Attendance thread

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3 hours ago, yipyee said:

Of course it does haha, French clubs don't travel and bring smaller crowds etc... Leigh have a great following etc...

Average attendance for the league is higher with toulouse rather than Leigh. Proves that toulouse / French clubs raise average attendances rather than reduce them and are an asset to the comps

 

But you are just looking at a straight swap between Leigh v Toulouse - That isn't the cause for attendances to increase  between other teams that are playing, like I said. 

I have no idea what Toulouse's home average is this season compared to Leigh's last season, but I imagine Leigh's was higher, and if that is the case, perhaps there are a lot more factors that are in play then just "oh look, a French club in the league, this makes playing Newcastle more exciting, lets go watch, I wouldn't have watched that match last season"

[Ragingbull]

This thread is going to be interesting reading over the next 8 days!!

[saintspete83]

And here we go 

 

"............. But catalans do not bring any away fans"

[EggFace]

8 minutes ago, saintspete83 said:

And here we go 

 

"............. But catalans do not bring any away fans"

But have plenty local fans.

[Henson Park Old Firm]

Let's do a GF crowd guess...

 

Me 69,345

[ATLANTISMAN]

Just now, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Let's do a GF crowd guess...

 

Me 69,345

Slightly higher than last time the Dragons were in the final 35000 ish

[yipyee]

1 hour ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Let's do a GF crowd guess...

 

Me 69,345

If Hull win tomorrow sub 30k

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

6 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

Slightly higher than last time the Dragons were in the final 35000 ish

Sadly I think that is true 

As much as Cats bring to the SL if the get to the GF it will always affect the way OT looks on the telly

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

6 hours ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Let's do a GF crowd guess...

 

Me 69,345

I think it will be around 40,000 mate

Sad but true 

[Jim from Oz]

Crowd at Catalans tonight anyone?

[ATLANTISMAN]

1 hour ago, Jim from Oz said:

Crowd at Catalans tonight anyone?

More than what the stadium holds would say 14000 with the standing 

 

P

[Odsal Outlaw]

1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

I think it will be around 40,000 mate

Sad but true 

There were 45k last time Catalans made the final. I think 50k could be achievable.

Clearly Wigan would take a lot, but I bet HKR would as well for a first ever grand final.

If HKR make it I intend to go for the first time in a while just to see a new name on it.

[north yorks trinity]

6 hours ago, yipyee said:

If Hull win tomorrow sub 30k

Do you think HKR would bring fewer than Wigan? I'm not so sure.

[Tommygilf]

4 minutes ago, north yorks trinity said:

Do you think HKR would bring fewer than Wigan? I'm not so sure.

It can go either way tbh - see the Challenge Cup Final this year with Leigh and HKR. Lots of hype, both probably did bring a huge percentage of their fanbases and it was still sub 60k because ultimately these aren't massive sports clubs with huge followings or from particularly massive places. Passionate and vocal yes, but large? No.

I suspect HKR would bring more to Manchester than they did to London, purely as costs would be lower. Whether that would be more than Wigan, who are both closer and have greater levels of support to draw on, I think is up for debate.

[EggFace]

Looks a decent crowd but just wish the C4 camera's were on the otherside as it's packed.

[ATLANTISMAN]

5 hours ago, Odsal Outlaw said:

There were 45k last time Catalans made the final. I think 50k could be achievable.

Clearly Wigan would take a lot, but I bet HKR would as well for a first ever grand final.

If HKR make it I intend to go for the first time in a while just to see a new name on it.

45 was what was announced which was sheer fantasy it was 27/28000

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1 hour ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

45 was what was announced which was sheer fantasy it was 27/28000

There is no way there was under 30k in OT for that final. 

It was nowhere near selling out, but 27k? Really?

[Guest]

Feels like a compelling GF to me.

Be interesting to see the excuses for why people won't go to it or the Tonga series. 

[Dave T]

2 hours ago, Leonard said:

Feels like a compelling GF to me.

Be interesting to see the excuses for why people won't go to it or the Tonga series. 

People will go as normal. It'll be down on the average because Catalans won't bring as many due to travel reasons, costs etc. That's fair enough. 

[Gomersall]

4 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

45 was what was announced which was sheer fantasy it was 27/28000

You’ve posted this before but never replied when I asked if you were there. No way was there less than 50% of capacity. 

[ATLANTISMAN]

1 minute ago, Gomersall said:

You’ve posted this before but never replied when I asked if you were there. No way was there less than 50% of capacity. 

I was there 

[Gomersall]

Just now, ATLANTISMAN said:

I was there 

So was I and no way was there only 28,000 in that night. 

[ATLANTISMAN]

Just now, Gomersall said:

So was I and no way was there only 28,000 in that night. 

 

Just now, Gomersall said:

So was I and no way was there only 28,000 in that night. 

Let's just agree to disagree just under 28000 however if you want to think it was 45000 or even 70000 that's fine.

I have had the privilege on 2 occasions to sit next to officials when an attendance figure has been plucked out of the sky:)

France v PNG RLWC 2000 Paris  7000+

Real 1800

[Gomersall]

18 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

 

Let's just agree to disagree just under 28000 however if you want to think it was 45000 or even 70000 that's fine.

I have had the privilege on 2 occasions to sit next to officials when an attendance figure has been plucked out of the sky:)

France v PNG RLWC 2000 Paris  7000+

Real 1800

We’ve had this discussion too. What they choose to do in France is up to them. So why do you think SL want to declare an extra 17,000 tickets to the taxman and pay out money they haven’t actually received?

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

5 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

45 was what was announced which was sheer fantasy it was 27/28000

I was there....always subjective but I'd say it was a bit over half full.....so 38k ish

Edited October 7, 2023 by Bedfordshire Bronco