Whats happening to our club

[Andycoops]

This is going to come across as very negative but what’s happening to our club compared to the rugby. Their connection with the town is massive. Sponsored links on social media, commercial people in place, volunteers and a new supporters trust. Any idiot can see its working but we seem content just to go through the motions in a serial decline on all fronts.

[northscaler]

The rugby have the right people in place and don't rely solely on family members with no experience in football to try and run the club.

The sponsor nights the rugby do are fantastic.

[yack]

The rugby have the right people in place and don't rely solely on family members with no experience in football to try and run the club.

The sponsor nights the rugby do are fantastic.

Rugby do an incredible job raising cash. I believe they do auctions for sponsor a player and raise £20 k plus per season from this! They seem to have a more sustainable infrastructure and Crarey seems to be doing wonders along with his support staff. They team seems to have a lot of fight at the moment and 1999 at last home game shows promise. It's not impossible for us to do this with the right people.

[yack]

The rugby have the right people in place and don't rely solely on family members with no experience in football to try and run the club.

The sponsor nights the rugby do are fantastic.

Rugby do an incredible job raising cash. I believe they do auctions for sponsor a player and raise £20 k plus per season from this! They seem to have a more sustainable infrastructure and Crarey seems to be doing wonders along with his support staff. They team seems to have a lot of fight at the moment and 1999 at last home game shows promise. It's not impossible for us to do this with the right people. We need someone on minimum wage who take over Emma's role and work on intricate ways of bringing cash on. Being savy and thinking outside the box. Doesn't sound easy but it would be a great stepping stone to bigger things for some one

[Pedro]

Rugby do an incredible job raising cash. I believe they do auctions for sponsor a player and raise £20 k plus per season from this! They seem to have a more sustainable infrastructure and Crarey seems to be doing wonders along with his support staff. They team seems to have a lot of fight at the moment and 1999 at last home game shows promise. It's not impossible for us to do this with the right people. We need someone on minimum wage who take over Emma's role and work on intricate ways of bringing cash on. Being savy and thinking outside the box. Doesn't sound easy but it would be a great stepping stone to bigger things for some one

Th difference is the football is owned and run by one person who runs it as a autocracy
Quite happy to have people to do jobs but not really involving them in the club strategy or decision making.
The Rugby have involved the community and are working towards the one goal .
Not seen many promises they just actually get on and do things.

[Tom Brownlee]

The rugby seem to be on the Cresta of a wave at the moment but it's easy to go and watch when they are playing like they are atm. I don't remember that many going to Craven Park this time last season when they were hosting the Likes of Coventry and Hemel. I think the soccer's attendances will compare quite favourably to the rugby's over the Casson years.

[Holkerbird]

The rugby have the right people in place and don't rely solely on family members with no experience in football to try and run the club.

The sponsor nights the rugby do are fantastic.

Just a serious question. Do rugby players have an agent? They are leeches that are taking money out of football. Another nail in Association football's coffin even at our level.

[Holkerbird]

Th difference is the football is owned and run by one person who runs it as a autocracy
Quite happy to have people to do jobs but not really involving them in the club strategy or decision making.
The Rugby have involved the community and are working towards the one goal .
Not seen many promises they just actually get on and do things.

Des Johnson?

[nads]

Yes there are agents in RL and it’s Des Johnston .

[northscaler]

The rugby have the right people in place and don't rely solely on family members with no experience in football to try and run the club.

The sponsor nights the rugby do are fantastic.

Just a serious question. Do rugby players have an agent? They are leeches that are taking money out of football. Another nail in Association football's coffin even at our level.

Yes. Agents are in most sports

[Jonty]

That was a great crowd there. It would be interesting to hear the views of fans who watch both teams about the respective match day experience at Craven Park/ Holker Street, things we could do better, things we are better at. One thing you can’t do at the football (any football match) is have a drink on the terraces whilst watching the game. A ruling which is surely overdue a review.

[yack]

That was a great crowd there. It would be interesting to hear the views of fans who watch both teams about the respective match day experience at Craven Park/ Holker Street, things we could do better, things we are better at. One thing you can’t do at the football (any football match) is have a drink on the terraces whilst watching the game. A ruling which is surely overdue a review.

One thing I hear about is that they sell pies and you can pay a bit extra and watch behind glass screens in VIP. So theres an extra 100 or so straight away

[mr_grey]

That was a great crowd there. It would be interesting to hear the views of fans who watch both teams about the respective match day experience at Craven Park/ Holker Street, things we could do better, things we are better at. One thing you can’t do at the football (any football match) is have a drink on the terraces whilst watching the game. A ruling which is surely overdue a review.

One thing I hear about is that they sell pies and you can pay a bit extra and watch behind glass screens in VIP. So theres an extra 100 or so straight away

Would pies be the difference between football or not?

[Wintergreen]

This is going to come across as very negative but what’s happening to our club compared to the rugby. Their connection with the town is massive. Sponsored links on social media, commercial people in place, volunteers and a new supporters trust. Any idiot can see its working but we seem content just to go through the motions in a serial decline on all fronts.

Well there are hundreds of pages hereabouts on what has happened to our club; there is a general malaise due to broken promises compounded with our traditional apathy and an underperforming and uninterested playing staff. Whether we have turned a corner remains to be seen and a 'battle for survival' might generate a bit of interest in the coming months.

Does the rugby still have local players onboard? That would be a key difference I would think with the 'community' aspect.

[Middleton Nick]

We do get fans at Barrow football without pies or drink on the terraces. It's keeping them that's the problem. 1400 + to 643.