Re: Ave attendance for the season. : Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:03 pm
SBR wrote:
On average they will be but if you look at the attendances for the individual matches some are actually up whilst other are massively down. There seems to be a core level of support of around 5,000 which is roughly the same as last year. The drops have come from games that usually attract a large number of floating supporters (both home and away fans), e.g. Leeds and Bradford down by 3,000. This backs up the idea that the main cause of the drop in attendances is the financial climate - people who choose to go to a few matches are choosing not to.
It will be interesting to see if the promotions/discounts for the Celtic game manage to buck this trend.
It will be interesting to see if the promotions/discounts for the Celtic game manage to buck this trend.
Compared to last year
We only have 2 attendances compared to last year that are up.
St Helens and Harlequins, all the rest are down.
We need to beat 8,822 to beat the Hull KR game of last year (unlikely but not impossible)
Overall a poor year for attendances but not disastrous.