Re: 2012 Fixtures : Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:57 pm  

Going for Fridays, imho, means we're setting our cap at Championship mediocrity. I can't see us ever building up the crowds we need to enter Superleague on a Friday night.

And, bearing in mind how many weeks overlap with the soccer/grass-growing season, we've a 50/50 chance that United won't let us play on Friday nights anyway. What we'll be left with is a hotch-potch of Friday and Sunday matches at DVS and t'Lane with even less structure and pattern than we had before.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:25 am  

Because the crowd building plan on a Sunday afternoon was going brilliantly wasn't it...

The crowds won't be any different this year to last. In fact I bet there's a slight improvement due to the season ticket initiative and the cheap student tickets.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:02 pm  

We rely heavily on away support. Even though you can throw a handkerchief over most of the 2012 clubs in our division, that won't be as good on Friday as it is on Sunday.

And we've never really attacked the crowd-building question. We should have done more two years ago instead of "hanging our hats" simply on moving to t'Lane. I said so at the time.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:29 pm  

Teams like Halifax and Feath do swell the crowd and bring a lot of fans especially on a sunday,You'll be lucky to get more than a 100 followers from the other teams especially on a friday,I think the crowds will go down,Even if it was free admission i dont think crowds would drastically go up,You either like rugby league or you don't,A lot of people in Sheffield don't and arnt even willing to try it,You need a dramatic increase of fans who need to go regulary to get a chance for super league,Your looking at needing a good thousand extra fans,In the real world you'll be lucky to find 100 new fans in one season.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:02 pm  

The trouble with free admission is that you build a following of people who can't/won't pay. Which then alienates the people who do pay.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:00 pm  

I wouldnt let anyone in for free,Was just saying even if it was,it wouldnt guarantee major increase in attendance as they have to be interested in the game.Its a football city and i dont think it will ever change from that.On another instance why do Ice hockey get 5k regular,charge more but Sheffield has also not been renown for ice hockey,Is it because its warm and indoors?

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:09 pm  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

On another instance why do Ice hockey get 5k regular,charge more but Sheffield has also not been renown for ice hockey ?

Exactly.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:49 pm  

Anyway, Tim's in charge of crowd building now.

I hope he gets some support because this definitely isn't a one-man job.

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:19 pm  

So when is the rumoured trip to France the end of Spring Bank week?
Or is it just a rumour?

Re: 2012 Fixtures : Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:47 pm  

Airborne Eagle wrote:

So when is the rumoured trip to France the end of Spring Bank week?
Or is it just a rumour?

Weekend of June 2nd-3rd according to the 'Fax board.