BILL'S FANS SURVEY

[Jimmy DoNut]

Hi All, can we all make sure we complete Bill's survey, it's only one question, takes two minutes. Up the Yeds!

Available on the club website.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2025 by Jimmy DoNut

[LittleboroRoughyed]

Not sure what this is going to tell the club apart from existing fans confirming that we’ll continue to watch Oldham if we are in Super League.

How are people who don’t currently watch us being engaged to find out what would entice them to come & watch (regardless of what division we’re in)?

[Happyed]

Yup, might be a missed opportunity this. Ideally the club would be taking peoples details for future marketing and promotions.
 

They could’ve asked more questions about match day experience etc

[Roughyed Rats]

Not sure what real value this survey is. The people likely to complete it are the very same people that are already engaged via the website and social media already. The very same people that probably go to games now anyway. Also, one question, really? Not sure who came up with that one.

Edited September 5, 2025 by Roughyed Rats

[Bert Street]

I think they need one piece of information as quickly and in as large numbers as possible.

The more people say yes, the better argument the club has.

Anything else, ie what time, what day, pie flavour, is detail and can be acquired later.

Just get as many people to say yes as possible.

[Tim G]

28 minutes ago, Bert Street said:

I think they need one piece of information as quickly and in as large numbers as possible.

The more people say yes, the better argument the club has.

Anything else, ie what time, what day, pie flavour, is detail and can be acquired later.

Just get as many people to say yes as possible.

We must all be savvy with this and help the club out.  Pass on the survey to everyone in your WhatsApp,  x, etc and kindly ask them to complete in the affirmative.   

[The Phantom Horseman]

5 hours ago, Bert Street said:

I think they need one piece of information as quickly and in as large numbers as possible.

The more people say yes, the better argument the club has.

 

The better argument for what? The survey just says "we are keen to know how much the town is backing Oldham RLFC," but are you suggesting they might try and use this in support of the SL application?

[Bert Street]

1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

The better argument for what? The survey just says "we are keen to know how much the town is backing Oldham RLFC," but are you suggesting they might try and use this in support of the SL application?

I would have thought that is the purpose and to collect a marketing data base.

[Bobbos]

33 minutes ago, Bert Street said:

I would have thought that is the purpose and to collect a marketing data base.

Would hope not - there is no consent requested to use for marketing so would expect it to be a GDPR issue

[The Phantom Horseman]

1 hour ago, Bert Street said:

I would have thought that is the purpose 

"95% of people who visited our website say they'd come to watch us in SL".

I really hope they aren't going to present that as part of the bid.

[Glossop Roughyed]

1 hour ago, Bobbos said:

Would hope not - there is no consent requested to use for marketing so would expect it to be a GDPR issue

Hi , GDPR is a minefield , but you  can use the “interest in our product” defence before any litigation , so if you said your interested in supporting Oldham , no reason why they can’t send you some marketing with the option to then unsubscribe , no one would fine Oldham or take out a law suit against Oldham in this situation , you’ve indicated an interest , of course Oldham could not pass on your email information to a sponsor eg a car company , but if they email you about a season ticket with an option to unsubscribe they aren’t doing anything wrong

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

To be frank, although yes it was a survey, it wasn't much of a survey.  Far more information could've been gleaned. For example, my demographic : age, where I live, how do I travel to BP . Do I come alone?  male/female, am I a season ticket holder, was i a season ticket holder and when? Why did I not renew? Was I a regular during the post Bears era? When did I first start watching the yeds? Plus a number of other pertinent questions!

In any marketing activity one starts with objective.  I'm trying to work out what the objective of this 'survey' is.

[E Stand]

A more pertinent question would be " would you get a season ticket if we were in SL?". Personally, despite being a regular fan for over 60 yrs, the answer would be " no", simply because the days/times of the home games would vary according to the dictates of Sky. My Friday pub night is sacrosanct!

[Anita Bath]

In north america some clubs have tried to show the strength of their support by asking fans to make a commitment to a season ticket should an expansion bid be successful.

Its only a small amount, say a fiver, and it can be made refundable, or transformed into a voucher for game ticket if the application isnt successful.

It would look impressive if say the club got 3000 committing money to buy a season ticket next season to watch top level rugby.