Doesn't matter what Leigh do or how successful Leigh are, with the current set up nothing will change. With Friday night KO and high prices both for attendance and refreshments, 5 to 6000 will stay the average gate and some of those are away supporters. You would expect for a 1st CC semi-final since 1987 that we would have easily sold 5000 tickets but what have we sold, about 1500 so far? Please correct if wrong.
Sunday 3pm KO and lower pricing may add to gate but then again it would only be by about a few hundred if that (and as you know, my gripe is for the ridiculous so-called £24 senior concession to stand up in the North Stand). The fact is that there are only about 5500 fans when in SL. 3500 when in Champ. How Leigh get 10000 paying fans is what Leigh need to concentrate on. Obviously, the fantastic success and style of play and pre-match entertainment isn't increasing the crowds. If I was DB, I would be employing a professional marketing team to bump the attendance figures up for which they would be paid a commission. Because the mainstay of Leigh's marketing is to put a few posts on Twitter, which isn't good enough. Adrian Lam and his players deserve a full house every game.
And as has been said on a previous post, we still haven't got a working website which, in view of all the excellent work being done at Leigh, is a major gaffe in losing money from merchandise and doesn't project a professional image for the club... something that needs addressing with IMGs licensing now fully approved. I also agree with another poster, what on earth have IMG done yet to market Rugby League ... sod all... zilch!
