Posted this on the Widnes board in response to a question:
littlerich wrote:In part, got to agree with Pepe and people have openly stated that they won't come down unless we're playing SL opposition. There's a two pronged attack the club must take.
1 - to entice those who used to attend 8 year ago. This is difficult given how dissapointed these people were by the 2003 season.
2 - to entice NEW supporters - equally difficult given the chioce of other cheaper entertainment on offer (Sky Sports, X-box, Wii etc..)
Widnes can get 3,000 to 4,000 no sweat and i certainly envy you of that. The brand of rugby we're playing (apart from Sunday
) is great to watch. Only time will tell if the people of Calderdale deserve a SL club at all. For the last two years we got 1,519 and 1,654 for the Sheffield game so the increase to 2,212 is obviously not good enough. It's worrying. If we perform well for the next two years and win a couple of trophy's and still can't get 3,000 to 4,000 then i think we need not bother applying for a franchise. There's already two or three lame duck attendance getters in Super League - we don't need another.
1 - to entice those who used to attend 8 year ago. This is difficult given how dissapointed these people were by the 2003 season.
2 - to entice NEW supporters - equally difficult given the chioce of other cheaper entertainment on offer (Sky Sports, X-box, Wii etc..)
Widnes can get 3,000 to 4,000 no sweat and i certainly envy you of that. The brand of rugby we're playing (apart from Sunday
) is great to watch. Only time will tell if the people of Calderdale deserve a SL club at all. For the last two years we got 1,519 and 1,654 for the Sheffield game so the increase to 2,212 is obviously not good enough. It's worrying. If we perform well for the next two years and win a couple of trophy's and still can't get 3,000 to 4,000 then i think we need not bother applying for a franchise. There's already two or three lame duck attendance getters in Super League - we don't need another.
