Quote ="leeds owl"Your support is absolutely gash and that's why everyone is always talking about it. The ground looked nicely full on Thursday night and the crowd generated a good atmosphere, not something you will ever say about a game at Huddersfield. Considering it was Thursday night, the game was on telly, the opposition was a mid table team that brought a mini bus and 2 cars full of supporters, it really wasn't that bad. The small ground at Cas certainly made 5000 seem a lot more whereas your stadium makes it seem a lot less. It's pointless comparing your crowds to Cas because Cas is a lot smaller town. Had your team historically had low attendances then I don't think people would take much notice. The facts are, Huddersfield is the birthplace of Rugby League and if you look historically Huddersfield will have pulled in decent crowds throughout periods in their past. A good gauge is to look at the 10 years after the World War 2, which was a boom time for sport in general. I'd guess you could pull decent numbers that have not reappeared recently. Compare crowds to those of Leeds, who had their biggest crowds in the 10 years up to 1955, dropped dramatically like everyone else, but have gone on to average their biggest crowds ever over the last 10 seasons. There are obviously some complex issues to address at Huddersfield regarding their attendances, but a lack of civic pride and low appetite for any sport whatsoever are obvious issues. While ever your crowds are so abysmal it will be a talking point for SKY and the wider Rugby League community. Don't be so paranoid.'"
It is disappointing that our crowds are not bigger, however they are not the worst, problem is the size of the stadium. In terms of numbers through the gates we are comparable to Cas and Widnes, a bit better than Wakey and Salford.
Of course Huddersfield is a bigger town than Wakey, Cas or Widnes, so we can do better. The club are trying things to help, time will tell if the are successful.
All that said, rich that we are getting condemned by Leeds Owl. At the last census the population of Leeds was just under 753,000, Huddersfield's population was a little below 162,000 The significance of that is that on a per capita basis our gates are over 60% better than Leeds. In fact per capita other than London Leeds get the lowest gates in Super League. The secret of Leeds big crowds is Leeds being a big city. Well done Leeds Owl you must be very pleased with that great achievement.
