Re: Eagles v Batley. : Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:09 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
722 Supporters at Sheffield, I bet Batley took quite a few so where does that leave Sheffield?
A lovely afternoon, a place in the next round at stake and where are they. Meadowhall probably.
How do they survive? A shared gate of 722, no wonder they will have to come in a taxi next week.

We dont really have much to shout about with our last attendence either. Infact Sheffields was probably closer to their average then ours was.

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:22 pm  

a.n Other wrote:

We dont really have much to shout about with our last attendence either. Infact Sheffields was probably closer to their average then ours was.

Probably was, but you haven't answered the point, how do they survive. Average gates of 2200 probably keep a club alive, they can cater for 1200 (your point) so how does a club like Sheffield survive on gates of 900 reduced to 722?

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:24 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
Probably was, but you haven't answered the point, how do they survive. Average gates of 2200 probably keep a club alive, they can cater for 1200 (your point) so how does a club like Sheffield survive on gates of 900 reduced to 722?

Well the answer is obviously through sponsorship and their directors. Much like ours.

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:47 pm  

faxlad66 wrote:

They get money thrown at them by the RFL every year....similar in fact to Bradford but Sheffield at least have some self respect

If only.

Poor crowd today, expected a few more to be honest but we always get smaller attendances when it's not a season ticket game. Crowds are up (on average) this year from last, we've broken 1200 for the season average so at least it's going in the right direction.

Was actually surprised to only see 1200 at Fax on Thursday. See you all next Sunday.

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:49 pm  

a.n Other wrote:

Well the answer is obviously through sponsorship and their directors. Much like ours.

Correctamundo.

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:58 am  

E.S.O wrote:

If only.

Poor crowd today, expected a few more to be honest but we always get smaller attendances when it's not a season ticket game. Crowds are up (on average) this year from last, we've broken 1200 for the season average so at least it's going in the right direction.

Was actually surprised to only see 1200 at Fax on Thursday. See you all next Sunday.

Looking forward to Sunday and to be honest i thought we would be playing Batley but all credit to Sheffield on that one. You must have their number, similar in the way that Leigh seem to have ours!

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:07 am  

faxlad66 wrote:

Looking forward to Sunday and to be honest i thought we would be playing Batley but all credit to Sheffield on that one. You must have their number, similar in the way that Leigh seem to have ours!

We have something like 12 wins in a row against them now!

You seem to have our number this season, on 2 out of the 3 occasions we've played you this season we could well have won, but didn't get over the line. Hope it's not too psychological and we can do it next week, I think it'll be a really close game, then again I thought that yesterday too!

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:31 am  

spanishbob wrote:

El faro de Mijas, on the southern coast, why?

Being a Caroli , im from Milan , but was born in Napoli , it is good to see more European RL Fans , if your ever in Blackpool , look me up at the Tower Circus , or get your own Fax Fan Bentlyman to message me . .

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:14 am  

E.S.O wrote:

We have something like 12 wins in a row against them now!

It's not that many. They beat us in the Trains QF. League games though, they haven't beaten us since 2001 or summat. Three or four seasons where we were in different divisions in that spell.

Re: Eagles v Batley. : Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:17 am  

Griff what confuses many is how you hit £800k turnover with 13000 fans per annum, some of whom don't pay. At best that would be £130k income, and with the best will in the world its hard to see £550k sponsorship/lottery at this level. (£100k RFL funding for all)

The rumours flying around are that you get substantially more from the RFL than others outside SL, including Fev. Being aware of your involvement do you know how much you get from RFL directly or otherwise.