Londonbornirishbred

point of order: No.....a lot of. you weren't Gutterfax was banned from pretty much every RL forum for constantly being negative about RL and especially The London Broncos lack of marketing and promotion. In reality, I believe he was 100% accurate and the demise of the broncos to relegation fodder in 2025 before the rules changed sort of underlines how precisely accurate he was..... ...as for the future? Saturday night was the LB xmas fans bash....i have seen no pictures of a rammed belushis on socials, but i did predict more staff than fans at the event and the "ultras" would be loathe to post anything that showed me to be right.....still fewer than 200 ST tickets sold and this has to be a huge concern for the owners. This isnt about blowing smoke up the 'arris of RL fans.....it is about attracting new, regular money paying fans to the game and i still havent seen anything that points to the new owners having a clue how to achieve that......6 weeks to go....and only 200 tickets "sold" Toronto Wolfpack at least put on a free beer festival for students.....and the London Australian FB page is all over their Aussie weekend festival the week after the season starts.....but this lot have (in my opinion) believed that fans will flock to games......sounds really familiar so far. Still. Gutterfax would be delughted thst he is still quoted 25 years down the line.....he must have said something relevant????

still sub 200 ST sales at London....

......or you could just go online and try to buy a ticket for the game against Widnes and count the unavailable seats. I know nobody at the club. The last "leak" was in 2013 when i was sent, anonymously, the breakdown of the club accounts 2009-2012....and they were terrifying! New Zealand is the same as anywhere else, with belt tightening and recession always a hinderance to getting people to spend money on entertainment. I simply used the mantra of the UK banks......get them young and keep them. Students are key......the NZ Warriors for example (not my client) are in nearly every school in South Auckland and many of the sell out games of the last 3 seasons have been bankrolled by their sponsor......but after 3 great seasons, it is already hard to book seats for games at Mt Smart next year due to a huge surge in ST sales......attending games is a habit.

1. Never applied for a job a any sports club in the UK. Not sure where this myth came from (keyboard troll hunters and the RL ultras love a good conspiracy), but I have met with both the club and the RFL on a few occasions as well as volunteering for the club as well. 2. Worked for a (as in my company was contracted to) number of sports clubs here and increased attendances at every single one of them (USING GORILLA MARKETING AND LOW COST AVENUES)......and this is also the 10th year that I have sponsored my local RL clubs kids teams (u8's to u15's).

No sh*t sherlock....if only i hadnt been banging on about it for a quarter of a century! In other news, Hammersmith Hills Hoists RLFC have officially partnered up with the FB page (80,000+) that the Broncos used for their hat launch/NRL GF party......let's hope that they don't have fixture clashes with the Broncos.

Good luck to DL and GW. Apparently me pointing out (or counting seats) that fewer than 200 London RL fans have jumped on the positivity train is a bad thing. Noticing the glaring relevancy holes in the new "London Branding" isn't to be considered important and "winning games" in a division that gets "0" press coverage outside of RL circles will fill the stadium, so we dont need to worry that we are currently 100% reliant on a bloke who flogs stuff that is dug out of the ground (bells ringing?????....they are here!) The PR machine needs to grind into action soon, because once the fog of cranberry and christmas is gone, RL in its 2nd tier kicks off and London Broncos need bums on seats, because stupid rich people hasnt worked. AND ...for the record. Over 26 years I have said A (a being fans at games) is the answer....I have never deviated from this.....and i wont. The Broncos could win SL and still fail....10,000 fans paying £20 a pop + residuals....but hey, lets let another rich guy throw money at the wrong things.

The ghost of toronto will hopefully keep london honest, butnthey should finish top

Proof? Simple maths.....4,500 average attendance in 2008 in a purpose built Rugby Stadium to 2025 with 500 fans and a 90 day break mid season where they can't play at home.

Yet another poster wanting to make this personal. It isn't. 159 tickets sold for game 1. It would seem your optimism isn't as infectious as some hoped.

30 years ago? Lol The club moved to Wimbledon and inside 4 years were getting fewer fans rhan they got at the wedding venue. That is recent history, same as the creation of the official supporters group that irked the LBSA who had funded the academy for years and dont forget the wimbledon FC kit that they sold maybe 30 replicas of....all recent history. Be as positive as you want, but 159 seats sold for the season opener is a real worry.....make sure you take plenty of pictures at the xmas bash on Saturday...my money is on players and staff outnumbering fans.

What? I grew up in Ireland and "it was good craic" is a term that is often used as was "he's always good craic"....but thanks anyway.

You really haven't a clue, have you? You are an indication of the problem that the club face, in that because you and your mates think it's fantastic and brilliant, then everyone else does too. The average attendance last year was about 500......the average attendance last time in SL was 3k. Nobody knows that London exist, let alone if they are winning and as for NRL stars....Darren Lockyer could walk down Oxford Street and not a soul would know who he was. London Broncos have been in SL and the Play Offs and nobody "noticed" then....but you keep telling your mates who are RL fans and who already know we exist...that'll pack them in to the Cherry Red. 159 seats are currently unavailable for the game v Widnes in 45 days time.....there are 4,000 on sale currently .....and I am not fighting any battle with Hughes. The man dropped 30 million of his own cash and fair play to him, but he also spazzed about the same amount in Central Funding on players like Scott Hill(NRL superstar) and you don't need me to tell you how that worked out.......about 90% fewer fans at games when he left as to when he started! So by all means keep up with the insults and ignore the bit in bold above. I wish Grant and Darren all the best and really hope they prove me wrong, but your idea that a winning side is all that is needed is plain rubbish......christ, getting championship RL scores printed or on display anywhere other than RL relevant media is impossible, so how "everyone will notice we stuck 50 points on Batley" is a mystery.

Not sure how I am "betting against them"? What I have done is find fault in their rebranding (colours/logo/imagery) and their stated aim of targeting what is essentially a transient audience that would need constant refreshing with every new batch of ANZAC Bar staff that leave/arrive after their 2 years in the Capital. I have no doubt that there are many MANY hundreds of thousands of pounds available to spend on marketing and events and I have little doubt that the cup tie on Australia Day eve will be a big event, but things like the Stoop and Ebbsfleet are going to hinder any attempt to build continuity. 91 days without a home game in a 224 day regular season...40% of the season with no game at Wimbledon. Let's face it, AWAY fans aren't going to be a problem, so this really is about finding a way to sell 8,000 £20.00 tickets for an "event" 12 times and then trying to upgrade those customers into regulars.....a lot of time, a lot of effort and a load of Money.......and as I say, they have the Money part, but the other 2 are just as important. The NRL grand Final event, promoted by a FB page with 80,000+ members got 1,000 people in attendance. That's 7k short of Lockyer's stated target of 8,000. Add in the 114 ST holders (as of now) and you'll start to see the huge mountain that they have to scale.....and I am not saying they won't scale it, but calling me a for questioning their activities thus far is a tad trite and a bit fan-boyish. They announced few if any gates last year, but 500 seems about right.....and 114 ST sales thus far really isn't a good omen!

100%>>>> oh no....I have been positive. If anyone makes it down for a ladies/reserve game, I recommend the bar for good craic most weekends......

the point does stand...as does the single sword pointing upwards, not some AI generated symetrical thing that means nothing (even when it is either side of a Boston Redsox B on a baseball cap)