FORUMS FORUMS






RLFANS.COM
Celebrating
25 years service to
the Rugby League
Community!

   WWW.RLFANS.COM • View topic - Genuine question re attendances
rupe1 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach446No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 20 200419 years316th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
24th Oct 23 20:048th Oct 23 19:29LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:46 pm  
Dear all,

I am not here to wind anyone up. I genuinely would like to know what the attendances have been for London Broncos home games this season please and why they are no longer published? Indeed, why is it so hard to find rugby league attendances in general this season? - they are no longer listed on SKY or BBC websites for example.

Thanks,

Rupe
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
International Board Member20315No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 31 200222 years301st
OnlineLast PostLast Page
31st Jan 22 11:1829th Jan 22 11:31LINK
Milestone Posts
20000
25000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
N7
Signature
king warrior wrote:
Dave do us a favour and gtfo you wopper

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:39 pm  
Do one rupe1. Genuinely.
rupe1 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach446No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 20 200419 years316th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
24th Oct 23 20:048th Oct 23 19:29LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:07 pm  
Dave Lister wrote:
Do one rupe1. Genuinely.


For asking a question? How can wondering why attendances are not published by London Broncos nor the majority of rugby league clubs this season upset you?
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2810No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 13 20177 years222nd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
22nd Apr 24 07:2217th Mar 24 18:54LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:32 pm  
It is an interesting question.
To be honest not got a clue, am sure mr call will have some insight.
Buy that I mean genuine insight.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
International Board Member20315No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 31 200222 years301st
OnlineLast PostLast Page
31st Jan 22 11:1829th Jan 22 11:31LINK
Milestone Posts
20000
25000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
N7
Signature
king warrior wrote:
Dave do us a favour and gtfo you wopper

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:47 pm  
rupe1 wrote:
For asking a question? How can wondering why attendances are not published by London Broncos nor the majority of rugby league clubs this season upset you?


Nothing to to do with your question, more the utter dross you have posted on here over the years. Why should anybody entertain you? I thought you were done with the club?
rupe1 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach446No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 20 200419 years316th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
24th Oct 23 20:048th Oct 23 19:29LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:57 pm  
Dave Lister wrote:
Nothing to to do with your question, more the utter dross you have posted on here over the years. Why should anybody entertain you? I thought you were done with the club?


Well I wouldn't call it dross, it was all proven right. I didn't come on here to gloat about that, I was genuinely interested in what the London Broncos attendances were and why they were so hard to find for nearly all rugby league clubs this season.

I'm unsure why being interested in attendances per se cannot be separated from my feelings towards the club.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2921
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 12 20177 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
15th Sep 19 21:4014th Sep 19 21:21LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
JESUS WEPT :WALL: HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.

There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT:

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:20 am  
rupe1 wrote:
Dear all,

I am not here to wind anyone up. I genuinely would like to know what the attendances have been for London Broncos home games this season please and why they are no longer published? Indeed, why is it so hard to find rugby league attendances in general this season? - they are no longer listed on SKY or BBC websites for example.

Thanks,

Rupe


922 average for the 11 regular season games. By contrast Leigh averaged 3,538, Rochdale 552.

As for the vanishing act of attendances being announced/published. This happened about 3 years ago when there was a conscious decision made by the cubs/RFL not to include these in their match reports as the general "chatter" on RL forums was being clouded by the discussions about the decline in interest from fans and ergo sponsors etc.....this year The RFL have been happy to only include one clubs attendance figures in dispatches.....the mancpack, whereas the likes of Wakefield and Salfords crowds have been swept under the carpet. That said, they can always be found with the rare exception.....if you're that keen to find them.

As for this.....

rupe1 wrote:
I am not here to wind anyone up.

The simple act of you being alive does that....being on this forum just amplifies it! Jog On
rupe1 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach446No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 20 200419 years316th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
24th Oct 23 20:048th Oct 23 19:29LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:33 am  
Call Me God wrote:
922 average for the 11 regular season games. By contrast Leigh averaged 3,538, Rochdale 552.

As for the vanishing act of attendances being announced/published. This happened about 3 years ago when there was a conscious decision made by the cubs/RFL not to include these in their match reports as the general "chatter" on RL forums was being clouded by the discussions about the decline in interest from fans and ergo sponsors etc.....this year The RFL have been happy to only include one clubs attendance figures in dispatches.....the mancpack, whereas the likes of Wakefield and Salfords crowds have been swept under the carpet. That said, they can always be found with the rare exception.....if you're that keen to find them.

As for this.....

The simple act of you being alive does that....being on this forum just amplifies it! Jog On


I appreciate the reply. How did you find out the figures?
Surely the act of not announcing the figures in general suggests a sport that is embarrassed by itself?

As for me jogging on, I distinctly recall you being as popular as piles back in the day!
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2921
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 12 20177 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
15th Sep 19 21:4014th Sep 19 21:21LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
JESUS WEPT :WALL: HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.

There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT:

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:57 am  
rupe1 wrote:
As for me jogging on, I distinctly recall you being as popular as piles back in the day!

I bow to your ability to be universally disliked in under 400 posts.......it took me close to 22,000 to get to your level of "distaste" and direct requests from not only the "Phew Few" clique on here who'd have nothing bad said about hughes, but also from a umber of other "media" sources who cited my misgivigs as being responsible for the decline in the fortunes of the club.

Unlike you, I offered valid alternative strategies, now being used in Toronto.....at little cost to Argyle than a couple of rounds in a local bar and a selfie on social media, but your "vile and putrid" attacks on the Quins venture were founded on nowt other than your bias.......we had more fans in those first few years at Quins than we ever did anywhere else over any stretch of time.......Hughes "bu99ered" that up...not the Union tie in you "fetid sore on the sport"....now seriously, Jog on! :WAVE:
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach7392No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jan 23 200618 years162nd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Apr 24 09:4212th Jul 23 05:57LINK
Milestone Posts
5000
10000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Looking for a coach that can coach
Signature
Mac out!

Re: Genuine question re attendances : Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:24 am  
This thread is turning the clock back a few years, Rupe, Listy and GF sparring again

Good god SL must be just round the corner!

Listy how was your experience last week?? Enjoy it!!
Next

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 123 guests

REPLY

Subject: 
Message:
   
Please note using apple style emoji's can result in posting failures.
Use the FULL EDITOR to better format content or upload images, be notified of replies etc...

Return to London Broncos


RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
9m
DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings
Bomber's tas
344
9m
Darnell McIntosh to Leigh
Cokey
3
21m
Shopping list for 2025
Roam Ranger
1004
48m
IN 2025 Ryan Hall - Expires 2025
Frosties.
31
55m
80 minutes
alegend
7
Recent
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
leedsbarmyar
1576
Recent
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
57392
Recent
David Armstrong potential signing
Cokey
23
Recent
Recruitment rumours and links
Boss Hog
2359
Recent
Castleford at home
NickyKiss
89
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
38s
Smith out ASAP
tad rhino
348
51s
Rumours and signings v9
jonh
28341
58s
Leeds at Home
bonaire
23
1m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
57392
1m
IN 2025 Ryan Hall - Expires 2025
Frosties.
31
1m
Commentators
lefty goldbl
4
1m
WIRE YED Prediction Competition Results and Standings
Uncle Rico
15
1m
Stadium and other issues
vastman
2289
2m
Investment
Wigan Bull
34
2m
Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
batleyrhino
8855
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Darnell McIntosh to Leigh
Cokey
3
TODAY
80 minutes
alegend
7
TODAY
Wigan academy products
Mark_P1973
3
TODAY
WIRE YED Prediction Competition Salford Away
Barbed Wire
2
TODAY
Commentators
lefty goldbl
4
TODAY
Going down
Greg Florimo
5
TODAY
Wakefield Trinity Too Strong For the Batley Bulldogs
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Castleford away next
jbuzza
11
TODAY
Ryan Hall to leave the Robins and join Leeds at the end of t
RoyBoy29
2
TODAY
IN 2025 Ryan Hall - Expires 2025
Frosties.
31
TODAY
2024 Southstandercom Prediction Competition Week 9
JMT
7
TODAY
Vs Leeds
Hangerman2
3
TODAY
Salford
BigTime
3
TODAY
Catalans Dragons Destroy Hull KR To Go Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Warrington Wolves Break Leigh Leopards Hearts By Snatching Win
Cokey
6
TODAY
Todays match v Leigh
Cokey
53
TODAY
Leeds at Home
bonaire
23
TODAY
Albert Vete
Jemmo
5
TODAY
Huddersfield Giants Fight Back To Beat The Rhinos
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Wakefield Trinity Too Strong F..
577
Catalans Dragons Destroy Hull ..
400
Warrington Wolves Break Leigh ..
459
Huddersfield Giants Fight Back..
577
France v England International..
1402
Warrington Stun St Helens In C..
2080
2024 Challenge Cup Semi-Finals..
1586
Wigan Warriors Demolish Woeful..
1716
Hull KR Eliminate the Cup Hold..
1861
Bradford Bulls Come From Behin..
2268
Bradford Bulls Beat Feathersto..
2678
Giants Thrash FC Again For Top..
2607
Warrington Brush Aside The Rhi..
2293
Wigan Coast to Victory over Le..
2269
Giants Come From Behind For Ea..
2535
RLFANS Match Centre
Matches on TV
Table 'boards.stats_fixtures' doesn't exist