Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:30 pm  

Widnes Vikings' attendance for Rd1 in 2014 - 5,327
Widnes Vikings' attendance for Rd1 in 2015 - 9,286

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:32 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Spot on.

Not like you to put down attendances, did you log in under the wrong username?

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:48 pm  

Over 9,000 when the corresponding game last year got 6,200. On one of the most bitterly cold nights so far this year. On a Thursday.

That's pretty damn good, free tickets or not.

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:11 am  

A majority of Professional and semi professional clubs in my opinion could do more to get bigger crowds. Its called match day awareness.

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:46 am  

Saddened! wrote:

I'm all for being positive as you all know, but there are limits.

The previous crowd was 6,000+, tonight was 9,000+ and Eddie mentioned they gave 3,000 free tickets away to people trying to break a world record for the most people doing a workout at the same time tonight. You do the maths.

I have no issue with free or discounted tickets as long as they aren't used all the time, hopefully the 3k freebie fans saw that Widnes are a decent team in a competitive league and turn up again.

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:32 am  

UllFC wrote:

I have no issue with free or discounted tickets as long as they aren't used all the time, hopefully the 3k freebie fans saw that Widnes are a decent team in a competitive league and turn up again.

This is why free tickets is a good idea some times. Most of those tickets will have been given to people who don't normally go down to games so if even 500 of those 3000 decide to go again, that is a decent increase for Widnes. Plus the free tickets bump up match day attendances as well, that 9000 will help bring Widnes' average up at the end of the season, especially if they got even just a couple more of those which I think is doable if they have done it once.

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:58 am  

Urmston Wire wrote:

That's pretty damn good, free tickets or not.

Is it really? Do you see football teams offering 3,000 free tickets on the first day of the season?
Widnes still could've got 9,000 without the free tickets, but we'll never know.

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:00 am  

Regardless of the freebies, that's a decent attendance. More importantly, any newbies amongst the alleged 3k bludgers got to see an entertaining game.

[Durham Giant]

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:36 pm  

Urmston Wire wrote:

Over 9,000 when the corresponding game last year got 6,200. On one of the most bitterly cold nights so far this year. On a Thursday.

That's pretty damn good, free tickets or not.

Gutterfax mode on****
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3000 free tickets that is rubbish what a mickey poor sport. The 6 nations will have 80,000
free tickets. They will be to well connected to rich people in blue chip companies. RFl a joke.

Gutterfax mode off *****

Re: 2015 Attendance Thread : Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:26 pm  

Rovers have sold 11,500 tickets, heading for a sell out at CP.