2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:34 pm  

When we go back up to Superleague we will obviously need to spend some seriouis cash on squad improvements etc. to ensure we can compete and stay in SL.

Now I know we get a decent amount in prize money for finishing first and will be back up to full superleague money by then but every penny will really count.

Of course the best way to increase funding is to increase the fan base. They then spend more money and the club can attract more sponsorship.

So I've come up with an ingenius plan.

1. Why restrict ourselves to just Bradford? With all due respect there will be people in surrounding teams ready to see a superleague side that represents them. So the club make concous effort to become part of the community in those towns. Things like Bull man opening the latest cash convertors in halifax. Send the players for appearances and coaching sessions at schools in Halifax, Keighley, Dewsbury, Batley etc. handing out free tickets maybe to the kids.

2. A visible pressence is required in these towns. Bus adverts on the services running out of Bradford to Halifax and Keighley etc.

3. Advertise games on billboards in those towns. Theres a perfect site on Skircoat lane in Halifax for example. Places like Shelf should be so Bullsised that it then becomes part of Bradford in peoples minds.

4. Advertise ticket offers in the Halifax Courier etc.

5. Finally to increase revenue sell our own lottery/raffle tickets at away games next season.

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:49 pm  

spit,snarl,growl,slavering chops,have i missed anything

[Pumpetypump]

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:51 pm  

They were visionaries even as far back as 1991. I know of two 14 year old cheeky whippersnappers from Leeds that were given free season tickets.

And now you're stuck with us....

[Bulliac]

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:00 pm  

I love the forward thinking....or the blasting back to the past - or maybe both!

[Bulliac]

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:02 pm  

j.c wrote:

spit,snarl,growl,slavering chops,have i missed anything

Nah, he missed Leigh out...though I guess Wigan have that area covered......

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:26 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

Nah, he missed Leigh out...though I guess Wigan have that area covered......

They thought they had but we're fighting back now

[Bullseye]

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:04 pm  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

When we go back up to Superleague we will obviously need to spend some seriouis cash on squad improvements etc. to ensure we can compete and stay in SL.

Now I know we get a decent amount in prize money for finishing first and will be back up to full superleague money by then but every penny will really count.

Of course the best way to increase funding is to increase the fan base. They then spend more money and the club can attract more sponsorship.

So I've come up with an ingenius plan.

1. Why restrict ourselves to just Bradford? With all due respect there will be people in surrounding teams ready to see a superleague side that represents them. So the club make concous effort to become part of the community in those towns. Things like Bull man opening the latest cash convertors in halifax. Send the players for appearances and coaching sessions at schools in Halifax, Keighley, Dewsbury, Batley etc. handing out free tickets maybe to the kids.

2. A visible pressence is required in these towns. Bus adverts on the services running out of Bradford to Halifax and Keighley etc.

3. Advertise games on billboards in those towns. Theres a perfect site on Skircoat lane in Halifax for example. Places like Shelf should be so Bullsised that it then becomes part of Bradford in peoples minds.

4. Advertise ticket offers in the Halifax Courier etc.

5. Finally to increase revenue sell our own lottery/raffle tickets at away games next season.

Great ideas Keith. How about some signs sponsorting flower beds in the parks and on the roundabouts of Fax and Keighley? That'd go down well too.

[Bulliac]

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:28 pm  

Tin hat time, methinks...

Re: 2016 : Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:44 pm  

Also it's really important that the kids in the target towns feel like they can realise their aspirations to play for the Bulls. Therefore the club should be scouting the local junior sides and schools of Halifax, Keighley, Batley and Dewsbury to ensure we cherry pick the best players for our academy.

Re: 2016 : Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:22 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Great ideas Keith. How about some signs sponsorting flower beds in the parks and on the roundabouts of Fax and Keighley? That'd go down well too.

Are you sure he's called Keith? He seems like a Chris to me, and he may or may not have a moustache, and work for a law firm in Leeds. And isn't terribly fond of a chap called Peter.