Re: Crowds (again!) : Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:37 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

We could do with William Eve on here to tell us about the crowds though.
There were empty seats at both grounds but neither looked to be "bad" attendances ?

He still posts from time to time, Parkside Freddie now i believe.

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sat Oct 06, 2018 4:28 pm  

5.30am here so excuse typos...
We need to do 2 things.
1. Market the game......... I mean absolutely whore ourselves and throw it out there.
2. Get more kids playing it..... My boy is 4 and has been at rugby (Union). For a year already......

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:07 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

RL fans are just cheap.

Even Rugby League fans in Canada are cheap with the Wolfpack relying on 50% of the ground on free tickets and god knows how many more in on the cheap!

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:04 pm  

Only 2 clubs in SL increased their attendance this season. St Helens were one. Hull F.C. wasn’t the other one

Regards

King James

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:15 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Only 2 clubs in SL increased their attendance this season. St Helens were one. Hull F.C. wasn’t the other one

Regards

King James

Catalans crowds gone down and they are the great beacon of expansion in super league!

Regards

King EastHullUTR

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:16 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

RL fans are just cheap.

And they're not mugs. The product isn't good enough so they're not buying it.

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:40 am  

There is so much sport on TV now ,it is difficult to persuade people to leave the house to watch a sporting event of any kind.I know people who are constantly talking about the sports that they have seen on TV ,it isn't a lack of interest that stops people from attending sporting fixtures .It is so much easier to switch on the TV or go to the local pub and watch Sky sports for the price of a pint.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:45 am  

EastHullUTR wrote:

Even Rugby League fans in Canada are cheap with the Wolfpack relying on 50% of the ground on free tickets and god knows how many more in on the cheap!

What is this fascination with fans paying money.

Clubs get their income from a lot of sources.

Sponsorship and tv is the main one.

If a club has enough turnover whether it is fans coming through the turnstiles with cash or sponsorship or tv or drunk fans buying shirts and hotdogs who cares,

If they have the money to pay the players and run the club it does not matter

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:30 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

What is this fascination with fans paying money.

Clubs get their income from a lot of sources.

Sponsorship and tv is the main one.

If a club has enough turnover whether it is fans coming through the turnstiles with cash or sponsorship or tv or drunk fans buying shirts and hotdogs who cares,

If they have the money to pay the players and run the club it does not matter

kind of selfish that, take your own club when the plug gets pulled by Ken Davey the Gaints won't be able to exist

[Durham Giant]

Re: Crowds (again!) : Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:41 am  

snowie wrote:

kind of selfish that, take your own club when the plug gets pulled by Ken Davey the Gaints won't be able to exist

Not selfish at all. I know when Davy goes the Giants go.

That’s is the nature of business.

The bigger issue here is that RL as a professional sport in the UK is at risk