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FRIDAY 7th AUGUST 2009



ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE.









=RedSALFORD CITY REDS v =GreenCATLANS DRAGONS







KO: 8pm



VENUE: The Willows







[OFFICIALS



Ref: Mr Phil Bentham



TJ D Griffiths

TJ M Wilson

IG D Merrick

IG G Towey

RR P Meadows

MC I McGregor





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may as well throw the gates open to watch this for free be lucky if there is 1500 there for this one

It might be the first time that travelling Catalan fans outnumber home fans

I agree with you "mctiques headband"



Hopefully the club will give out a shed load of freebies this week for the visit of the French.

Looks like we will be getting onions and garlic then James cannot see the club spending much more than that for there faithful.

How can this be fair to the season ticket holders who paid their money in the pre season? Do we want a load more non paying idiots who will just get smashed out of there heads and abuse the team more

I don't see the problem in giving away freebies as long as we actively attract the right type of people. The attendance is going to be poor anyway and we'll continue to incur the wrath of the "kick Salford out of SL because it's all about attendances" brigade. I'm surprised that some people are selfish enough to want to have a lower crowd simply because they've paid for their ticket already and other people might not have to.



Simply throwing open the gates would probably attract the wrong sort of crowd but if we continue down the route of the schools and maybe even take a leaf out of Wigan's book by going after a large local business like they did with Heinz.

Don't pay then and use these free tickets. I'm constantly hearing how there's freebies available for every single game - I must be missing out on it because I'm always on the lookout to get some for my mates who don't watch RL (living in Stretford, I pretty much don't actually know anyone other than my Dad who follows the sport) and they're not likely to pay £17 for a ticket to see a team I'm telling them most weeks has been beaten yet again





Like I said in my previous post, we should be targetting the people who are less likely to be going to games rather than people who are just looking for a freebie and can't be bothered to pay.

I am also a season ticket holder.



If I could get one of my neighbours to attend the game I would gladly pay for them if I thought they would get hooked, but sadly they would rather watch Wigan and St Helens and Leigh rather than Salford City Reds.



Last season the Huddersfield Giants made there fixture against the Catans more or less free and I can tell you it worked for them, I even attend that game myself.



Look it's all about getting people to attend a game and I can see no reason why if the club decided to give away a few thousand tickets for this re-arranged game against the French then that would be fine by me.



At the end of the day it's all about getting bums on seat and then hopefully a few of the newcomers may return in the near future.

i agree with you J.R, but the only way we will ever boost our gates and keep them coming is assembling a play off contending team with a possibility of wembley. But for the next couple of years then i cannot see it. Yes i am for expanding our fan base but lets make them want to come and watch the reds. iam sure our full time marketing dept should be able to come up with ideas, after all that is what they are paid to do, without upsetting the already loyal fans

I have already paid for my Season ticket and don't feel BITTER at all about the club giving away free tickets the more that watch the club the more chance of people coming back.