This is true. Jools is doing a good job as these kids will eventually turn into teenagers who can come under their own steam on a Friday. We've come a long way in the last 10 years - we need to keep it going. But will Ken be able to keep it going?

its all very well saying you're not bothered about low crowds, but its to the detriment of the club.
I agree to a point that the fans that do go are seeing a good team and some cracking stuff and the possibility of a major final looming, but if the crowds don't pick up, like jools says, the club will lose money therefore lose the good players and coaches we have been attracting, the crowds will drop again due to not wanting to watch a rubbish team again.

plus with bigger crowds at the games, there will be a buzz around the town thus encouraging more people to come,thus increasing the crowds over time eventually so we can look forward to a fan base of around 10,000 hopefully, with the low crowds we are getting , to me its a major negative, people might see poor crowds reported in the examiner/Yorkshire post etc and think the product is poor as not many people bother going.

swings and roundabouts I guess, the ones who don't come are missing out yes, but also think of the clubs future too rather than the here and now.

and didnt they sell the london game for £5 a ticket?

think that is a problem with rugby league as a whole not huddersfield giants

rugby league just doesnt get the exposure.

we pushed the warrington game enough, billboards the lot and still only 8k came.

then won on the bbc beating leeds, 10k came and dont know how many saw on tv but did they come to the next game?

they just cant be bothered.

Out of habit maybe

Chopping and changing game day doesn't help IMO (I knew a few regulars not there cos they couldn't make Friday)

There are lots of reasons why people don't come. More so that there is just so much more to do nowadays in the entertainment industry. When I was a kid (long time ago as I am 43 now) there was'nt half the stuff that kids have nowadays. Unless the Giants win anything I think we'll always have this problem. Money is tight and to be honest I think 24 quid is a lot for a game of RL. I know most clubs charge the same but its not cheap any more (although kids do go free). I do think that the HUDDERSFIELD public are very apathetic but you can't force people to attend. Do you reckon its a reason why RHP went back to the bulls?. Flogging a dead horse!?. I do. We should all be worried about low crowds because when Mr Davy is no longer at the club we could end up like Keighley for example in a lower division with lower crowds. The team are 2nd in the league and its truely embarrassing the support we get. Huddersfield Town fans since they moved to the JS Stadium think they are a big club all of a sudden. I used to watch them at Leeds Rd and loved it but went once to the JS and never returned. Just not for me and maybe thats how they feel about the Giants?.

I agree thornton and your post shows how important away support is to all clubs.

I went to the Brighouse Gala at the weekend and Halifax RL had a stand there, they had a number of recognised players handing out leaflets, talking to the public and having photos taken with kids. Whenever I walked past the players had stopped somebody and were chatting away. The point is when do we see Giants players at these kinds of events? And if we ever do, are they ever recognised first team players? If the players were to go out and be seen in public they could chat to those who are on the fence about games, show their enthusiasm for the Giants and drum up some support. Teenagers are perfect for this kind of media, especially girls! They speak to a muscly rugby player in a t-shirt and shorts for two minutes at a gala and they are in love and these kids can go to matches on their own, they don't need parents to take them.

Also I know the players go into junior schools for chats about health and nutrition (which I have been reliably informed are 'a bit boring') but surely they could be doing actual training sessions with these kids in schools, get the kids excited about rugby, the kids would then go home telling Mum and Dad all about it and hopefully talk them into attending a match.

Before I get any grief, no i haven't been to a match myself in just over a year as I had a baby last June and am expecting another one in a few months but i fully intend to take both of them to matches when they get big enough to sit in a chair on their own!

why wait katy! both mine came to their first game when they were three weeks old, they got used to the noise and atmosphere early on and then would happily sit and watch as they got older. They are 7 and 9 now and still absolutely love it!

Now if you and Katy can have another 4000 kids between you that will stop threads like this appearing again.
Alternatively we could get the supporters club to run a
" Breed for the Giants " campaign

Durham, the average age at the HGSA, would make breeding very difficuilt. However if you can provide some furtile young sport, l for one am prepared to give it a go, but knocking up 4000, might be a bridge too far.

I don't mind making a donation. Don't think the better half would appreciate me 'knocking up' 1 never mind 4000.

hull kr played Catalans at home the other week and got 12000...

Catalan regularly get over 10k don't they? Wasn't it outside Perpignan though? 7800 at the same fixture at craven park.

What's the problem between Davy and town fans did not know they had a dispute.

it was at toulouse not at hull kr or perpignan.

Long story - to do with when Ken saved their club from extinction, part of the deal was that he got to buy their 40% shares in the stadium for £2 as thats all they were valued at at the time, Town fans have demanded that he gives them back now that the new owner/chairman has pumped money into the club he loves (but didnt want to know when Ken had to bail them out) and it basically turned into a hate campaign against him.

Quote ="gary-hfc"What's the problem between Davy and town fans did not know they had a dispute.'" It's a long running dispute with a very long story. Try this thread on a Town fans website, I have to warn you it's one of many and is 10 pages long - downatthemac.proboards.com/threa ... y-sheerman The dispute must have been running a good few years now.

Quote ="gary-hfc"What's the problem between Davy and town fans did not know they had a dispute.'" It's a long running dispute with a very long story. Try this thread on a Town fans website, I have to warn you it's one of many and is 10 pages long - downatthemac.proboards.com/threa ... y-sheerman The dispute must have been running a good few years now.

Just out of curiosity I wonder how much it has cost Ken to bail out Town and the Giants without him there wouldn't be either football club or Rugby club.

It currently costs ken 20k a week to keep the giants going. That's not including what he's spent on buying the club(s) and the new facilities at Lockwood.

If you know that for a fact, and if it came from Ken himself, do you not think that he might have said it in confidence?

If it didn't come from Ken, then the words 'I've heard that' might be a good addition.

shows his commitment does buying the lockwood facilities.

What we should be doing now is putting posters up all over town and outlying areas showing the league table and how well we are doing, maybe folk aren't aware how good we are this year and if they realise it might entice them to come.....get some offers on for the last 3 homegames (maybe a package deal and a reduced play-off ticket if they buy).

We're 2nd in the league, quarter finals of the cup but how many possible fans know this ??

3 games to glory
Should sell itself really :/

But yeah nows the time to push publicity

we did promos for the wire and leeds games and also promo for a half season tickets

if people dont know about us by now then they just arent interested in the first place!