I’m conscious I didn’t respond to your point on LBs work with schools.
I’ve seen a few things in programmes and it looks like they try and engage but my only experience was when I went to a mid week game and there were a lot of excited school kids in attendance who were mascots. the thing that struck me was that, I think, without exception all were of Asian descent. I don’t know enough about the Ealing area to know if that was atypical but I wonder how fertile ground that is. I don’t recall seeing anyone of Asian descent at any other games so it looks like that work did not land, at least in the short term. It may be for many reason that that ethnic group don’t fancy coming to matches. It may be difficult to unpick and address the reasons short term and I suppose it might be one of the reasons why the management of LB feel a move to another area might be productive.
I, like I guess other posters, have no experience of running a professional sports club but it’s clear there are loads of challenges which perhaps it’s easy for us fans to dismiss/overlook.
If they only have the primate in back office, that is a situation of Broncos own making. For years, fans with the skills Broncos need have offered their help only for the Club to rebuff them.
Group A have been marginalised by the club so getting them back will be the hardest task.
Group B is the easiest group to try to hook & assume each AFC season ticket holder will get a free ticket to game 1 as Fulham did in 1980. However, if AFC has a poor season like last year, I can't see why their fans would stick around to watch 2 failing teams. If they have a good season why would they bother as the most committed would have done the AFC away game on the Saturday. At least that was how it was explained to me by both the AFC fans I know.
Group C pretty much haven't come to the Stoop, Brentford or Ealing & not many rugby fans go to watch Rosslyn Park or amateurs Old Wimbledonians or Battersea Ironside. I think Hughes would have to put a Championship winning team together for next season to stand any chance of creating a ripple in the SW London conscience & one capable of staying in SL too.
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Same again for Sheffield game. Hope it's sorted soon or there's three tickets not sold.
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