Quote The optimist="The optimist"The reason we for the big crowd v Catalan is I feel us fans turned it into a big event by inviting people who may have walked past the willows once in their life, the club helped with £10 pre gateway price and keeping quiet about how much were sold.
But the way we market the club / games to our mates though various social media is equally important as what the club do imo to make barton a roaring success.'"
I think it was more to do with people who used to go coming back to see the place for one last time. There are a reasonable number of savvy locals, who know the score yet choose not to go to matches these days, that came to the final match. Word of mouth probably played a large part in spreading the word and you can wrap social media into that.
Quote The optimist="Starbug"Club management get hung up on the corporate side of things quite often... They see a hundred corporate as a lot easier to attract than 500 'normal' fans , it is where they feel comfortable
But it doesn't work, and it isn't sustainable, especially in the current economic climate, and especially if the cost of it rises when you go to Barton '"
Sure I heard it mentioned that many of the boxes are already sold for the next two years. If that is true, and the boxes were sold on terms that Salford would be playing on a Friday night, I suppose that would go some way to explaining the recent decision. The R.F.L. gave us an insight into how integral the corporate side of things will be in Salford's medium-term business plan: 'The club has set itself ambitious performance targets in the new stadium which are based upon solid commercial, marketing, and media plans.'
Quote The optimist="red polly"about time the management faced reality,john wilkie spoke about the club being a family club.well I dont think that dragging young children, who I may say are the next breed of supporters, to matches on freezing cold friday nights and not getting home until after 10 oclock.that stadium is right out in the open and will be freezing cold.also I think salford will find it very dificult to get more supporters there, as away fans will travel better on sundays than on fridays'"
Friday night rugby does seem to conflict with The Family Game®. A similar issue arose in the early 80s, after which we saw the introduction of the Junior Devils. However, I wonder what the balance is between those families that are put off by Friday nights and those businesses that are put off by Sundays? Whose income do the club seek the most? One they can control or one they cannot?
