Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:08 pm  

SL Round 24 attendances - comparison to same fixtures last year

Hull KR V Wigan in 2014 = 6,801
Hull KR V Wigan in 2013 = 7,894
% decrease = -13.85%

St Helens V Wakefield in 2014 = 10,708
St Helens V Wakefield in 2013 = 12,105
% decrease = -11.54%

Salford V Catalans in 2014 = 6,000
Salford V Catalans in 2013 = 2,200
% increase = +272.72%

Warrington V Castleford in 2014 = 8,391
Warrington V Castleford in 2013 = 10,721
% decrease = -21.73%

London V Leeds in 2014 = 1,268
London V Leeds in 2013 = 2,377
% decrease = -46.66%

Bradford V Hull in 2014 = 6,337
Bradford V Hull in 2013 = 7,914
% decrease = -19.93%

Huddersfield V Widnes in 2014 = 5,346
Huddersfield V Widnes in 2013 = 4,270
% increase = +25.20%

Total Attendance in SL Round 24 = 44,851 (Avg: 6,407)
Total Attendance same fixtures last year = 47,481 (Avg: 6,783)
% decrease = -5.54%

2 out of 7 fixtures in Round 24 have shown an increase in attendance compared to the same SL fixtures last year. 5 out of 7 fixtures in Round 24 have shown a decrease in attendance compared to the same SL fixtures last year.

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SL Round 24 attendances (V corresponding 7 fixtures 2009-2013)
SL 2014.. Round 12 total = 44,851
SL 2013... same fixtures = 47,481 -5.54%
SL 2012... same fixtures = 61,504 -27.08%
SL 2011... same fixtures = 58,357 -23.14% **
SL 2010... same fixtures = 51,433 -12.80% **
SL 2009... same fixtures = 51,447 -12.82% **

NOTE...** except replace Widnes with Crusaders

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Regular Season SL Attendances by Round in 2014 V Corresponding Fixtures in 2013

Round 1 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 71,744 (Avg: 10,249)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 66,109 (Avg: 9,444)
% increase = +8.52%

Round 2 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 58,829 (Avg: 8,404)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 59,229 (Avg: 8,461)
% decrease = -0.67%

Round 3 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 52,641 (Avg: 7,520)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 53,062 (Avg: 7,580)
% decrease = -0.79%

Round 4 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 51,246 (Avg: 7,321)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 52,108 (Avg: 7,444)
% decrease = -1.65%

Round 5 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 62,477 (Avg: 8,925)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 56,276 (Avg: 8,039)
% increase = +11.02%

Round 6 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 59.174 (Avg: 8,453)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 63,482 (Avg: 9,069)
% decrease = -6.79%

Round 7 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 55,493 (Avg: 7,928)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 58,746 (Avg: 8,392)
% decrease = -5.54%

Round 8 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 65,161 (Avg: 9,309)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 73,890 (Avg: 10,556)
% decrease = -11.81%

Round 9 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 60,012 (Avg: 8,573)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 55,814 (Avg: 11,692)
% increase = +7.52%

Round 10 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 68,989 (Avg: 9,856)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 75,178 (Avg: 10,740)
% decrease = -8.23%

Round 11 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 65,872 (Avg: 9,410)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 64,275 (Avg: 9,182)
% increase = +2.48%

Round 12 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 43,998 (Avg: 6,285)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 48,131 (Avg: 6,876)
% decrease = -8.59%

Round 13 (MOONIE TRAGIC WEEKEND) Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 64,552 (Avg: 9,222)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 62,042 (Avg: 8,863)
% increase = +4.04%

Round 14 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 52,774 (Avg: 7,539)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 59,216 (Avg: 8,459)
% decrease = -10.88%

Round 15 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 46,134 (Avg: 6,591)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 47,814 (Avg: 6,831)
% decrease = -3.51%

Round 16 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 51,644 (Avg: 7,378)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 62,354 (Avg: 8,908)
% decrease = -17.18%

Round 17 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 52,105 (Avg: 7,444)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 56,413 (Avg: 8,059)
% decrease = -7.64%

Round 18 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 64,595 (Avg: 9,228)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 75,100 (Avg: 10,729)
% decrease = -13.99%

Round 19 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 41,747 (Avg: 5,964)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 50,313 (Avg: 7,188)
% decrease = -17.01%

Round 20 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 53,972 (Avg: 7,710)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 57,667 (Avg: 8,238)
% decrease = -6.41%

Round 21 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 60,229 (Avg: 8,604)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 63,343 (Avg: 9,049)
% decrease = -4.92%

Round 22 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 48,617 (Avg: 6,945)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 52,563 (Avg: 7,509)
% decrease = -7.51%

Round 23 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 61,080 (Avg: 8,726)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 67,864 (Avg: 9,695)
% decrease = -10.00%

Round 24 Fixtures (7 in total)
Total attendance in 2014 = 44,851 (Avg: 6,407)
Total attendance for same fixtures in 2013 = 47,481 (Avg: 6,783)
% decrease = -5.54%

Rounds 1 to 24 Fixtures (168 in total)
Total attendance for 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures in 2014 = 1,357,936 (Avg: 8,083)
Total attendance for same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures in 2013 = 1,428,460 (Avg: 8,503)
Cumulative attendance loss = -70,524
% decrease = -4.94%

Out of 161 fixtures played throughout the regular season in 2014, 61 out of 161 have shown an increase in attendance compared to the corresponding SL fixtures last year. 100 out of 161 fixtures have shown a decrease in attendance compared to the corresponding SL fixtures last year.

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4 SL clubs attendances are currently up on last season.
10 SL clubs attendances are currently down on last season.

Club... Games... 2014... 2013... %gain/loss
Salford... 11... 55055... 34514... +59.51%
Castleford... 11... 75275... 67641... +11.29%
St Helens... 12... 143810... 132768... +8.32%
Hull KR... 12... 95610... 89566... +6.75%
Leeds... 12... 178198... 181558... -1.85%
Wigan... 11... 147400... 154052... -4.32%
Huddersfield... 11... 68747... 72051... -4.59%
Hull... 11... 113773... 120878... -5.88%
Widnes... 12... 67035... 71663... -6.46%
Warrington... 12... 119536... 128435... -6.93%
Catalans... 11... 86408... 95350... -9.38%
Bradford... 12... 79049... 103196... -23.40%
London... 12... 15426... 27334... -43.56%
Wakefield... 11... 48062... 87412... -45.02%
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Subtotal... 161... 1293384... 1366418... -5.34%
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Moonie/Tragic... 7... 64552... 62042... +4.04%
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TOTAL... 168... 1357936... 1428460... -4.94%
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Current Average Attendances V Same Fixtures Last Year
Club... SL:2014... (SL:2013)
Leeds... 14850... (15130)
Wigan... 13400... (14005)
St Helens... 11984... (11064)
Hull... 10343... (10989)
Warrington... 9961... (10703)
Hull KR... 7968... (7464)
Catalans... 7855... (8668)
Castleford... 6843... (6149)
Bradford... 6587... (8600)
Huddersfield... 6250... (6550)
Widnes... 5586... (5972)
Salford... 5005... (3138)
Wakefield... 4369... (7947)
London... 1286... (2278)

Average... 8033... (8487)

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SL Rounds 1 to 24 total attendances comparison (2009 to 2014)
SL 2014 - 1,357,936 from 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures
SL 2013 - 1,428,460 from same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures
SL 2012 - 1,595,921 from same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures
SL 2011 - 1,482,582 from same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures**
SL 2010 - 1,436,509 from same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures**
SL 2009 - 1,455,439 from same 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures**

SL 2014 % decrease in attendances (V corresponding 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures)
V SL 2013 = -4.94%
V SL 2012 = -14.91%
V SL 2011 = -8.41% **
V SL 2010 = -5.47% **
V SL 2009 = -6.70% **

SL 2014 attendance losses (V corresponding 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures)
V SL 2013 = -70,524
V SL 2012 = -237,985
V SL 2011 = -124,646 **
V SL 2010 = -78,573 **
V SL 2009 = -97,503 **

SL regular season average attendances (V corresponding 161 fixtures + 7 Tragic fixtures)
SL 2014 = 8,083
SL 2013 = 8,503
SL 2012 = 9,500
SL 2011 = 8,825 **
SL 2010 = 8,551 **
SL 2009 = 8,663 **

NOTE...** except replace Widnes with Crusaders

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Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:29 pm  

William eve wrote: St Helens... 11984... (11064) I disagree with your saints figure (the only one I track) - where are your figures from? Taken from the sl site (except when discrepancies occurs when I take the lower figure) Code: Select all              2013   2014   Yoy change Bradford    11385   10238   -10.1% Castleford  10943   12648   +15.6% Catalan     11111   11321    +1.9% Giants      12003   10218   -14.8% Hull fc     11257   13448   +19.4% Hull Kr     10820   11818    +9.2% Leeds       12228   13788   +12.8% London       9926    9408    -5.2% Salford      5348   10391   +94.3% Wakefield   12105   11000    -9.1% Warrington  14715       Widnes      11438   11844    +3.6% Wigan       14204   17980   +26.6% Code: Select all        Total so far      Average          2014       144102        12008.5 2013       132768        11064 Difference  11334          944.5                     Percentage change      108.536695589299%

William eve wrote: St Helens... 11984... (11064) I disagree with your saints figure (the only one I track) - where are your figures from? Taken from the sl site (except when discrepancies occurs when I take the lower figure) Code: Select all              2013   2014   Yoy change Bradford    11385   10238   -10.1% Castleford  10943   12648   +15.6% Catalan     11111   11321    +1.9% Giants      12003   10218   -14.8% Hull fc     11257   13448   +19.4% Hull Kr     10820   11818    +9.2% Leeds       12228   13788   +12.8% London       9926    9408    -5.2% Salford      5348   10391   +94.3% Wakefield   12105   11000    -9.1% Warrington  14715       Widnes      11438   11844    +3.6% Wigan       14204   17980   +26.6% Code: Select all        Total so far      Average          2014       144102        12008.5 2013       132768        11064 Difference  11334          944.5                     Percentage change      108.536695589299%

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:43 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote: I disagree with your saints figure (the only one I track) - where are your figures from? Taken from the sl site (except when discrepancies occurs when I take the lower figure) Didn't the 11,000 attendance figure appear highly dubious to you? Clearly not. 10,708 attendance against Wakefield according to official St Helens club website.

Magic Superbeetle wrote: I disagree with your saints figure (the only one I track) - where are your figures from? Taken from the sl site (except when discrepancies occurs when I take the lower figure) Didn't the 11,000 attendance figure appear highly dubious to you? Clearly not. 10,708 attendance against Wakefield according to official St Helens club website.

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:50 pm  

William Eve wrote: Didn't the 11,000 attendance figure appear highly dubious to you? Clearly not. 10,708 attendance against Wakefield according to official St Helens club website. Fair enough, what I get for reading things on face value (usually accept if sky sports and sl site agrees!)

William Eve wrote: Didn't the 11,000 attendance figure appear highly dubious to you? Clearly not. 10,708 attendance against Wakefield according to official St Helens club website. Fair enough, what I get for reading things on face value (usually accept if sky sports and sl site agrees!)

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:52 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Fair enough, what I get for reading things on face value (usually accept if sky sports and sl site agrees!)

Not sure who was responsible for announcing the 11,000 crowd figure - it could have been someone at the St Helens club...who knows? It's unusual for any attendance discrepancies to emanate from them, however the club did report an attendance of 10,708 on their website within a couple of hours of the game finishing, by which time other agencies (BBC, Sky Sports, RFL, Sporting Life, etc) had already followed the rest of the sheep and gone with the dodgy figure of 11,000.

Salford and Catalan clubs in particular are notorious for claiming nicely rounded attendance figures and I'd be very surprised if exactly 6,000 had turned up to their encounter at the weekend. Unfortunately, in the absence of any other attendance reported, I've had to go with the 6,000 figure. Salford CEO Martin Vickers claimed the attendance was 3,100 (another nicely rounded attendance figure - no surprises there) on twitter but now appears to have deleted that particular tweet. Hopeless!

Salford's home attendance figures (announced officially or otherwise) are not to be trusted and neither are Catalans home attendances. They are often accompanied by the smell of bullshit.

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:18 pm  

Salford are the new London when it comes to attendance figures.........once the fans of championship clubs realise that the tooth fairy is more realistic than promotion to SL, I suspect a microscop will be used to identify reasons that "Manchester doesn't care" and how we need another Yorkshire town in SL instead!

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:33 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Salford are the new London when it comes to attendance figures........

London's remit this season has been to avoid posting any embarrassing 3-figure home attendances which would paint the Super League brand in an unflattering light. Congratulations are in order thus far as evidenced by the attendances of 1,036... 1,035... 1,017... and 1,002 posted against Cas, Hudds, Wakey and Catalans respectively. In fact, there's a remarkable consistency to London's home attendances this season.

1,246 v Salford
1,377 v Warrington
1,017 v Wakefield
1,036 v Castleford
1,002 v Catalans
1,035 v Huddersfield
1,135 v Hull
1,422 v Widnes
2,013 v Wigan
1,791 v St Helens
1,084 v Hull KR
1,268 v Leeds

gutterfax wrote:

once the fans of championship clubs realise that the tooth fairy is more realistic than promotion to SL, I suspect a microscop will be used to identify reasons that "Manchester doesn't care" and how we need another Yorkshire town in SL instead!

I suspect most fans of Championship clubs are realistic about their chances of dining at the top table. Anything has to be better than the licensed mediocrity bollox of the past 6 years where the vast majority of fixtures and their results were rendered utterly meaningless.

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:57 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Salford are the new London when it comes to attendance figures.........once the fans of championship clubs realise that the tooth fairy is more realistic than promotion to SL, I suspect a microscop will be used to identify reasons that "Manchester doesn't care" and how we need another Yorkshire town in SL instead!

I assume you're referring to a 'village' team near Castleford and Pontefract.

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:06 pm  

Welcome back William. Missed these figures. To be honest I'm not sure how you do it.

Very surprised that this year is the lowest in the years posted. But then with the demise of Bradford and London struggling to get one win. Maybe I should not be that surprised.

You would think Widnes would have gone up this year with their better performances on the field.

Re: Opening weekend sees attendances soaring by 12.70% : Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:57 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Welcome back William. Missed these figures. To be honest I'm not sure how you do it.

I don't get many compliments on here for the info I provide so I may as well lap this one up... thanks

bewareshadows wrote:

Very surprised that this year is the lowest in the years posted. But then with the demise of Bradford and London struggling to get one win. Maybe I should not be that surprised.

You would think Widnes would have gone up this year with their better performances on the field.

Bradford's 23% drop in attendances (following their 27% drop in 2013) were predictable given the financial basket-case nature of the club along with the withdrawal of cheap season tickets and the near inevitability of relegation, in spite of Angry Anteater's clueless, dummy-spitting response to one of my posts on page 2 of this thread

London's remit (apart from not embarrassing Super League with any 3-figure attendances) was to merely see out the final season of Super League licensing by completing their 27 fixtures... no more, no less... job done.

Wakefield's attendances are massively down by over 45% because they withdrew all their cheap season ticket offers (£100 for adults in 2013) along with the fire-sale of half the squad during the off-season.

Widnes attendances are very disappointing, especially as they've been Top 8 all season and had a decent run in the CC. I think Warrington's attendance drops are concerning... 7% drop last season and another 7% drop this season... they now average less than 10K. Super League during the past couple of seasons has been reduced to just the 4 clubs who can claim membership of licensing's holy grail... the 5-figure attendance club!

Interestingly (or not, as may be the case for some), Super League attendances this season were doing ok early doors... 3.54% up on last season after Round 5. They are currently 4.94% down after Round 24. When I took my summer break after Round 13, Super League attendances were marginally down by just over 1%. They've collapsed over the summer period between Rounds 14 and 24 (June, July and August)... 9.61% down over the summer period, though attendances during the actual summer do often disappoint.

Summer rugby apologists like to turn a blind eye to such facts as they don't suit their agenda.