Yes you are probably not on your own there. Once people have had the experience of modern stadia its difficult to get thenm to enjoy the match day experience at Belle Vue.
If we get the go ahead at Newmarket I wouldn't mind moving out of Belle Vue in the intrim period and have a season 'on the road'
I don't think its just down to that, it always seems more fun away from home and the stadiums don't come into it for me.
But yes some games on the road would be fine, we should go back to BARNSLEY for a couple of games.
If we get the go ahead at Newmarket I wouldn't mind moving out of Belle Vue in the intrim period and have a season 'on the road'
sounds reasonable but it could back fire if we go too far away, had you any stadiums in mind ? barnsley, but please don't say elland road, got to be the worse seating anywhere no wonder the fans stand up there, the seat in front digs in to your knees, I went to the GB Aussie final and vowed never to go there again
Oakwell would make the most sense for on the road matches. The areas to the North, West and East are saturated by RL clubs so South is the only option. It would be excellent idea if the club could arrange some sort of incentive with Barnsley FC season ticket holders with discounted entry into home matches either at BV or Oakwell.
Oakwell would make the most sense for on the road matches. The areas to the North, West and East are saturated by RL clubs so South is the only option. It would be excellent idea if the club could arrange some sort of incentive with Barnsley FC season ticket holders with discounted entry into home matches either at BV or Oakwell.
Yep, i work in Barnsley and there is a lot of interest in the Wildcats and it could be tapped into for games at Oakwell and BV, its worth a go IMO.
we are sh!!!!!!t this season but still manage over 12000
Dont hull FC include 'season pass' holders in their weekly attendance figures wether they attend or not? After all, the money is in for that game if the season ticket tolder does or doesnt attend.
Despite very good work by the club in ` the community ` it seems that the good folk of Wakefield will not attend matches at Belle Vue in high enough numbers to make it viable.
We know we need a new stadium and every effort is being made by many good people to achieve this goal. Power to theie elbows.
If we get the new stadium it will be vital that the public of Wakefield attend the Trinity matches. How many more people will go and watch Trinity just because they play in a new stadium, nobody knows. We can not just believe that they will turn up in numbers, infact I would suggest that we should presume that they will not turn up and go out now and promote the club in new markets.
Lets take all our home SL matches next season on the road, lets leave Belle Vue asap and get the devolpers in sooner rather than later, promote the club in Doncaster and Selby and play Hull, Cas and Hull KR at the Doncaster Stadium, promote the club in the Heavy Wollen area and play our home matches against, Celtic, Catalans and Quins at Dewsbury or Batleys grounds. Promote the club in Barnsley and surrounding areas and play Saints, Wigan, Huddersfield, Salford, Bradford and Leeds at Barnsleys Oakwell stadium.
We only get about 2,500 Wakefield fans at home games, and thats with a team doing well, it blows the old adage , that a winning team will bring the fans back, out of the water, we have to act , we must be radical, by promoting Trinity and SL to Barnsley, Selby, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Barnsley etc etc we give ourselves a chance in a fresh market, It seems that Wakefield folk are not that bothered. I know that many people will find fault with this plan and bleat on about this and that. We know that doing nothing is not an option and that the great work done by our community department is not getting enough new people through the gates. We have to act.
Despite very good work by the club in ` the community ` it seems that the good folk of Wakefield will not attend matches at Belle Vue in high enough numbers to make it viable.
We know we need a new stadium and every effort is being made by many good people to achieve this goal. Power to theie elbows.
If we get the new stadium it will be vital that the public of Wakefield attend the Trinity matches. How many more people will go and watch Trinity just because they play in a new stadium, nobody knows. We can not just believe that they will turn up in numbers, infact I would suggest that we should presume that they will not turn up and go out now and promote the club in new markets.
Lets take all our home SL matches next season on the road, lets leave Belle Vue asap and get the devolpers in sooner rather than later, promote the club in Doncaster and Selby and play Hull, Cas and Hull KR at the Doncaster Stadium, promote the club in the Heavy Wollen area and play our home matches against, Celtic, Catalans and Quins at Dewsbury or Batleys grounds. Promote the club in Barnsley and surrounding areas and play Saints, Wigan, Huddersfield, Salford, Bradford and Leeds at Barnsleys Oakwell stadium.
We only get about 2,500 Wakefield fans at home games, and thats with a team doing well, it blows the old adage , that a winning team will bring the fans back, out of the water, we have to act , we must be radical, by promoting Trinity and SL to Barnsley, Selby, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Barnsley etc etc we give ourselves a chance in a fresh market, It seems that Wakefield folk are not that bothered. I know that many people will find fault with this plan and bleat on about this and that. We know that doing nothing is not an option and that the great work done by our community department is not getting enough new people through the gates. We have to act.
Taking all the games away is a non starter for me. You would be taking a club with little presence in the city centre to start with completely away to areas that have no affinity with Wakefield or the club.
As I said before the markets are saturated to the North, East and West and Barnsley is the place to market the club. There are roughly 10K sports fans kicking their heals during the summer waiting for the Football season to start. Can’t hurt to try and entice some of these supporters over the Belle Vue and showcase a couple of games on their door step. Maybe we could also tap into the animosity of the Huddersfield Town fans have towards the Giants too?!
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Dont hull FC include 'season pass' holders in their weekly attendance figures wether they attend or not? After all, the money is in for that game if the season ticket tolder does or doesnt attend.
I wonder if we do this?
As far as I know Hull still don't do that - certain other clubs do, though.
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