Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:48 pm  

In 20 years of heading to Leeds away games leaving Leeds at between 1700 and 1800 to various Lancastrian venues only twice have I been significantly delayed, once in 2000 or so at Saints and then again heading to the same place in 2013. It is extremely rare and is no real excuse for all but a few Leeds fans not to turn out. Interestingly the club maintain that more tickets have been sold for tomorrow night to Leeds fans than were sold for last year's semi at Langtree Park which was a conventional Saturday afternoon kick off.

The BBC are one of the game's biggest sponsors and playing in prime time, even on a secondary channel, should ensure a larger than usual audience, which is good for the sport as a whole.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:23 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Why did you go a day early?

Couldn't remember which day it was to be honest.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:39 am  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

In 20 years of heading to Leeds away games leaving Leeds at between 1700 and 1800 to various Lancastrian venues only twice have I been significantly delayed, once in 2000 or so at Saints and then again heading to the same place in 2013. It is extremely rare and is no real excuse for all but a few Leeds fans not to turn out. Interestingly the club maintain that more tickets have been sold for tomorrow night to Leeds fans than were sold for last year's semi at Langtree Park which was a conventional Saturday afternoon kick off.

The BBC are one of the game's biggest sponsors and playing in prime time, even on a secondary channel, should ensure a larger than usual audience, which is good for the sport as a whole.

Could not agree more with this. I have been travelling over from Manchester leaving at between 5.30 and 6.00 for most Leeds home games for nearly 10 years and I have never missed kick off or been close to missing kick off. Traffic on a Friday generally seems to be quieter plus it is School holidays so there is less rush hour traffic.

People always moan that the sport is not marketed properly. We then get an opportunity to play on terrestrial TV at prime time on a Friday night and guess what..... people moan!

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:39 am  

I had a right old moan when the fixture date and venue was announced but in reality it is not that bad, if you really wanted to go then most people can make it possible.
A couple of weeks ago when we played Wigan I actually decided to go to the game at 6:15pm on the day of the game, I made it...
We need to make that Warrington South Stand like our HQ South Stand tonight. the lads need us.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:21 am  

RhinoNeil wrote:

We need to make that Warrington South Stand like our HQ South Stand tonight. the lads need us.

Can't agree more with this.
Seems the Seats have sold reasonable well so we might be even more spread out in that Stand.

Lets get behind the lads tonight from the minute they step foot on that Pitch...I want another day out at Wembley!!

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:28 am  

Where does this assumption come from that Friday night is "prime time TV"?

Look at the ratings that anything other than the big soaps (Emmerdale, Corrie, Eastenders) gets on a Friday night. They're down around the 1 million mark, for established shows that are on every week and have a regular audience.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons - when generally there's sod all else on particularly in summer - are your best chance of picking up casual viewers who aren't already fans of the sport. Isn't that what TV coverage is supposed to be about, attracting new fans to the game?

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:35 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Where does this assumption come from that Friday night is "prime time TV"?

Look at the ratings that anything other than the big soaps (Emmerdale, Corrie, Eastenders) gets on a Friday night. They're down around the 1 million mark, for established shows that are on every week and have a regular audience.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons - when generally there's sod all else on particularly in summer - are your best chance of picking up casual viewers who aren't already fans of the sport. Isn't that what TV coverage is supposed to be about, attracting new fans to the game?

RL fans are used to watching it on TV on a friday night. ON a saturday / sunday afternoon there is a large proportion of people interested in RL who get involved with an amateur team, and would therefore not be watching

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:07 am  

Hoping that Leeds can get the win and make it to Wembley for the final! Good luck lads http://www.nothingbutleague.com/2015/07 ... st-helens/

Hoping that Leeds can get the win and make it to Wembley for the final! Good luck lads http://www.nothingbutleague.com/2015/07 ... st-helens/

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:49 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Where does this assumption come from that Friday night is "prime time TV"?

Every person involved in television, ever?

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:10 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Where does this assumption come from that Friday night is "prime time TV"?

Look at the ratings that anything other than the big soaps (Emmerdale, Corrie, Eastenders) gets on a Friday night. They're down around the 1 million mark, for established shows that are on every week and have a regular audience.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons - when generally there's sod all else on particularly in summer - are your best chance of picking up casual viewers who aren't already fans of the sport. Isn't that what TV coverage is supposed to be about, attracting new fans to the game?

Maybe you should get in touch with the organisers of Children in Need and Red Nose Day and inform them that they're onto a loser having it in the graveyard slot of Friday night. Tell them to get it switched to Saturday afternoon at 3pm and I'm sure they'll make a ton more money.