Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:23 pm  

Guardian wrote:

I must have imagined the regular 10,000 plus crowds i stood in , even against the likes of Barrow, Wakefield and Salford, 16,000 against Hull.

Given the growth in general top level crowds since the advent of SL i think it is a fait accompli that we would have at least averaged 10,000 , quite easily more.

The mistake of moving to Greatfield will continue to haunt Rovers for many a day.

Or maybe the richard head of a councillor who got people from miles away to sign a petition to stop us building a ground on the corner of Leads Road/Sutton Road where the Greencore factory now is could share a portion
Until we can get a road built from Hedon Road and 4 bloody stands it will always be in the wrong position!!! Maybe a roof would do as well

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:41 pm  

Yes you imagined it we only got 6000 against wally lewis and queensland.

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:43 pm  

cab man wrote:

Yes you imagined it we only got 6000 against wally lewis and queensland.

I have a programme somewhere from the 80's that shows several 10k + crowds and lots of 8k & 9k's

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:03 pm  

For the thousandth time.

IT IS NOT A REAL PERSON.

It's not even a very good pretend one.

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:21 pm  

Hull KR's crowd averages:

1977-78 5352
1978-79 5945*
1979-80 6953
1980-81 8904
1981-82 8723
1982-83 7379
1083-84 6966*
1984-85 6715*
1985-86 4855

*Champions

There were a number of big derby attendances at CP around this time of course, such as 16,084 in April 1984, 14,481 in October of the same year, 15,574 in March 1982, 13,610 in the September. Boulevard derbies were getting 18-20,000.

Sadly by the end of the 80s neither club could pull in five figures for the derbies

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:25 pm  

Will Hudge be asking for the Sky money early?

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:42 pm  

Just as i remember 80-81 was indeed our biggest attended season. Squeezing through the Aberdeen st entrance. Even then 9,000 could not be surpassed despite beating Hull at wembley. We peaked at the 81 final against widnes then andy gregory put paid to that.

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:52 pm  

I'll give it a month, once this season has been dusted off before the big HDM exclusive in which Hudgell reveals his renewed passion and commitment to the cause ahead of the new season pass launch.


Or Allam's buying you.

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:53 pm  

ive had it on very good info the allems are taking over at HKR ,im sure at 1st this will be seen as great, a rich suger daddy never did anyone any harm ,but a man like him is only in it for somthing they do not just throw money at somthing and lose loads if there is no end goal, he can only be after the land and development so a big battle with the coucil will be looming at some point, if he does not get his way he could drop you like a stone using your club like a pawn in a bigger game, very interesting to read he loaned you 1 million so he probs owns you already but at the time he gifted you the money, money men like him never give you anything thats why they have money and keep it, if a life long supporter like Hudge gets fed up with pumping money in how long will it take Allam, with no gain in it

I thought the radio interview a few weeks ago with hudge was the start, he more or less conceeded HKR are a club who gets 7000 core fans will never grow the club much more that this and need to cut its cloth to match its turnover he sounded a defeated man then tbh somone who had relised his long term ambitions for the club where not shared by the majority of peaple in east hull or their wallets

Re: Hudge and Crossland ready to pull their support? : Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:02 pm  

It's Karl Turner I feel sorry for.