Did the Rah Rah's get the chance to stay in for nowt, if they did it proves that the level of interest is not there.

My friends from down south have no interest in watching "London" whatsoever as they quite rightly believe it would:

1. Be a waste of time

2. Be a waste of money



They have nothing to play for, like most league clubs thesedays

I don't see any way out of this other than yet another reboot. Organic growth doesn't seem to be acheiving anything for the SL team. Sure, amateur RL in London has done well and all that, but there's seemingly no benefit to London in the SL. Not sure why that is, and its hard to understand, but hard to ignore the evidence.



Don't get me wrong, I don't particular think a reboot stands a great chance either, but other than "do nothing" I don't know what you can do. Its all very well saying "better marketing", but market what? As a poster suggests, as they stand, they've nothing to play for. The only hope ( and not guaranteed to work either ) is for the sport, or investors, to stuff a load of money in, with salary cap exemptions, and essentially 'buy' a title contending team of stars to get London off it's a££ and up and running. You may think that's a really bad idea, and I'd have plenty sympathy with you, but if we can't live with ( or find the funds ) for that, we should kick them out of SL, because there's no sense in plodding along like this.

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

The Union game finished 4 hours before the League kicked off - if supporters wanted to take in the League match, then they were not allowed to leave the ground. Someone on our forum suggested that there was 1 person who took advantage of this offer but I suspect he is exaggerating.

14800 at the Rah-Rah game.

Not at the Quins game ! -6000 ish

when London got to wembley why did the crowds not go up for the league games I know they got hammered but why did they not take advantage of it

Quite simply, Branson and the owners since have totaly neglected any form of marketing and promotion.....we have currently been at the stoop for 7 full seasons this time around, yet I would be amazed if the residents of the borough knew we existed.



The best example I can give you of the ineptitude displayed at the club is the re-brand in November 2011.........firstly, there was no need for it. The only confusion I ever heard regarding the Harlequins RL name was that some school kids thought RL stood for Rugby Lessons.........our new website is LondonbroncosRL.com



Then the timing.......November 1st? over 3 months until the season started and they launch the "new" name with a dozen cabs liveried and a mention at the 4 Nations Double Header....nearly 100 days away from the season launch?

When it came to it, they ignored any major marketing in the build up to the season and 4,924 show up for the first game as Broncos.v2 v Saints........followed by 1,907 for the next home game v Hudds. The average attendance for Saints v Harlequins RL was 5,029 and for Huddersfield was 4,537.....so the first 2 games produced 2,735 LESS fans than we Averaged as Harlequins RL??????



David Hughes currently throws 1.5 million at the club, but refuses to employ people who are remotely qualified to turn things around....the current CEO who has presided over a 35% decline in attendances....he was let go from his previous job because of.....drum roll.......a decline in attendances.



If Central ownership/funding isn't possible, then at the very least the RFL should be prepared to pay the wages of a CEO for the club who would be given specific KPI's to meet.......because as it stands at present, Londons SL club will cease to exist at the end of the 2014 season if not before. The current average attendance at London Broncos RL home games is 2,193 this is down 22%.....at this rate, the London Skolars will soon overtake us as the premiere RL club in the city





Of course, the above is based on a mixture of facts (attendances/lack of marketing) and my opinion and in no way should be seen as the stance taken by the owners of this forum.

I should point out on behalf of Smokey, that average attendance at London Broncos in 1970 was zero. Yep, zero. Not even a straw man. That represents an average increase of infinity. We truly are on the path to success.

Londons average attendances in SL are:

5,691 Valley

5,125 Stoop

3,842 Stoop

2,952 Stoop

3,430 Valley

3,232 Valley

3,803 Brentford

3,545 Brentford

3,460 Brentford

3,918 Brentford

4,917 Stoop

3,428 Stoop

3,909 Stoop

3,436 Stoop

3,380 Stoop

3,124 Stoop

2,807 Stoop

2,193 Stoop



Brentford was the only ground that they managed to increase attendances.....that's basically because they actually invited the neighbours in (leaflet dropped the area).



Marketing isn't complicated unless you want to make it so.......hard work and shoe leather are what was needed back in 2006 and 2007....instead, they simply stuck postsin the ground and expected fans toflock to the games





Under the current set-up, the club will continue to spiral downwards both on and off the field......Hull FC are the next visitors to the Stoop....3,633 is the average gate for them in London......will we see even half of that?

Its so depressing. A team of local lads who quite simply arent big, fit and experienced enough mixed with a bunch of hapless Aussies who couldnt care less. Gower may be talented but he's too grumpy to be a leader. No passion or drive.