A nice idea but even if we doubled the crowd on this night the club would be out of pocket.

Not necessarily Mike



Twice as many people in the ground also means you're likely to double your revenue from merchandising, pints, pies, crossbar challenge tickets etc.



In theory 2000 paying £7 in is a lot better than 1000 paying £14.

But the figure quoted was £5 and our crowd would not double.

How do you know our crowd wouldn't double, or even treble for that matter?



For what it's worth.



If 1000 pay £14 in and spend an average of £5 in the ground (which isn't unreasonable)it equals £14k on the gate + £5k merchandise = £19k



If 2000 pay £5 in and spend an average of £5 in the ground it equals £10k on the gate + £10k merchandise = £20k



If it was marketed right, something I think the club is weak at doing, I think you could get loads down



Bill it as Keighley vs. The French, get posters up in every shop in town, Silsden and Skipton, get flyers in the target, send out an event on facebook and get every member of the Green Army to invite every one of their friends down.



Sometimes you have to take a calculated risk in order to get a reward.



This looks like a good opportunity to do so.

Well, its never gonna happen, but it would have been a useful experiment against the french.



I understand the club dont want to lose money, so for that reason the french game would be the one to do it against, or perhaps the Whitehaven game 3 weeks later. The last game against Widnes would be no good as they are well supported away from home, so we need to maximise revenues.



I think that the low attendances across the board in the Co-operative championship are something that needs looking into across the board. A lot from Keighley have turned to the Bulls and Rhinos for only a few quid more on the gate, this is to watch some of the best players in the country, well maybe not at the bulls!!!



I will always support my local team, but wish that something could be done about the attendances. Try something new.

We need to create interest within the club and the town.The way to do that is to sign a good ex super league player who probably has a couple of seasons left in him.Someone like a Robbie Paul or a good play maker.People will then start talking about the club and maybe come down to watch the ex superstar.I hear you say "but where will the money come from to pay his wages". Simples,the directors will have to put their hands in their pockets and pay the wages,it happens at other clubs so why cant it happen at Cougar park.

I think you are right.

Something needs to be done.



Mind you people knowing, we had 9 points taken of us didn't help did it.

The clubs need to stop thinking like charities , and start thinking like businesses , ideally successful ones

Hit the nail squarely on the head there.



It seems most club directors' think that the only way to make a small fortune out of Rugby League is to have a large one to start with.

The club chairmen are not alone in this assumption , the RFL see it as the ' model ' for the future as well

Success of a club begins on the field,if your not getting the results or have;nt got the quality of players needed then your doomed.Look at the attendance at the bulls over the last couple of seasons.I know there is no easy answer but money needs to be put into a venture to reap the rewards.You cannot carry on with new board members following on from the last ones.There was talk of super league in 3 or 4 seasons time, well we certainly dont meet any of the criteria so far,so its time to stop trying to come up with new ideas of how can we make a few hundred quid.It is not going to happen,or if it does it wont make much difference.The club needs a substancial cash injection from the directors to make a difference.Forget about bums on seats or standing,that will only happen with a successfull team.I know we would be furthur up the division if it had not been for the points deduction,but the club is static and thats no good for supporters paying £14 a time.

find ways to fund their clubs that are not dependant on success on the pitch , not influenced by other bigger local sports clubs , and can be used to guarantee the future survival of their clubs



To do this they need to sit down and start to work together



As I said they need to open their eyes , ears , but most importantly their minds



Until they do this they are sat on the same merry go round they have been for the last 20 years of decline