I think this seasons, or certainly the first one issued, will be a collectors piece, but no, I can't see them having any last "collectability".

Honest opinion, its okay I would give it 60 out of 100.
I would prefer each clubs own prograrmes it was nice to see their views on life and was more individual but it must be more cost effective to have a centrally produced one, although to expect Championship 1 clubs to sell 250 is a bit optimistic, they must still be losing money which defeats the object really.
Hope we go back to clubs own programmes one day, as a programme collector we have seen this before in football and it got binned.

memories.........was the football one the football league review and came inside every clubs own programme

No it was another one I think in the eighties, maybe early nineties which only some clubs used not all like RL.

I would guess that this programme intiative by the RFL has been a godsend to the club. I have said before that for the amount of work which goes into producing a programme, the benefits arent rewarding enough. I did the Town one for 3-4 years and no matter how much you improve the content, the sales dont really reflect the improvement and it continued to just about break-even over the course of the season.

Or you could always get down there 5 minutes earlier if you keep missing out on them . . .

or maybe fax could sell them online too, to guarantee getting one.

Oh my god! Why didn't I think of that fantastic idea! Well done my friend, absolutely astounding use of intelligence.

Then someone else misses out, thus not solving the problem.

As has been mentioned, we at Leigh are still doing our own programme.(about 52/56 pages) I've been trying to find out how much we are making (or losing) on it, but Leigh, being Leigh, appears to be covered by the Official Secrets Act! (hey, why should I know, I'm only the editor!)

I think most clubs were/are losing on their own programme, but we see it as an important vehicle for getting news out to the fans - at least those few who attend. Another factor in Clubs' minds, is probably the time element. I would estimate that it's taking about 3-4 man-days' effort per week, (not per game) to produce - in addition to the efforts of outside contributors. (i.e. the press - and 'Brew' when you come to ours!)

Naturally, two of us are doing this for nowt - I even have to buy the flaming thing! But the alternative of paying someone, would make it totally untenable.

We are proud of our efforts - of course, I would say that - but we feel that it's the only quality item Leigh is producuing at the moment! Let us know what you think, when you visit the LSV - if they can ever find a date!

Personally, I'm not keen on 'Game On', as it regurgitates much of the news from the weekly 'trade press'. However, I also feel that any publicity for the Championship, is better than none at all, so I welcome it. Your compromise of including a few pages of 'Fax info. fascinates me, and I'm looking forward to buying one, when we come to your place.

Cheers,