Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:08 am  

RLRealist wrote:

Salford have taken much more than 200 to away games mate.

do they f&&k!
Salford in London was the worst attended game (on average over the SL era) with the exception of Catalan........ex-pat norvunners would generally be a large part of the gates when the likes of Wigan, Leeds and Stains visited, but Salford, without a shadow of a doubt where the worst supported away side in the capital.
Feel free to counter this with your opinion, but the fact and statistics will shoot you down in flames......

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:27 am  

Muggins wrote:

A lack of away fans need not be a problem. Clubs without any away fans should instead buy up a load of mannequins on the cheap from declining high street stores like Debenhams and Marks and Spencer. Dress them up in your team shirt and have them transported to each away game where they can be put into a section of the stadium so that they look like a dedicated away support. You just need one real fan with them, equipped with a 1980's style ghetto-blaster and a tape containing various pre-recorded songs and chants in support of that team. Press the button when appropriate and unleash some atmosphere. Job done.

M&S? We'll need to replace the burger vans and bars with stalls selling quinoa and coconut water

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:56 am  

On a tangent, have Catalans sold many tickets for Wembley? To their actual fans in Catalunya I mean, not the handful of weirdos in England who support them. I understand that every neutral will want them to win - I would if they were playing against anyone else - so any none Wires fan will probably pick up a flag or scarf outside the ground. I'm just wondering how many will actually travel with them though. London is the easiest city in the UK for them to fly, drive or get the train to, and it's a final, so surely most home regulars at least will want to be there.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:15 am  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

The champions league in football has been a complete flop for that very reason, oh hang on

Even small clubs like CFR Cluj take 2000 to CL away games. All Northern European clubs take up be full 3000 away sections every single CL game.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:17 am  

Eddie Hearn, in an interview said RL's problem is empty seats on TV.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:05 am  

Empty seats don't really bother me as they're the norm, but it isn't going to look great when there's at least 40,000 of them at the game's terrestrial TV showpiece next week. I'm absolutely not an advocate of moving the CCF away from Wembley though. It just is what it is.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:23 am  

Amazingly that's not a problem in the NRL though. Just the weird seat counters in England

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:02 am  

GansonTheClown wrote:

M&S? We'll need to replace the burger vans and bars with stalls selling quinoa and coconut water

The old south stand bar at Leeds led the way when it came to serving coconut water. At least I hope that's what it was.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:36 am  

Dropkick Murphy wrote:

On a tangent, have Catalans sold many tickets for Wembley?

Between 2,500 and 3,000 I believe.

Re: “They don’t bring any away supporters!â€� : Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:48 am  

Is there a reason why their home support doesn't travel to games like this? I might be wrong, but I reckon if the CCF was in Paris or Barcelona then most English teams could take around 10,000 to it.