: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:20 am  

We are top of the league on away games only. 16 points away from home (inc Murrayfield)

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:20 am  

Responsible for what though? A 3% drop in attendances across Super League as a whole or a 20% drop at Wakefield?

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:23 am  

On attendances to the round and also like for like fixtures the drop is actually 11%. Celtic and Salford coming in clouds it a little. As the season goes on the general trend is for all clubs gates to tail off slightly so expect the percentage to increase slightly as the season progresses.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:27 am  

3% drop across SL can be blamed on two things I think.

1. The credit crunch, to say it hasnt impacted RL is just a ridiculous statement, its affected every single facet of life in this country.

2. I wonder what effect the demise of the Bulls is having on the gates. No more huge Odlsum derbies agaisnt Leeds, no more big crowds for their games at Hudds, Wakey & Cas etc. Less number for the games at Saints and Wigan too. All in all it adds up.

not to mention that 20% drop at wakey will help drag the whole ammount down. (1.5% of the drop across all clubs can be levelled at the 20% wakey drop - implying in real terms that the numbers across the board are only down 1.5%, nothing really in the scheme of things)

As for Wakey, thats a puzzler, maybe its a combination of too many seasons scraping by, on/off promises of a new ground, no real progression on or off the pitch all just makes people not bothered any more?

Touching on our season ticket offer, I think in the present climate the club might be courting financal suicide to NOT offer the same deal again this end of season, and I wonder if other clubs wont follow suit.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:33 am  

Code13 wrote:

not to mention that 20% drop at wakey will help drag the whole ammount down. (1.5% of the drop across all clubs can be levelled at the 20% wakey drop - implying in real terms that the numbers across the board are only down 1.5%, nothing really in the scheme of things)

20% is approx 1500 so that is approx 100 spectators per club which is not a 1.5% decrease in Leeds, Wigan, Catalan etc.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:36 am  

Bradford's average to date this season: 10,268.

Bradford's 2008 average: 10,287.

Looking through we have:

Saints up 10% (11,664 v 10,642)
Leeds down 10% (15,935 v 17,824)
Us up 4% (8,100 v 7,820)
Rovers down 2% (8,405 v 8,554)
Quins down 14% (3,369 v 4,378)
Wakey down 21% (5,496 v 6,578)
Wire down 7% (8,869 v 10,718)
Wigan down 4% (13,929 v 14,505)
Cas level (7,470 v 7,501)
Hull up 1% (13,509 v 13,432)
Bradford level (10,268 v 10,287)
Salford 4,134
Celtic 3,778

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:36 am  

Depends how the stats are compiled of course

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:41 am  

Catalans 9478 Up 13.1% At Stade Gilbert Brutus only the average is 8,394 (total: 67159) with the top crowd being 9490 v Wigan. Bilko (c)

Catalans 9478 Up 13.1% At Stade Gilbert Brutus only the average is 8,394 (total: 67159) with the top crowd being 9490 v Wigan. Bilko (c)

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:50 am  

Interesting.

Wonder why Leeds is down so much?

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:35 am  

Wadski wrote: Catalans 9478 Up 13.1% At Stade Gilbert Brutus only the average is 8,394 (total: 67159) with the top crowd being 9490 v Wigan. Bilko (c) Don't know how I missed them out! Possibly confused myself as Cas are immediately above them in the league at the moment.

Wadski wrote: Catalans 9478 Up 13.1% At Stade Gilbert Brutus only the average is 8,394 (total: 67159) with the top crowd being 9490 v Wigan. Bilko (c) Don't know how I missed them out! Possibly confused myself as Cas are immediately above them in the league at the moment.