Against Hudds, about 11500?

Sort of goes against the clammer for a fair few on here for Sunday Afternoon kick offs

Can hardly call 12:30 an afternoon though

Plus bank holiday weekend a lot of people go away, also on sky and looked like rain all day. All contributory factors imo.

3200 down on last year. I know that was the first game of the season, but the drop must be very concerning. An attractive tie and FC in relatively decent form. Very worrying.

And we are still crap, that's why I didn't go.

Don't forget to come back when were good again.

Disappointing crowd.

I've done 30+ years watching them and barely missed a game, I don't feel guilty.

didn t even look like 11500. Hudds following was awful for a team second in the league. If we only took that away chairmen would be crying in there gin and tonics and questions would be asked in parliment.

It certainly is.

Our aggregate attendance so far this season is 100,130. The aggregate for the same fixtures last season was 114,827 so we are about 1,800 down per game on average.

Harlequins up next, I wonder if the club are palnning an offer/giveaway like the last few seasons. Last year we got 13,965 for that fixture.

3 of my group didn't go yesterday and there all pass holders, the fact that it's a bank holiday and half term wouldn't have helped because people are on holiday.

Don't get a complex.

On the basis of previous FC vs Harlequins games at the KC, if I didn't have a pass you'd have to pay me to go.

Excuses excuses!

12.30pm. So its before your sunday roast, not after it.

Bank Holiday. Didn't seem to affect the attendance on Good Friday



It looked like rain. The Stadium if fully covered.

Whats the next excuse, there were no free lap dancers????

On the 6 weeks up to yesterday (and therefore current form) we were not crap at all.

If you choose not to go, fair enough. It basically means your opinion is virtually worthless

I bet we don't go under the magic 10,000 figure, even if we do.

Agreed.

What more do people want than an unbeaten run ?

Someone was on here recently stating that the South stand was the nearest we now have to Threepennies. Well, I don't remember Threepennies being half empty due to the part-time supporters staying at home !!

And as for Huddersfield - their turnout was pathetic.

I know, it's not exactly the first one you look for when the fixture lists come out is it

Spot on. The rain excuse is hilarious. Christ on a bike, where were these people when it was winter rugby of a midweek evening at the Boulevard? Tragic effort.

Only when you're booking a holiday.

I've been married for 15 years, I am well aware of that.

The fact that the game was on a Sunday is not imo a factor in the crowd being down. Lets face it cowds are down period, this season. Do we maybe look to playing on Tuesday afternoon insted?



Its simply a case that the faithful are picking and choosing matches now. The sooner the club realise that we are not buying into the team 100% at the moment the better. We are at best the 7th best team in the competition, yet we are top 3 off the field. As a result if its on Sky the floating spectator will stay away.

I thought it was also interesting that the club were promoting the club shop massively prior to the game. Handouts etc. Is the shops takings down? I suspect it is. Yet despite all that promotion the shop was shut at the final whistle with people queing to get in. Lost sales there as well I am sure.

Until we get consistant form on the pitch which is in the positive not negative then the crowds will be down regardless of the day of the week. Lets face it even the derby crowd was down copared to last season when it was played on a Thursday night. Does that make Thursday's the prefared game day?

I went yesterday with a bit of restored faith after the current run. I have now noticed that unless we get to Wembley thats me done for the year. Don't do away games anymore as its too far and expensive to go for me (other than Quins) and I can't make Friday nights and the one Sunday league match we have I am working and refuse to alter my working pattern for Hull FC anymore. The Leeds cc game is on TV and guess what........my licence fee has paid for my viewing.

Before anyone has a go,If saving cash and lower my blood pressure makes me a non supporter then I am happy with that. I have dedicated enough of my time to the club to feel happy that I have done my bit. But until my ambition is matched by the coaches and the BOD then I won't be going the extra mile and at least 3000 others are thinking the same.

Making the East Stand fully reserved has clearly had an effect. Something had to be done with regards the north east corner but the club have used a slegehammer to crack a nut.

Has it though? Or is that just an excuse which can be brought out. The main effect on attendances is the dross on the pitch. Simple as. And a 5 game unbeaten run is not going to mask the disappointment of the previous 3 years. Its very hard to build a following, but very easy to lose it and the club have lost 3000 faithful this season. With it also the off field merchandise. In my household alone they have lost a few hundred in admission fees, three replica kits and T shirts. Having reserved seating is a very very small factor if a factor at all.

Well we've been pretty poor in the main for four seasons now. In 2009 we lost 8 from 13 at home but the average was 13,226 only slightly down on the previous season.

Clearly the cumulative effect of year on year poor form has contributed to the fall in attendances but I still feel making the full East Stand reserved hit season ticket sales which of course means those people have a reason to pick and choose games.

Yesterday summed up the last couple of seasons for me. We're not getting hammered, because the individual commitments of the forwards mean we're generally in the arm-wrestle. It all goes t!ts up in attack, though, because when we lose key personnel we don't have a system to fall back on that people can slot into. IMO Agar is safe to see his contract out so the lack of killer instinct that is instilled by the likes of Smith, Brown and Maguire will mean another season of targetting 8th and praying for a lucky cup draw. Some people (I'm probably one of them) will continue to go as it's their abiding passion in life. For others, 8th is not a cause for celebration and not enough to part with £25 every fortnight, particularly given the PR machine touting us as a top club, when clearly we're not, on the pitch at least.

The club needs to pay attention to this. They clearly believe Agar is the man to take us to silverware, and that when that day comes, the KC will see 16000 fans in every week. The flaw in this plan is that every season that goes by with unfulfilled potential means floating fans are lost and find alternative things to do with their weekends. Also anyone believing a team can win the competition from 8th needs serious help. Which leaves us with the cup, where we've not beaten a SL team for 3 seasons. Crikey, bit depressing, isn't it?

You do realise that the comment about playing on Sundays was tongue in cheek, don't you?

Multiple causes for the drop in attendances IMO. The financial situation for many families that continues to worsen, our poor form at the start of the season and lack of confidence that we've turned the corner, and the East Stand being all reserved. In addition yesterday's game was on Sky on a Bank Holiday weekend leading into Half Term. And Hudds brought a handful.

Unless we have a sustained upturn in form I can see attendances remaining low or dropping further. Unless we either reach the CC final or do well in the playoffs I can see the situation continuing next season. When money is short people make more hard-nosed choices about where to spend their cash and sentiment goes less far than usual.