Home games - when should we play? : Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:15 pm  

I'm guessing that playing home games on a friday night in July is intended to test the water as to when the most profitable time is to play our home games.

Friday's crowd of 2100 was broadly the same as it would have been on a sunday although the travelling support was noticably lower then the NRC game (granted Leigh's tailspin towards CC1 may have something to do with this!)

So with the aim being to improve crowds overall when should we play our home games?

Or does it make no odds either way?

Re: Home games - when should we play? : Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:23 pm  

Got to be a Sunday for me, its kind of traditional....doesnt feel right any other time...must be my age

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:24 pm  

Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon
Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon
Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon
Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon
Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon


Not Friday
Not Saturday

Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon
Sunday afternoonSunday afternoonSunday afternoon


Always .................. Sunday afternoon.

The Scratchin shed ghost wrote:

Friday's crowd of 2100 was broadly the same as it would have been on a sunday

I disagree with this. Had it been a Sunday, i reckon we'd have got 2,800 ish.

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:31 pm  

Preferably 30 minutes after we kick off would be best , we might stand a chance of getting a bonus point then

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:34 pm  

The main thing is they should be consistent and not keep altering the time/date. It has been done before the first couple of seasons we went down the Shay and I know we lost a lot of fans because the wives would know hubby was at the match 3-00 Sun and would work round that. Then they started to mess around with the days and when we had a pub I witnessed many an argument as the blokes would never say till it was the last minute that it was Fri /Sat night . Resulting in the Mrs telling them they could not go as something else was sorted.The thing is we have been building up the crowd steadily on a Sunday afternoon geting it so it became a habit for the kids too. So why alter it why switch to an evening when for instance the kids that have started to come back can`t come and the away support is down too.

: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:36 pm  

The reason for playing so many home games is so we cant be told by the RFL that we have to play a home playoff game on a sunday when we want to play it on a Friday like what happened against Whitehaven last season.

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:39 am  

Forever Blue and white wrote:

The reason for playing so many home games is so we cant be told by the RFL that we have to play a home playoff game on a sunday when we want to play it on a Friday like what happened against Whitehaven last season.

That's pretty much why i think they've done it to. Aren't we getting into the time of year where Sky will have to start picking the Thurs nights games as they only schedule the first 12 or something? I think this is so even if a home/away fixture is suddenly changed to a Thursday night, we'll still be getting a full weeks recovery, which at this stage of the season may be important.

Can't see us getting much in way of home attendances anyway really from here on out. We've only got Fev, Toulose and Whitehaven at home. So 250/100/20 max from those teams probably.

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:14 am  

well i personally like any time for the games i like sunday games its nice to play and for the most part this season it has been sunny and warm when we have been at home on a sunday.

i dont really mind when we play them i like friday games as well i like night games i dont know why.

i suppose i like night games at the start of the weekend mainly cause i dont have a job and i know i have a full weekend to look forward to after the game instead of 1 evening b4 University on the monday.

i do like sunday and friday games. i couldnt really care less when we play them as long as we win

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:59 am  

SUNDAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SO WE CAN GET TO MORE MATCHES.

: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:33 am  

Having a young family fri nt suits us better as it leaves the weekend free to do other things, however we are all hooked so even if it was Wed at 3am we would make it.