I have no bitterness towards Bradford fans at all. None. I would imagine that if I'd been born in Bradford, into a Bradford Northern-mad family I would have grown up a Bradford fan. That's how it generally works.
And I don't think we've exactly got the moral high ground when it comes to having past owners who behaved ethically (Lloyd?, Hetherington?).
The rules are the rules, and they will be rightly punished. But the sport can't afford to lose one of the few teams that can pull in big support

ATEOD they aint Bratfud fans, 15 years ago they were all at Keighley

Think you'll find the majority of those fans don't go any more, hence their current crowd numbers. The problem is I don't see a sudden spike in crowds at Keighley (to use your example) so those fans might well be lost to the game as a whole.

It just so happened Bullmania coincided with the most successful period of Bradford bulls/Northern existence so attendances would have improved dramatically regardless of the marketing. The marketing will have helped but the last few season have shown that those pulled in by the success were starting to fall off. It happens at all clubs including our own, when at our peak in the 80's we were drawing in good crowds, but as the 80's moved into the 90's a huge chunk of those supporters disappeared and it took a long long time to entice them back.
Even in recent times on the back of poor seasons our support has taken a downward spiral and we are finding it hard to entice supporters to come back. Success will always be the biggest factor in improving crowds.

you think I give a toss what you think?

Probably yes, you did take the time to respond after all.