2025 Attendance Thread

[Forever Trinity]

31 minutes ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Record crowds at Midlands, Crusaders, and York. Highest for years at Whitehaven and Workington, probably over 4,000 for West Hull. So why are there now suggestions of delaying the entry of Superleague clubs to the next round? This is why- Superleague clubs want to have some league games behind them so they  are match fit.

But the Superleague teams drawn against sides below them should still cede home advantage. Pathetic crowds at Leeds (1,310 at Leeds and 2,032 at Wakefield against over 4,000 at West Hull) prove my point.

I don’t think it should be changed.

Just on a point of note Wakefield had the North Stand and West Terrace closed due to ongoing work at the stadium the south side is also having terracing laid so the only available area was the East Stand with a capacity of around 2500 seats. Goole changed the venue to Wakefield as their stadium capacity of 3000 was also getting some renovations done, so before you start slagging crowds off get your facts right.

[Leyther_Matt]

13 hours ago, Padge said:

I think a section of the East Stand at the North (away) End has been held back.

Won’t be anywhere near the need for Leigh fans to spill round that far, and it looks like Wigan will need it for their own fans at this rate 

[Damien]

Well that's the 20k cracked:

 

 

[sweaty craiq]

58 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Won’t be anywhere near the need for Leigh fans to spill round that far, and it looks like Wigan will need it for their own fans at this rate 

Agree the most Wigan fans attending LSV in SL has been under 3000 so Leigh getting 4500 is more than adequate on a Thursday night

[Whippet13]

36 minutes ago, Damien said:

Well that's the 20k cracked:

 

 

A record crowd for SL season opener I believe.

[EggFace]

2 hours ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Record crowds at Midlands, Crusaders, and York. Highest for years at Whitehaven and Workington, probably over 4,000 for West Hull. So why are there now suggestions of delaying the entry of Superleague clubs to the next round? This is why- Superleague clubs want to have some league games behind them so they  are match fit.

But the Superleague teams drawn against sides below them should still cede home advantage. Pathetic crowds at Leeds (1,310 at Leeds and 2,032 at Wakefield against over 4,000 at West Hull) prove my point.

I don’t think it should be changed.

What were the crowds numbers of  Crusaders, York, West Hull and York Knights games as not on wiki yet.

[daz39]

2 hours ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Record crowds at Midlands, Crusaders, and York. Highest for years at Whitehaven and Workington, probably over 4,000 for West Hull. So why are there now suggestions of delaying the entry of Superleague clubs to the next round? This is why- Superleague clubs want to have some league games behind them so they  are match fit.

But the Superleague teams drawn against sides below them should still cede home advantage. Pathetic crowds at Leeds (1,310 at Leeds and 2,032 at Wakefield against over 4,000 at West Hull) prove my point.

I don’t think it should be changed.

I also believe it was Hunslet's biggest home crowd since Bradford visited in 2018, a decent turnout from Huddersfield too considering our usual away followings.

[Just Browny]

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

[daz39]

8 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

7k at Huddersfield is pushing it i reckon, it would need at least 2,500 Wire fans to get anywhere near 7, i believe they've sold just under 800 at the moment.

I think 5,800 - 6,000 is more realistic.

[Just Browny]

1 minute ago, daz39 said:

7k at Huddersfield is pushing it i reckon, it would need at least 2,500 Wire fans to get anywhere near 7, i believe they've sold just under 800 at the moment.

I think 5,800 - 6,000 is more realistic.

Fair enough, I'd be amazed if there weren't more Warrington fans than 800 this weekend (I will be one) but 2,500 would be a lot.

You'll recall we met in R2 in 2023 and there were 7,700 in attendance; should be aiming for similar really.

[Archie Gordon]

30 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

Not many seats left for sale in Perpignan.

[daz39]

17 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Fair enough, I'd be amazed if there weren't more Warrington fans than 800 this weekend (I will be one) but 2,500 would be a lot.

You'll recall we met in R2 in 2023 and there were 7,700 in attendance; should be aiming for similar really.

There wasn't as much apathy amongst our fanbase then and we'd come off the back of a good 2022, to be fair there's a few days of sales yet so you never know.

[Damien]

32 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

I'd like to think Catalans will be closer to 10k

[DoubleD]

43 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

I would be disappointed if Leeds got only 15k this weekend. I would expect upwards of 16k  

[M j M]

1 hour ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

15k may be a stretch for Leeds. It's harder to tell what sales look like on the new ticketing website but I'd expect around 14k. Obviously depends on how many Wakey fans turn up.

[sweaty craiq]

1 hour ago, Just Browny said:

Fair enough, I'd be amazed if there weren't more Warrington fans than 800 this weekend (I will be one) but 2,500 would be a lot.

You'll recall we met in R2 in 2023 and there were 7,700 in attendance; should be aiming for similar really.

600 of those were given to Fax fans as the shay move gathers pace

[JonM]

50 minutes ago, Damien said:

I'd like to think Catalans will be closer to 10k

Their opening fixture last year got 8876, in 2023 it was 7862. For some reason, their opening games are usually among the worst attended. There was a quote on L'independant this week about how the number of visiting English fans can vary from 400 like this weekend to more than 2500 in August.

[Just Browny]

I would love it to be proven that I was conservative with the Catalans and Leeds estimates. I had it in mind that Catalans crowds are much better in summer and autumn than early in the season.

[Padge]

4 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Won’t be anywhere near the need for Leigh fans to spill round that far, and it looks like Wigan will need it for their own fans at this rate 

North stand will be limited to about 4,000 and the block in the East holds around 1,000.

[Josef K]

2 hours ago, Just Browny said:

Any word on sales at St Helens and Leeds? Two big games there; with a fair wind I think 75k should be within reach this weekend:

Wigan - 20k

Catalans - 8k

Hull KR - 11k

Leeds - 15k

Saints- 14k

Huddersfield - 7k

I can’t see Saints getting 14k on Saturday Browny, the “Pay On The Gate” “Bandwagon” fans i know are not bothering. They’re not impressed with what is going on at the club with Wellens as head coach, plus they said “it’s too cold to be standing watching RL”. For them it’s the pub or watching it at home in the warm, which is enticing. 
I think the crowd will be about 11,500 but i hope i am wrong. 

[langpark]

9 minutes ago, Josef K said:

I can’t see Saints getting 14k on Saturday Browny, the “Pay On The Gate” “Bandwagon” fans i know are not bothering. They’re not impressed with what is going on at the club with Wellens as head coach, plus they said “it’s too cold to be standing watching RL”. For them it’s the pub or watching it at home in the warm, which is enticing. 
I think the crowd will be about 11,500 but i hope i am wrong. 

Agreed, I am expecting we will be underwhelmed by St's and Leeds attendances, they just don't seem to have been hyping it up as much as some of the other home teams.

[Bring back GB]

12 minutes ago, back in the day said:

Would be fantastic.

incidentally what’s the record super league crowd ?

hull fc v hull kr? Or Wigan v St Helens? Or maybe Bradford v Leeds? 
 

Catalan v Wigan in Barcelona in 2019. Crowd 31555

[langpark]

Round 1 SL record crowd was Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves – 21,693 (2007)

There was talk of this record being broken last season with the Hull derby in Round 1, but they fell short (20,014)

Top 5 are listed here:  https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/super-league-the-five-highest-round-one-attendances-in-competitions-28-year-history-with-hull-derby-set-to-enter-list

Edited February 11 by langpark

[Barley Mow]

4 hours ago, EggFace said:

What were the crowds numbers of  Crusaders, York, West Hull and York Knights games as not on wiki yet.

York have just announced theirs as 5,369.

Largest crowd since becoming the knights, or since 11,347 watched them at Bootham Crescent against Leeds in the cup in 1989. 

[EggFace]

20 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:

York have just announced theirs as 5,369.

Largest crowd since becoming the knights, or since 11,347 watched them at Bootham Crescent against Leeds in the cup in 1989. 

Thats brilliant would of love to been at the or watched on tv.