2024 attendance thread

[Fevrover]

On 17/06/2024 at 19:59, 40yearsatlondon said:

great final at twickenham...it was packed and a cracking game...i was with 15 other guys ,9 northerners who are big league fans, well they were!...all going again next year.

 

And why shouldn't they? Plenty of fans watch both codes.

[Londonbornirishbred]

13 hours ago, N2022 said:

Didn't look many there from the highlights. Are we convinced it was 5k+ ?

lets face it. regardless of if there were 5,200, 10,200 or a 15,200 full house, London Broncos are reaping the rewards of 15 years of neglect in terms of no effort to attract fans amd as such, they made IMG's job easy. Their insistance this year to spend a pittance on players whilst expecting sympathy for being correctly judged to be well below elite level shows the level of disconnect the club has from reality. 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Fevrover said:

And why shouldn't they? Plenty of fans watch both codes.

Because it's an unwatchable mess?

Edited June 19, 2024 by Tre Cool

[Fevrover]

27 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

Because it's an unwatchable mess?

I can't stand Yawnion it's boring imho,but  some RL fans do like it.

[N2022]

9 hours ago, Fevrover said:

I can't stand Yawnion it's boring imho,but  some RL fans do like it.

Fresh new topic here. Sure there's some mileage in it. Maybe elsewhere though, so those of us who enjoy attendance chat don't have to filter through too many kick and clap gags.

[Josef K]

On 19/06/2024 at 10:51, Fevrover said:

I can't stand Yawnion it's boring imho,but  some RL fans do like it.

I don’t like u****, id sooner watch horse racing on itv which is dreadful.

They spend most of the time talking about what people are wearing, but then it is interrupted for a few minutes because of a race. But still it is more entertaining the other code. 

[Guest]

On 19/06/2024 at 20:17, N2022 said:

Fresh new topic here. Sure there's some mileage in it. Maybe elsewhere though, so those of us who enjoy attendance chat don't have to filter through too many kick and clap gags.

You can't have too many yawnion gags.  Definitely more interesting than attendance chat.

[ATLANTISMAN]

45 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

You can't have too many yawnion gags.  Definitely more interesting than attendance chat.

1/ Rugby Union is without doubt the best specatator sport in the world far better than rugby league 

Species love it as they get the ball more than the players.

BOOM BOOM

2/ Regular pub conversation down soff that i have 

I hear your into Rugby League Paul

I'm a Union man myself 

Are they still going thought Margaret Thatcher abolished them

BOOM BOOM 

Edited June 21, 2024 by ATLANTISMAN

[Tommygilf]

17,535 at Headingley

[Fevrover]

37 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

17,535 at Headingley

Brilliant that, shows how much respect the fans have for Rob.

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

On 16/06/2024 at 22:04, Dave T said:

It's all very weird the London Broncos thing.  Little of it makes sense. 

If I was of that mindset I'd have to wonder is it some kin of laundering scheme. 

On a serious note I do wonder if there is some aspect of 'its a tax write off so who cares' sort of thing 

[up the robins]

Breaking 10,000 as a average attendance is huge for us.

[sweaty craiq]

On 20/06/2024 at 22:19, Josef K said:

I don’t like u****, id sooner watch horse racing on itv which is dreadful.

They spend most of the time talking about what people are wearing, but then it is interrupted for a few minutes because of a race. But still it is more entertaining the other code. 

It was much better when the Scottish bloke told which private school they had attended

[Tommygilf]

10,083 at Hull vs Warrington

[johnh1]

Can't understand why HKR's biggest attendance is against London. Is there a reason?

[JM2010]

15 minutes ago, johnh1 said:

Can't understand why HKR's biggest attendance is against London. Is there a reason?

Because they sold tickets in the away stand to home supporters instead 

Edited June 22, 2024 by JM2010

[Leyther_Matt]

Without wanting to take this down an IMG route that inevitably leads to the thread being locked, but Hull KR are a tremendous example of not writing clubs off forever because of their particular situation at whatever times the drawbridge has been raised.

It’s been a long road, but the club and ground are unrecognisable from the early 2000s and full credit to them.

In fact, I expect the current average is even better than the early 80s which was surely their most successful period?

[Click]

9 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Without wanting to take this down an IMG route that inevitably leads to the thread being locked, but Hull KR are a tremendous example of not writing clubs off forever because of their particular situation at whatever times the drawbridge has been raised.

It’s been a long road, but the club and ground are unrecognisable from the early 2000s and full credit to them.

In fact, I expect the current average is even better than the early 80s which was surely their most successful period?

Hull KR are where they are because they seemingly have invested in the right areas, which is what is leading them to an A grade licence under IMG. 

The drawbridge hasn't been raised, other clubs are free to do the majority of what KR have managed to achieve, but they aren't.

[bratman]

Great to see Hull KR averaging over 10k. Seems like there is potential for more growth as well if they can get the ground expanded.

[JM2010]

16 minutes ago, Click said:

Hull KR are where they are because they seemingly have invested in the right areas, which is what is leading them to an A grade licence under IMG. 

The drawbridge hasn't been raised, other clubs are free to do the majority of what KR have managed to achieve, but they aren't.

Completely agree. There’s no reason why clubs like Salford, Castleford and Huddersfield can’t do what Hull KR are doing

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, Click said:

Hull KR are where they are because they seemingly have invested in the right areas, which is what is leading them to an A grade licence under IMG. 

The drawbridge hasn't been raised, other clubs are free to do the majority of what KR have managed to achieve, but they aren't.

I think there’s a very fair suggestion that HKR were putting in the hard yards long before anyone knew IMG existed. Largely sparked by their relegation, ironically enough, in much the same way as Wakefield are currently being revitalised.

However, my main point was that Hull KR have spent a good number of years in the Super League era outside of the top flight, and for a lot of those years it would be unimaginable to consider they’d be anything close to their current state. But if IMG criteria was a thing 20 years ago, the chances are they’d have gone out of existence rather than grow in to the club they’ve become.

I’ve been reading Hope and Glory this week and it just shows that the relative positions of so many of the clubs in our game are pure accidents of timing and nobody should be written off forever.

Again, apologies for dragging off topic and I reiterate a big well done to HKR (now start announcing the gates after each match, please )

[up the robins]

1 hour ago, Click said:

Hull KR are where they are because they seemingly have invested in the right areas, which is what is leading them to an A grade licence under IMG. 

The drawbridge hasn't been raised, other clubs are free to do the majority of what KR have managed to achieve, but they aren't.

I would argue that Hull KR would not of been in  a position to invest had they not reached super league as the crowds or belief would not of been there. I believe that the very sound leadership under Neil has been fantastic but doubt if we would have ever achieved this if this was set up before we got our shot at super league via promotion.

[johnh1]

4 hours ago, JM2010 said:

Because they sold tickets in the away stand to home supporters instead 

Can’t they do that every game. Surely the ‘away stand’ can be split into half and half or one third, two thirds?

[Click]

4 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

I think there’s a very fair suggestion that HKR were putting in the hard yards long before anyone knew IMG existed. Largely sparked by their relegation, ironically enough, in much the same way as Wakefield are currently being revitalised.

However, my main point was that Hull KR have spent a good number of years in the Super League era outside of the top flight, and for a lot of those years it would be unimaginable to consider they’d be anything close to their current state. But if IMG criteria was a thing 20 years ago, the chances are they’d have gone out of existence rather than grow in to the club they’ve become.

I’ve been reading Hope and Glory this week and it just shows that the relative positions of so many of the clubs in our game are pure accidents of timing and nobody should be written off forever.

Again, apologies for dragging off topic and I reiterate a big well done to HKR (now start announcing the gates after each match, please )

HKR's relegation and rebuild isn't similar to Wakefield at all, Wakefields rebuild is very much happening because of a new owner that has money. 

That's the thing, I don't believe that 20 yrs ago if IMG was a thing Hull KR wouldn't have been able to improve. They could have done it sooner than 2024 if they had a set of criteria where they knew where to invest and help build the club up again. 

One benefit KR have is that even if they are in a city with another team, it is quite a large city so can support it, unlike some other clubs that keep getting brought up as examples of "never going to be able to grow under IMG" 

[bratman]

16 hours ago, johnh1 said:

Can’t they do that every game. Surely the ‘away stand’ can be split into half and half or one third, two thirds?

Hull KR are doing that every game, roughly 2/3rds home fans and 1/3 away fans. For the London home game though I think the entire stand was opened up to home fans, hence the larger attendance.