meast Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 12 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: It’s been tried before and didn’t work (not just at LSV, I’ve witnessed it at a few SL grounds) and it’s just a foreign concept. Post below nails it. (I must admit football away games are reserved seating 99% of the time and very few people take notice, but that’s also with everybody stood up in a seated area, blocking aisles and cramming 29-30 people on a 28 seat row because people are determined to sit together even if they bought separately so not exactly an example to follow!) Reserved seating is a pain, as not everyone is the same, some people like to plonk themselves down anywhere and just watch the game, some people want to be near the front for a closer view, others prefer the back, some people like to stand up and sing etc, but reserved seating means that people of all tastes are forced to sit together. It's why the atmosphere at most football grounds and some rugby grounds now is so poor. 1 Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 5 hours ago, Eddie said: Anyone know last night’s attendances? Except Hull KR of course, who will say it’s a sell out and announce the number in October 2028. Never mind the attendance, how much were the ticket yields worth and how much % did they make on hot dogs? They're just as important 1 Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeytherRob Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 12 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: Except the away end at the DW is unreserved seating for RL games. Saints fans queue up before the turnstiles open and then do the RL equivalent of sticking towels on sunloungers to try and save the seats for their mates. Similar story in the South Stand for home fans. I should know, I spent 10 years printing the tickets. (It was reserved seating for the World Club Challenge, but that was a whole other set up) Also I should add that the North Stand has 5,400 seats yet only a maximum of 4,800 are allowed in with reserved seating and even fewer for unreserved so that makes things easier (might only be 4,600 now based on Bolton’s allocation a few weeks ago) Is that why they have the coverings on the front few rows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, LeytherRob said: Is that why they have the coverings on the front few rows? Partly yes as they can’t use the seats anyway. Partly because they didn’t it in other stands for Latics to hide the seats that they can’t give away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 04/04/2024 at 11:38, Tre Cool said: At what point do KR become the biggest club in Hull? FC are a basket case. I think we've hit that milestone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 10 hours ago, Eddie said: Anyone know last night’s attendances? Except Hull KR of course, who will say it’s a sell out and announce the number in October 2028. Which is perfectly normal and acceptable, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worzel Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 05/04/2024 at 10:10, daz39 said: To be fair he hs a valid point, no need to take the P or be sarcastic like that. I think most people find it a bit strange that suddenly HKR have decided to go against the 'norm' for the sport and do something totally different, it's obviously going to be questioned, i'm pretty sure you would have thought 'eh, why?' in the beginning yourself. Whatever spiel they have put around it, it is not normal in RL terms. I’m not a fan of it. But I understand their reasons, even if I wouldn’t do it myself, and I think it’s absolutely ridiculous to go from “I’d rather they didn’t do that” to “they must have some secret, nefarious reason for doing that and they’re just lying to us all” The former is a reasonable opinion. The latter is paranoid nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSaint Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Looks like a full house in Perpignan tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Wiganer Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 By my reckoning, we have already had sell outs at Wigan, Saints, Leigh, HKR and Catalans. We are doing something right this year… 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langpark Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Anyone know how Toulouse crowds have been going this year? Looked like approx 2k there today against Swinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M j M Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 10 hours ago, JonNgog said: Was it really 3,000 less than the Saints game? Didn’t look like it. East Stand was pretty sparse and the South Stand terrace wasn't sold out so it seemed plausible to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 It seems most RL clubs are not bothering to give out attendance figures now, very strange. 1 1 Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 20 hours ago, GeordieSaint said: Looks like a full house in Perpignan tonight. 10,728 3 "It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires" - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933 "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring back GB Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 3 hours ago, meast said: It seems most RL clubs are not bothering to give out attendance figures now, very strange. 1700 at Barrow v York 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langpark Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 21 minutes ago, langpark said: Yet another great crowd from Doncaster. They really are on the up this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboy Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 11 minutes ago, Damien said: Yet another great crowd from Doncaster. They really are on the up this season. Yes, I was one of the 1500 Wakey fans, who were very excited to watch the Dons test my team today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh1 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, langpark said: What a change from when Doncaster and Huyton posted crowds of 250 every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 1770 Halifax v Batley I've seen 450 given on social media for Whitehaven v Sheffield, but that seems very low, and is not from an official source. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilla Budgie Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) On 04/04/2024 at 22:40, meast said: Lots of empty spaces even upto the 65 minute mark, how come? Does it really matter? Impressive crowd all the same, and yes I know Wigan brought around 2:5K. Edited April 7 by Zilla Budgie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring back GB Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Why are so many clubs not announcing their attendances ? It's really annoying and frustrating for stat nerds like myself! These clubs should be given zero points for "fandom" under the IMG criteria. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 17 hours ago, johnh1 said: What a change from when Doncaster and Huyton posted crowds of 250 every week. You don’t go to the Keepmoat with the knowledge that you have a 50% chance of getting away alive though, like you did at Alt Park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowys Backside Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Huddersfield take ticketing to a new level nowadays. They have unreserved stands ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 21 hours ago, johnh1 said: What a change from when Doncaster and Huyton posted crowds of 250 every week. To be fair, it certainly helps when there's thousands of Wakefield fans now turning out to watch a winning team, something they've not been able to do for a long time Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 19 hours ago, Zilla Budgie said: Does it really matter? Impressive crowd all the same, and yes I know Wigan brought around 2:5K. It doesn't matter no, I was just asking a question, no need to get defensive. Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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