Re: record super league attendance? : Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:46 pm  

Hi there,
Looking forward to the game...which I think you will win based putrely on you need it more than we do......and I happened to see this thread.

Whilst I can understand that fans of any club will feel threatened by expansion teams such as us and the welsh, pointing out weaknesses only highlights your own shortcomings.
To prove a point about away attendances, with each team having 1 home game left this year, would anyone want to hazzard a guess at how many of Crusaders away games this year have resulted in the lowest gate for the home team? I'll save you the trouble of hopping over to SLSTATS....the answer is none...nada....nil!
As it is, Quins (Leeds/hudds/celts/Wakey/Salford) and the Frogs (Quins/Bradford/Castleford/HKR/Wigan) are even on this score with 5 worst gates each........followed by Wakey (2- Frogs/FC)) and then Salford (1-Saints)) and Castleford (1-Warrington)).
Temper this with Quins being present for the 2nd biggest gate at Wire, 3rd biggest at Wigan, 5th biggest at Saints and 6th biggest at FC, do these stats prove that:
A/ Quins fans travel in huge numbers but only for 4 games a year ....or
B/ The clubs concerned know that the taxi is coming and therefore Market the game accordingly.

Take your pick, but as others have pointed out, away fans don't count for much in the new licence system.......


As I said, looking forward to getting up in the middle of the night and listening to the game...should be a good 'un and if you're lucky, we might smuggle your coach into the taxi on the way home

Re: record super league attendance? : Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:52 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Hi there,
Looking forward to the game...which I think you will win based putrely on you need it more than we do......and I happened to see this thread.

Whilst I can understand that fans of any club will feel threatened by expansion teams such as us and the welsh, pointing out weaknesses only highlights your own shortcomings.
To prove a point about away attendances, with each team having 1 home game left this year, would anyone want to hazzard a guess at how many of Crusaders away games this year have resulted in the lowest gate for the home team? I'll save you the trouble of hopping over to SLSTATS....the answer is none...nada....nil!
As it is, Quins (Leeds/hudds/celts/Wakey/Salford) and the Frogs (Quins/Bradford/Castleford/HKR/Wigan) are even on this score with 5 worst gates each........followed by Wakey (2- Frogs/FC)) and then Salford (1-Saints)) and Castleford (1-Warrington)).
Temper this with Quins being present for the 2nd biggest gate at Wire, 3rd biggest at Wigan, 5th biggest at Saints and 6th biggest at FC, do these stats prove that:
A/ Quins fans travel in huge numbers but only for 4 games a year ....or
B/ The clubs concerned know that the taxi is coming and therefore Market the game accordingly.

Take your pick, but as others have pointed out, away fans don't count for much in the new licence system.......


As I said, looking forward to getting up in the middle of the night and listening to the game...should be a good 'un and if you're lucky, we might smuggle your coach into the taxi on the way home :wink:

Smuggle? If we lose some of our fans will happily present him to you trussed up like a Xmas turkey and gift wrapped.

Re: record super league attendance? : Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:19 am  

smoking monkey wrote:

Smuggle? If we lose some of our fans will happily present him to you trussed up like a Xmas turkey and gift wrapped.

Re: record super league attendance? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:46 pm  

crusaders4life wrote:

only dipped for the games in neath.
st.helens game at home is well on the way to be up around the 10k mark.
500-800 talking crap the racecourse gates haven't dipped under 2k in the superleague so get your facts right.

Well I'm watching!!! Your place is supposed to hold 15,500 and there is a strong St's support present yet the ground is still less than half full. So as I said earlier, your increased support this year is visiting support.

Hence credit to the travelling support...a statement which isn't reciprocated for your away games sadly!

Re: record super league attendance? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:40 pm  

5,374 tonight.

Re: record super league attendance? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:45 pm  

Before the match started it said on sky that Saints would bring between 2 and 3k to the game because of the locality of St Helens. That makes about 3k home support at max. BUT dont forget they are doing wonders for the match

Re: record super league attendance? : Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:56 pm  

I've seen that saints brought 3600, not sure if thats spot on.
Even so 3000 for a home game which could have seen the welsh finish in the top 8.

Re: record super league attendance? : Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:10 pm  

Hatfield tiger wrote:

Before the match started it said on sky that Saints would bring between 2 and 3k to the game because of the locality of St Helens. That makes about 3k home support at max. BUT dont forget they are doing wonders for the match

Which match are you talking about?

If it was the match at Wrexham yesterday, we took about 1000. The Crusaders sold 4000 to their own fans. Our away support has been down this year across the board.

Re: record super league attendance? : Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:36 pm  

the_grobs wrote:

Well I'm watching!!! Your place is supposed to hold 15,500 and there is a strong St's support present yet the ground is still less than half full. So as I said earlier, your increased support this year is visiting support.

Hence credit to the travelling support...a statement which isn't reciprocated for your away games sadly!

Actually licensed to hold 10,000 but don't let the truth hold you back.

[tb]

Re: record super league attendance? : Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:45 pm  

Hatfield tiger wrote:

Before the match started it said on sky that Saints would bring between 2 and 3k to the game because of the locality of St Helens. That makes about 3k home support at max. BUT dont forget they are doing wonders for the match

Since when did we start giving Waldorf and Stadtler's random statements any credence?