SmokeyTA wrote:
they are indeed, but the are vastly superior to the pre SL winter game played by Yorkshire pit villages we previously endured. That's these attendances are considered 'bad' yet rank so highly in the history of the game is proof of the growth of the game and a cause for celebration and a big + in favour of the 14 team franchised top 8 play-off system as opposed to the P+R infected winter pit village game no?
I don't possess all the historical data on RL attendances but weren't post war RL attendances huge during the 40's, 50's and well into the 60's? And they were played in winter! It wasn't always like the 70's and the 80's when we endured an era of poor attendances (apart from tasty CC fixtures of course).
What historical database on RL attendances do you have evidential access to which makes you so adamant that current SL attendances must rank so highly in the history of the game and are a cause for celebration?
Show me your evidence.
