Attendance thread

[Padge]

Just now, Eddie said:

You think Warrington would have got less than 10.7k yesterday? 

Yep

[Sports Prophet]

13 hours ago, Damien said:

I think the decision to scrap the 2nd Easter game has been fully vindicated. They really did offer nothing and were poorly attended. Having top quality games spread out over 4 days with great crowds and each game on TV has been great. 

It was always going to be the right decision. That it took to 2023 for it to be tested is the great tragedy. 

I am pleased though that it has been a successful weekend. For the season the SL has been so far, it would have been even more concerning had the fans not turned out.

Hopefully the clubs can sustain the handy crowd numbers now daylight saving has arrived and the summer months are near.

 

[RayCee]

I put this chart together to show how the 8 rounds of 2023 compare with the full 2022 season. That's the "Avg (full year)" entry. The straight "Avg" entry is comparing 8 rounds of '22 with '21. 

The Two Leigh entries are compared with Toulouse (top one) and the lower one comparing their Championship attendance last year. For more detail, just click the link below the post.

Some nice increases there. 

	Teams	2023	2022	%
1	Leigh	7,829	4,970	57.5%
2	Hull FC	14,638	10,771	35.9%
3	Warrington	10,892	8,853	23.0%
4	Wigan	14,881	12,279	21.2%
5	Salford	5,029	4,530	11.0%
6	Hull KR	8,619	7,789	10.7%
7	Huddersfield	5,567	5,145	8.2%
8	Castleford	8,102	7,543	7.4%
9	Leeds	13,853	12,941	7.0%
10	Catalans	8,274	8,069	2.5%
11	St Helens	11,934	11,856	0.7%
12	Wakefield	4,312	4,615	-6.6%
	Avg (full Yr)	9,592	8,347	14.9%
	Avg	9,592	8,802	9.0%
	Leigh	7,829	3,018	159.4%

[Wellsy4HullFC]

On 08/04/2023 at 09:25, langpark said:

Yes it was, on Hull FC social. 17% of capacity does seem excessive for "safety purposes".

 

 

IIRC, 10% of unreserved areas needs to be left empty. That's usually about 2k.

Then with 2 blocks sectioned off, that's enough to bring capacity down considerably.

[langpark]

Looks like it was a big weekend for RL in France too!

 

 

[ELBOWSEYE]

10 hours ago, RayCee said:

I put this chart together to show how the 8 rounds of 2023 compare with the full 2022 season. That's the "Avg (full year)" entry. The straight "Avg" entry is comparing 8 rounds of '22 with '21. 

The Two Leigh entries are compared with Toulouse (top one) and the lower one comparing their Championship attendance last year. For more detail, just click the link below the post.

Some nice increases there. 

	Teams	2023	2022	%
1	Leigh	7,829	4,970	57.5%
2	Hull FC	14,638	10,771	35.9%
3	Warrington	10,892	8,853	23.0%
4	Wigan	14,881	12,279	21.2%
5	Salford	5,029	4,530	11.0%
6	Hull KR	8,619	7,789	10.7%
7	Huddersfield	5,567	5,145	8.2%
8	Castleford	8,102	7,543	7.4%
9	Leeds	13,853	12,941	7.0%
10	Catalans	8,274	8,069	2.5%
11	St Helens	11,934	11,856	0.7%
12	Wakefield	4,312	4,615	-6.6%
	Avg (full Yr)	9,592	8,347	14.9%
	Avg	9,592	8,802	9.0%
	Leigh	7,829	3,018	159.4%

Ray, are the Hull and wigan figures slightly false due to the respective derby's alternate on good friday(that date being the optimum for bigger crowds) what is interesting is clubs who aren't playing better than last season still showing (moderate) increases. 

[Eddie]

31 minutes ago, langpark said:

Looks like it was a big weekend for RL in France too!

 

 

Blimey that looks packed! 

[Mumby Magic]

Over 3k at Fax.

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Over 3k at Fax.

Superb. I know there’ll be a lot of away fans but with Halifax Town averaging just below 2.2k that really is a great crowd. 

[Sports Prophet]

4 hours ago, langpark said:

Looks like it was a big weekend for RL in France too!

 

 

That looks awesome. Hope there it is on youtube

[bamfordsbeans]

Halifax Towns average will have been  boosted by the visit of Wrexham and a crowd of nearly 8,000.

For the average league match with no large visiting support,the Panthers have been getting slightly more than Town which hasn't been the case in recent seasons.

[Moomintroll]

13 hours ago, Eddie said:

Blimey that looks packed! 

3000 there according to the media outlet Nouvelles Dujour 

[JonM]

7 minutes ago, Moomintroll said:

3000 there according to the media outlet Nouvelles Dujour 

Looks like significantly more than that, tbh -  the two main stands have about 4000 seats apiece.

[Barley Mow]

2 minutes ago, JonM said:

Looks like significantly more than that, tbh -  the two main stands have about 4000 seats apiece.

Watching it online it looked a lot emptier than the photo.

I'd guess the tv camera was pointing at the opposite stand. If you'd have said 3,000 were there I'd have been surprised based on the broadcast.

[langpark]

Was it a double-header with Carcassone?  I think Carcassonne fans occupied one stand (for their earlier match) and Albi fans took the other, for their later match.  I don't think many stuck around / showed up early for the match their team wasn't playing in.

[Barley Mow]

8 minutes ago, langpark said:

Was it a double-header with Carcassone?  I think Carcassonne fans occupied one stand (for their earlier match) and Albi fans took the other, for their later match.  I don't think many stuck around / showed up early for the match their team wasn't playing in.

It was a double-header.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

14 hours ago, langpark said:

Looks like it was a big weekend for RL in France too!

 

 

Blimey, they've done a lot of work on Stade Mazicou since I last saw them there

Good to see Albi back at the main ground in town, and in finals. Been a long time between drinks. 

 

[JonM]

52 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:

I'd guess the tv camera was pointing at the opposite stand. 

Yes, that's exactly what happened. 

Depeche du Midi says about 3500, FWIW.

[Man of Kent]

Seems to be a post-Covid boom going on.

Football crowds (top 4 divisions) are the highest for 70 years 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/premier-league-attendances-at-record-high-as-crowds-swell-across-the-pyramid-6nm7t8fn0

Edited April 11, 2023 by Man of Kent

[Eddie]

24 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Seems to be a post-Covid boom going on.

Football crowds (top 4 divisions) are the highest for 70 years 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/premier-league-attendances-at-record-high-as-crowds-swell-across-the-pyramid-6nm7t8fn0

And non league is booming too, national league average is 3,296 so far, unheard of in previous years, it was 2,173 in the season up until lockdown. 

[OnStrike]

56 minutes ago, Eddie said:

And non league is booming too, national league average is 3,296 so far, unheard of in previous years, it was 2,173 in the season up until lockdown. 

Wonder is this year an outlier as there are some well supported.clubs down there...Notts County, Wrexham, Southend, Oldham and Scunthorpe off the top of my head

[Just Browny]

Less than 1000 tickets in the home stands left for Warrington v Wigan on Friday. Should be close to a sellout.

 

[ELBOWSEYE]

28 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Less than 1000 tickets in the home stands left for Warrington v Wigan on Friday. Should be close to a sellout.

 

Steady flow if fans in the club for tickets today, ordered mine on line, they are struggling to process meaning a third trip to pickup tomorrow. 

[Eddie]

3 hours ago, OnStrike said:

Wonder is this year an outlier as there are some well supported.clubs down there...Notts County, Wrexham, Southend, Oldham and Scunthorpe off the top of my head

A fair comment, but Notts Co, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Stockport and Hartlepool we’re all in it in 19/20, and Notts / Wrexham’s average crowds that year were 5.2k and 4.1k. This year they’re 8.1k and 10k. 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Anyone know the championship crowds for the Easter weekend?