and scarves to the kids at that school. Do a door to door drop of season ticket info and regular Salford updates etc etc. Link up with every amateur club in the region to offer a 2-1 ticket sales incentive and prizes for most sold for them to sell tickets to their club members. This stuff doesn;t cost a lot of money (the money Hull are going to pay for Holdsworth will probably pay for two years of marketing initiatives). It may take a couple of years but if you never start you'll never get there.

All of the above with Knobs on!



I have been banging on about the London Fiasco FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.........the owner is ploughing cash (1.5 million) into the squad.....but not a brass cent into marketing...they are on a 3k crowd average this year....Salford at the weekend isn't going to improve that.



There are loads of ways to attract fans to games that take a lot of effort and a little cash......I suspect it's often a mixture of both that puts people off even trying...

never ceases to amaze me how many marketing gurus spend their days on rlfans and are not more focussed on their multi-million pound marketing empires. actually...think the sentence explains itself.

I earnt NZ$675,000 PRE-TAX last financial year, including 20% of that from NZRL.......pop all you like, but the FACT remains, Marketing the game is the #1 issue in the UK.

PM me and I'll send you my accounts/P&L/Client list....with a whopping NDA attached

my multi milion pound chain of brothels keeps me too busy!

I keep you in clover pal......I keep you in clover





I sat in a meeting today with BNZ discussing their S15 SPONSORSHIP.....some on here would hurl at the reasoning behind it....but it pays bills!!

you should be bankroling a Wellington bid!

Just converted NZ$675000 into sterling. I'm off to have a little cry (wouldn't like to buy Bradford, would you?).

If SL(E) are about to save the Bulls will they do the same for Salford dont think so I wonder why.