The biggest reason we fail to attract more fans is pure and simple. The costs to watch a game. I've tried to attract many a friend down to the Shay & they just can't afford it due to the recession.
Featherstone struggle for fans and they've been by far the best team in this league over the last few seasons.
Go into the Town Centre 10 years ago, and the pubs were packed on a Friday night. Now they're all dead, people just can't afford to put enough aside to fund any leisure activities due to high utility bills, petrol prices etc. etc.
I've made an observation over recent years that we don't seem to attract the "Lower working class" supporter anymore. They simply can't afford it. Also unemployment is at a very high level in Calderdale.
The only way to get 4000 down the Shay on a regular basis would be to do a "Bradford" and look where they've ended up!
However, with it being Easter, and folk who get paid monthly should have been paid last week, so I do expect the crowd to be around 2800ish.
Prediction: Halifax 34 Keighley 18
MOM: Ashall