Significant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:27 am  

http://saintsrlfc.com/news/1715 Very good news, lets hope it lasts all season

http://saintsrlfc.com/news/1715 Very good news, lets hope it lasts all season

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:42 am  

Bradford next, don't hold your breath.
2 taxi's from Bradford please

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:45 am  

gateaux wrote:

http://saintsrlfc.com/news/1715

Very good news, lets hope it lasts all season

all very good, but lets look at it when Celtic, Quins and Catalans have all paid a visit.

What was our average for the same 5 games last year?

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:47 am  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

all very good, but lets look at it when Celtic, Quins and Catalans have all paid a visit.

What was our average for the same 5 games last year?

I actually worked this out yesterday for a discussion on the wire board ...


v wire 2009 – 17,009 ..... 2008 – 13,397
V Hull KR - 11,830 ..... 2008 – 8,404
V Salford - 9,723 ..... 2007 – 9,409
V Leeds - 13,966 ..... 2008 – 11,188
V Hull FC - 13,684 ..... 2008 – 10,204
Average 13,242 ...... 10,520


For Salford I have used the 2007 attendance due to the lack of one for 2008.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:11 am  

I think the fine weather due this weekend will negate any lack of bulls fans. I would be really dissapointed with anything sub 11000 on Friday

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:17 am  

We are on sky which may have an effect

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:17 pm  

gateaux wrote:

I actually worked this out yesterday for a discussion on the wire board ...


v wire 2009 – 17,009 ..... 2008 – 13,397
V Hull KR - 11,830 ..... 2008 – 8,404
V Salford - 9,723 ..... 2007 – 9,409
V Leeds - 13,966 ..... 2008 – 11,188
V Hull FC - 13,684 ..... 2008 – 10,204
Average 13,242 ...... 10,520


For Salford I have used the 2007 attendance due to the lack of one for 2008.

Some excellent crowd numbers rolling into Knowsley Road this season so far.

You have to ask the obvious question though, why now?

Over at Leeds we've seen a 7.5% decrease over the attendances for the same opponents from 2008 (2007 for Salford) and I've excluded the opening night V Celtic for the comparison.

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:50 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Some excellent crowd numbers rolling into Knowsley Road this season so far.

You have to ask the obvious question though, why now?

Over at Leeds we've seen a 7.5% decrease over the attendances for the same opponents from 2008 (2007 for Salford) and I've excluded the opening night V Celtic for the comparison.

I'm quite surprised by this, any particular reason?

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:12 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

I'm quite surprised by this, any particular reason?

I'd have thought crowds decreasing during a recession would be the norm. St Helens bucking that trend is the surprise for me.

After the first 10 rounds of 2008 the 60 games had attracted 613,609 at an average of 10,266 per game.

This season (with Celtic and Salford added) the first 10 rounds should be 70 games. For one reason or another there have been 69 SL Regular Round games played so far with an increased aggregate (for 10 rounds) of 660,981 but a decreased average of 9,579.

Re: Singnificant increase in attendances : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:15 pm  

tvoc wrote:

I'd have thought crowds decreasing during a recession would be the norm. St Helens bucking that trend is the surprise for me.

After the first 10 rounds of 2008 the 60 games had attracted 613,609 at an average of 10,266 per game.

This season (with Celtic and Salford added) the first 10 rounds should be 70 games. For one reason or another there have been 69 SL Regular Round games played so far with an increased aggregate (for 10 rounds) of 660,981 but a decreased average of 9,579.

It seems the offers the club have had on tickets are paying off but - especially when you see the overall average - it is good to see us bucking the trend so much, I expected a slight increase but not something so dramatic.