I guess Tobago Untd have the most support out of all the teams?
CL Financial San Jaun Jabloteh.
North East Starts.
I guess these three teams have real community support.
Joe Public is the team name but they are also known as the Eastern Lions.
Everybody know W. Connection reppin the South.
Is not about the name of the team is what the team doing and what they represent.
They need to form realtionships with schools and start some comunity leagues where they can recruit talent.
If Connection helping my child community team ,whether it be by coaching or league prize money,then I would go support them.
Teams need to take advantage of technology. You don't need to send a coach in person. It have things called dvd, video cassette etc.
Tape a training session and show community coaches what you have the pro teams doing. Get team stars to show what drills they do etc.
I don't think the teams need to be renamed.
In addition to what Rippin say above if we link each local football team with the name of the local steelband side then community support bound to grow dramtically. The local steelband should also be part of the supporting cast at games, so it will be a great party atmoshere but with intense rivalry much like at Panorama for Carnival.
So when Trinidad Stars FC meets Fonclaire United everyone will automatically know that its a Port-of-Spain side vs a Sando side and will be nuff rivalry with north & south supporters coming out.
We need to convert our local cummity steelband supporters into local football team supporters as well and they will definitely come out in their numbers and support with passion much like we get for the Panorama competitions.
In other words the key is to fuse our culture with our football.
If we do this our PFL will start making proper money at the gates and will grow from strenght to strenght.
This is in addtion to the things that Rippin recomended above!
Ah hope allyuh could see the potential of this as clearly as I can!