Didn't this form part of the survey club did last year or the year before? We completed it on line and the results were revealed at a LISA meeting from memory, which indicated Saturdays were preferred by a larger percentage of people?
Perhaps the club could do with digging that out, it might give them a baseline to compare the next survey against?

Well yes we can do another poll for that.

I will not be attending many Friday night games, I do not want to be wandering the streets of Leigh gone 10pm on a cold dark winters night at my age.

I only want to be at the side of a roaring fire enjoying a glass of fine scotch, (whilst listening to Leigh life radio commentary if we choose Friday nights)

I will attend most games on either a Saturday or a Sunday.

Have to say I agree that we need other options on the poll:

*[iNot bothered - I'll go whatever day we play![/i
*[iAny day but Fri/Sat/Sun (delete as applicable)[/i
*[iWhatever day you pick, I'll use it as a stick to beat the club with!![/i

I think that pretty much covers the 'grey areas'!!

Agreed, the current poll shows …..

31 for Sunday
39 for Saturday
10 for Friday

based on that people could jump to the conclusion that Saturday is best but if the others which totals 41 wont/can’t go Saturday then we have just halved our attendance.

I won’t be going to many if it moves to Saturday but as I’ve said before the BOM have to do what’s best for the business.

Saturday or Sunday for me. 8pm ko on any night is no good for me especially if I'm working the day after.

I think the detailed poll at the next game will be the key and I also agree about the wording

Those who will go/are available to go regardless of the date should abstain OR there should be a category "any". I have my personal preference but will go regardless of the day as it is possible for me to go on any day.

I'd actually still have 'what day/ time you prefer' on it as if the club can keep as many fans (dare I say it customers !) happy as possible it will help in the hard times when the on pitch results don't go our way.

A simple 'yes' or 'no' against each of the options is the most efficient method of gathering opinion. The club is not concerned with preferences, it just needs to know when you would attend.

Did anybody genuinely ask the college for assistance Alan? , I ask because at my last LYCT meeting I asked a fellow trustee who works at the college about it, and he said he thought it shouldnt be a problem

Probably the worst possible match to ask, all ticket, no ST holders, almost guaranteed to be a midweek televised game with people arriving last minute

How do our corporate sales fare on a Sunday afternoon to last seasons 'Friday Night' season?

Steve it was a LISA members idea to do the survey to assist the BOD's decision and if its for next season and we have only one home game left could you suggest any other game to do it on?

Well my view is the vast majority who post on this Board would go whatever day we played.

Regarding doing a poll of fans at our next home game I think it will reflect the same as this poll on here.

I really think the idea of selling books of tickets' plus full season tickets would suit those who have to pick and choose their games.

Whatever day is chosen will not suit some' that's life.

I am aware it was an ' offer ' Fred made with the best of intentions, just frustration again at what could and should have been done previously

Pretty much every business that has a regular repeat customer base will have all the contact details of that customer base allowing them to provide the best possible service to keep that customer base happy and retain them as customers

This is not a failing particular to Leigh Centurions but to most sports and RL in particular, however the RFL are quite good at this, as anybody who has previously bought tickets from them will know

Was there not a detailed survey done a couple of years ago??
Appreciate we have a different board now, but wouldn't imagine peoples opinions would have changed much from then.

I don't think they did ask Steve. One of the big problems of the last couple of years was that there were a lot of ideas bouncing around and very few willing to implement them. Hopefully, with a good-sized BOM, there should be more energy to get involved. Current signs are encouraging.

One of the problems was about how the idea should be implemented. There was a strong lobby (sorry for the use of that word!) in favour of doing it through the ticketing system. To me, the 'old way' of stopping people as they entered the stadium, or stood in the queue would work. In reality, we are probably looking at the first two home games next season now, when s/t holders will attend in greater numbers than at an 'all pay' game.

I honestly think you do not have to ask every single fan. You ask about a 100 and then extrapolate those opinions by say a figure of 20 in our case.

When Opinion polls are done before General Elections they do something very similar and seem to get reasonably accurate results.

I think the title of this thread explains it perfectly. We were asked for a [upreference[/u and people on here have given theirs.

Granted most who post on here will go to any match they are able to attend but I still think the results of this poll are relevant. Most would [uprefer[/u Saturdays, then Sundays and obviously not many are keen on Fridays.

I think the Board should definitely give Saturdays a go.

Well I think we are missing the most important point here. The 1500 average home fans are the ones who will go whichever day we play - (give or take a small percentage who can't go on one or two of the days).

Shouldn't we be trying to find the ones who don't go to games because we play Sunday. If we do a survey at the turnstyles on a Sunday isn't the numbers going to be a little bit lobsided as those who can only go Fri or Sat won't be included.

For anyone who's interested, here are the results of the 2012 survey. fluidab3.miniserver.com/~global/ ... 071112.pdf

For anyone who's interested, here are the results of the 2012 survey. fluidab3.miniserver.com/~global/ ... 071112.pdf

About 5 seasons ago Fev were averaging a lot less than they average now.

Their gates have increased significantly since then and they primarily play on Sundays.

Why have their attendances increased ? Well it is a rhetorical question' it is because they have been successfull on the pitch and play attractive RL and win a lot more than they lose.

My preference is for Saturday evening but the fact is' get a winning attractive playing side and bringing back the possibility of promotion to the the top league will increase gates.

Oh and to get 100 back straight away point out that Wigan will be playing a reserve side next season.



I don't really care when we play and honestly think it is all down to our lads playing good stuff and rarely losing for more folk to attend.

The event days outside the LSV on matchdays are a great idea too and when food stalls are added that will also promote the match day experience.

Re food stalls at the matchday experience, for Sunday afternoon games fans will probably have dinner and then go to the LSV therefore food would not be a big seller. Play Saturday evening (6.30KO) and fans may attend in the afternoon and need a bite to eat before the game.
I think it would be a much better atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon building up to an evening KO. It would also have fans in town wearing the replica shirts all afternoon having a beer etc when there are lots of people around which can only be good for advertising the game.
The last Saturday evening game against Toulouse was a great success so whats the problem?

Why not look at tying the afternoon into either Miners or East home games as well?.....and a 'curtain raiser' (one of the East/Miners kids teams or our u20's) before the main event?

We could make each alternate Saturday afternoon/evening a real 'event'!!