Not being negative here but its quiet on the Halifax front with not much happening, No players coming in or being shipped out so i thought i would ask the following question.



Tony Abbott was brought on board due to his marketing company and aimed to raise the crowds ?.



Other than the crossbar challenge has anyone else seen any new inniatives with regards to trying to increase the gates, Or do we think this was a ploy for him to get on board in hope of us making SL ?.



I personally have not seen anything new going on, I get the ussual Facebook inviting me to every game but thats been happening for ages anyway, Has anyone else seen or heard of anything ?.

Nobody ever seems to know whats going on. Do any teams still publish their inititial line-up in the press before a game?

still advertising the bulls game on shaw syke this morning.two days

before a home game we really need to attract a crowd to.we dont

help ourselves on/off pich do we.

and as I've mentioned many times on this forum



Family of 4 wish to watch a Co-Op game of no real significance (ie No Promotion)



£46 entry

£7 Bus Day Ticket to get to game

£20 for 4 pies & drinks



Total Cost

£73



You have to be on some bl**dy good wages to decide to make this a family day out.



I know its not much to do with the club itself, rather the Council & the RFL (number of games played) but there should be some decent incentives to watch our team. We're supposed to have a betting arrangement with Stan James. Bet £10 or more on a Fax game and receive a heavily discounted ticket would be a start.



Have flyers distributed in pubs around the town offering cheap entry etc.



At least watching the Shaymen was half affordable! (Don't know what their entry costs for Conf North will be yet)

Yeah i cant say ive seen much improvement on the marketing front, posters outside the ground is as basic as it comes but we cant even get that right, a week after the bulls game and we were still advertising it instead of advertising the sheffield game.

Even when the posters are up to date they are only tiny. Have you seen the Bulls' "Defense against the Dark Side" posters (Harry POTTER theme, get it?) around Bradford? Full colour and huge!

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Quote Faxhali="Faxhali"Tony Abbott was brought on board due to his marketing company and aimed to raise the crowds ?.'" www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/a ... _1_3004047 Talk is cheap.

Who's Tony Abbot? Is he the one who said he's aiming to get 10,000 in or something daft and being Mr.Big?



I thought Matty Turner was still Marketing Manager? In the past decade he's the only one who seemed to know what to do at the Club, hope he's still about.



Edit: Cheers Bubba

Listen Guys - I think all this is very unfair on Tony. Having dealt with Tony regarding the Trust he has made himself and his business available to us at all times. He is very passionate about Hlifax RLFC and I know he has invested his own money into the club too. Marketing isn't just about posters etc, its about getting the e-shot list right, producing a corporate brochure and getting entertainment for games. The fireworks at games, bands etc at the Bradford to improve the entertainment side pre-game all cost money (5k for Bradford spent alone) and guess what somebody paid for it?? - Tony has come into the club and dedicates his own time to help the club during the week, I also know he has told his staff that they dedicate some time to help Halifax RLFC out. So before you call the man think about what he, Ian Croad, Mike Riley, Michael Steele and everyone else behind the scenes give to the club.



Whilst Im on my soapbox - Ive asked for volunteers on here many times to help the club and guess what about 5 people (MAX) have offerred support, yet many on here are all too quick to criticise (myself included in days gone by). If you want to make a difference why don't you do something constructive and help The Trust, Do The Sponsored Walk, Attend The Summer Bash etc. All of which will help the club by raising essential finances to pay for the things we want to happen.

I agree with you Chris and it is very sad that Tony is putting time and money into the club just to get slagged off. I don't believe that any of you on here who have been chriticising have signed up for the sponsored walk yet (forgive me if your wrong) so why not come to the south stand bar and see me to sign up on Sunday or is it going to be another week of no one bothering? Come on people why does it fall on deaf ears?

The Skircoat stand should be the Council community stand , with all costs paid , then filled with free family tickets for every game , nobody gets a ticket twice , all who get free tickets get a special deal [ half price family ticket for a game later in the season in either the standing end or the main stand



But this must be communicated to your existing fan base and properly explained , at our level we really nned to start thinking differently to how wehave in the past if we want to have a bright future

I agree its not all about putting posters up and alot of other areas take up time but i have lads who work with me in elland and drive past the shay every day but yet have ask me the same questions like who are they playing this week?, i might pop down if its a decent game etc. Yes im sure the guys are working very hard behind the scenes but surely posters outside the ground would take minutes to put up, what about decent size billboards on motorway bridges etc, surely that must be cheaper and markets the game better than fireworks on the day of the game?