Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:29 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

You are a top fine fellow who talks crap.Taxi load my booty and what expect when bottom of the league and expecting a kicking.What score you say win by now?50 plus? Anyway hope Saints and Wigan dick you lot as you seem so arrogant as fans.

They really are a shower of poop mate! Comparing a town of about 55,000 to one of about 190,000 and expecting similar sized crowds just shows you what a set of numbskulls they are!
Anyway, they still haven't won the World Club Challenge after all this time and they haven't had a decent winger since Bevan moved on up and left for Blackpool. He preferred donkeys on the beach to illegitimate Yanks in his house!

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:33 pm  

Spot on Doc we do very well for a Town of 55000 and if Widnes had 190,000 in the Town of course attendances would be better.We need to expand to Towns like Runcorn,Frodsham and South Liverpool to get extra support.I live out of the town and support Widnes.So if times by 3 our average be 18000 fans plus on theory.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:46 am  

Deano G wrote:

:lol:

If you've taken it upon yourself to apologise when Wire fans behave like imbeciles on these boards then you're going to be busy....

We have comparitively few fools. I wouldn't undertake the job for Saints or Pie fans. Just read the rest of this thread to see what I mean.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:37 am  

You a Saints fan now Doc?

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:41 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Spot on Doc we do very well for a Town of 55000 and if Widnes had 190,000 in the Town of course attendances would be better.We need to expand to Towns like Runcorn,Frodsham and South Liverpool to get extra support.I live out of the town and support Widnes.So if times by 3 our average be 18000 fans plus on theory.

Why do Castelford get bigger support from Wakefield when the difference in population is the same ratio as Widnes/Warrington then ? And why was Widnes's support so big back in the 70's / 80's ? Naughton Park was regularly rammed to the rafters, and you would always fill the Railway End at Wilderspool & Knowsley Road. But then I'm guessing, based on your posts, that you weren't alive in your glory years and have probably only seen your team win Mickey Mouse trophies in the lower divisions.

Using population is a weak and silly argument which masks your seven years in the wilderness where you've lost alot of support, & new potential support to other local clubs ie Saints & Warrington. Future success on the pitch is the only way you'll get the support back, which unfortunately won't happen over night.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:12 pm  

Widnes have never really attracted huge gates Paul,apart from the occasional Challenge Cup Tie,League Derby and visits from the Kangaroos.Our best average in the Seventies was 7500,in the Eighties 8600.I think these days more and more local youngsters are drawn to Old Trafford and Anfield than the Stobart Stadium.Fair point about the Cas support,they really do have a strong and loyal fan base for the size of the town.Not making excuses but there is no Premiership football in the vicinity compared to about 4 or 5 clubs round here.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:21 pm  

GSF wrote:

Widnes have never really attracted huge gates Paul,apart from the occasional Challenge Cup Tie,League Derby and visits from the Kangaroos.Our best average in the Seventies was 7500,in the Eighties 8600.I think these days more and more local youngsters are drawn to Old Trafford and Anfield than the Stobart Stadium.Fair point about the Cas support,they really do have a strong and loyal fan base for the size of the town.Not making excuses but there is no Premiership football in the vicinity compared to about 4 or 5 clubs round here.

Spot on mate and no Premiership teams in the Castleford area.I have been watching Widnes since 9 years old and now 37.So Paul I do know what I am talking about.Been out of top flight for 6 years so will take time to build support like Castleford.The thing with Castleford they have also not spent much time in the lower league to lose fan base.Once in playoffs and better we can improve fans.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:28 pm  

That's a good point Off The Cuff,about Cas not spending much time out of the top flight.I think we averaged around 4500 in 2007 when we had a good championship team containing Smith,Nanyn,Moran,Wilkes and Beswick but after failing to win promotion that support dropped off in the next few years.People just got fed up of seeing poor standard rugby with no prospect of promotion due to licensing.

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:39 pm  

No premiership football in Cas but Leeds who have a larger home support than alot of the Premiership a few miles away ?

As for Widnes, I always remember as a teenager Naughton Park being full. But then I suppose it was an old stadium with quite a small capacity so yeah, point taken. Out of interest, whats Saints average home gate in relation to the towns population ?

Re: Are your new suits ready for tonghts game? : Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:42 pm  

Not sure about Saints mate but the last time Naughton Park was full it had the best part of 19000 there for the Championship decider V Wigan in 1989.