Average take on the gate is ~£10 a person at current prices, this includes almost a third of our gates being kids paying a fiver. Once VAT removed the club is looking at say £8 a person. So on a 600 gate we looking at £6k minus VAT, which has to pay 2 weeks contract money and 2 games winning losing pay plus all other expenses. Not a lot is it and Fozzy is working miracles providing a quality team playing some really good rugby on that sort of budget.
But alas the town seems not to care because we are not playing big teams every week but how are we expected to reach the Championship without the funds to put out a promotion winning team? And then there is the conundrum that shows the town aren’t willing to back the club against Championship teams shown by the horrendous gates in the Challenge Cup against 2 Championship teams.
Rant over and regardless of the above the club needs to see gates improve and potential sponsors need to see that the club can attract gates worthy of them “investing” in the club so the club are stuck in a catch 22. If we could get a 2000 gate against the Bulls with kids going free and say 1650 paying £12 it would go along way to (a) show sponsors the crowds are potentially there (b) create a great atmosphere for one of the clubs biggest games of the year (c) assist with the current financial plight
So can it be done?
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