Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:26 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Maybe if home clubs put a bit more thought and effort into attracting away fans it would improve , maybe something like free/cheap travel for all adults pre purchasing a ticket , aiming at at least 40 % of the traveling clubs home average , bigger crowds , better atmosphere and just a better all round ' feel ' to the competition

Could possibly turn it into a ' vibrant worth winning in it's own right ' type of thing

Good post , the home club say pay half towards the cost of the away fans coach travel, would hopefully increase away support who pay into the away ground as spent money both inside the ground and locally in the pubs n eateries etc

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:29 pm  

mick wilson wrote:

Agreed, but some suffer more than others though.
Sheff never even brought up a car full, only Fev, You, Haven & Fax bring over 100 with them.
So most of our attendances will have a higher percentage than others who get more away fans due to geography etc.

We also have Barrow AFC to compete with for fan base, 70 % of both codes fans wont step foot in the others grounds and loave the other club ( which I find odd myself as I follow both )
A few hundred follow both but sometimes have to pick 1 over the other due to economics , I know a fair few regulars are missing games from both codes as they have to save 250/300 quid for the Footy club Wembley trip in a few weeks time, but as SRC states our attendances are still on an upwards curve

Early on in the season you were not only bragging about your attendances, you were trolling about them. Now you're being a bit more realistic.

But let me remind you, you might be competing with Barrow FC. We're competing with Liverpool, Everton, and Manchester United.

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:56 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Early on in the season you were not only bragging about your attendances, you were trolling about them. Now you're being a bit more realistic.

But let me remind you, you might be competing with Barrow FC. We're competing with Liverpool, Everton, and Manchester United.

And now Celtic Crusaders

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:17 pm  

wereutherein1987? wrote:

And now Celtic Crusaders

And the Runcorn Linnets

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:28 pm  

mick wilson wrote:

Good post , the home club say pay half towards the cost of the away fans coach travel, would hopefully increase away support who pay into the away ground as spent money both inside the ground and locally in the pubs n eateries etc

They pay up to half of the cost of an adult entrance ticket bought in advance but marketed 3/4 weeks before the game

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:09 pm  

wereutherein1987? wrote:

And now Celtic Crusaders

Put the razor blades away now have we?

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:36 pm  

Chris Dalton wrote:

Early on in the season you were not only bragging about your attendances, you were trolling about them. Now you're being a bit more realistic.

But let me remind you, you might be competing with Barrow FC. We're competing with Liverpool, Everton, and Manchester United.

What and we dont your very naive if you dont think loads of folk leave furness to go to see teams like this, we even have folk going to Leeds, Wigan & Bradfut RL sides, as I'm sure you also have.

I never trolled about our attendances just pointed out several times that are are still rising, if you regard that as trolling thats your problem.

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:23 pm  

Top chart = 2009
Bottom chart = 2010 so far




2010 so far for Champ 1

Re: Championship Attendances : Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:50 pm  

mick wilson wrote:

Agreed, but some suffer more than others though.
Sheff never even brought up a car full, only Fev, You, Haven & Fax bring over 100 with them.
So most of our attendances will have a higher percentage than others who get more away fans due to geography etc.

I don't think you realise just how bad the 'away' attendances are for us as well. Don't forget if Leigh would have been relegated we wouldn't have had any local games this year. The Yorkshire clubs are the ones who benefit from travelling support as they have so many Yorkshire derbies. This is our 5th season in this division and every year most home games for us see about 50 away fans, with the total number of times an away side has brought a decent following is about 5 or 6 - and thats over the 5 years. We haven't really seen a side bring a good following to our stadium for 2 or 3 years now. Even the recent games agianst Leigh have been televised on a Thursday plus Leigh's crowds have also dropped. Far cry from 2006 when in one year we had Hull KR, Leigh and a cup game against Castleford who probably all brought 1,000 or so fans.

Crap really, when you consider we take anywhere between 500-1,000 for weekend games every time.

Re: Championship Attendances : Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:49 am  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

I don't think you realise just how bad the 'away' attendances are for us as well. Don't forget if Leigh would have been relegated we wouldn't have had any local games this year. The Yorkshire clubs are the ones who benefit from travelling support as they have so many Yorkshire derbies. This is our 5th season in this division and every year most home games for us see about 50 away fans, with the total number of times an away side has brought a decent following is about 5 or 6 - and thats over the 5 years. We haven't really seen a side bring a good following to our stadium for 2 or 3 years now. Even the recent games agianst Leigh have been televised on a Thursday plus Leigh's crowds have also dropped. Far cry from 2006 when in one year we had Hull KR, Leigh and a cup game against Castleford who probably all brought 1,000 or so fans.

Crap really, when you consider we take anywhere between 500-1,000 for weekend games every time.

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