Round 1 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 64,387 (Avg: 9,198) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 63,376 (Avg: 9,054) % increase = +1.59%
Round 2 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 69,809 (Avg: 9,973) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 71,989 (Avg: 10,284) % decrease = -3.03%
Round 3 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 58,711 (Avg: 8,387) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 71,246 (Avg: 10,178) % decrease = -17.59%
Round 4 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 46,166 (Avg: 7,694) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 55,477 (Avg: 9,246) % decrease = -16.78%
Round 5 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 50,207 (Avg: 7,172) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 57,593 (Avg: 8,228) % decrease = -12.82%
Rounds 1 to 5 Fixtures Total attendance in 2013 = 289,280 (Avg: 8,508) Total attendance for same fixtures in 2012 = 319,681 (Avg: 9,402) % decrease = -9.51%
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
If we can avoid the ridiculous cherry picking and fudging of statistics we are getting with regard to SL.
How much of that is simply down to the clubs playing in that league now compared to before. Cas, Salford, HKR, and Widnes have moved up and effectively been replaced by clubs from Championship 2 and how much is down to falls at the clubs in the championship?
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
If we can avoid the ridiculous cherry picking and fudging of statistics we are getting with regard to SL.
How much of that is simply down to the clubs playing in that league now compared to before. Cas, Salford, HKR, and Widnes have moved up and effectively been replaced by clubs from Championship 2 and how much is down to falls at the clubs in the championship?
I havent compared it to anything
It would be silly to even compare with the last 4/5 seasons as we have gone from 5 matches to 7
It was 814 this week , that is the only fact that is relevant , what anybody wants to ' make of it ' is up to them , I haven't even commented either way myself
But as you are here , what is your opinion of it , as it seems you are ' interested ' ?
''No, the whole reasoning behind this thread is that you think (and want others to believe too) that the regular season has become 'meaningless'.......so again quite ironic that your explaination of why the Hull/Wire crowd was so big was because several thousand extra Wire fans turned out to watch their team win the LLS.........you know, the prize you get for finishing 1st in the 'meaningless' weekly rounds. explain that dead-end you've just driven yourself into????''
It would be silly to even compare with the last 4/5 seasons as we have gone from 5 matches to 7
It would be absolutely mental.
It was 814 this week , that is the only fact that is relevant , what anybody wants to ' make of it ' is up to them , I haven't even commented either way myself
But as you are here , what is your opinion of it , as it seems you are ' interested ' ?
It would depend pretty much entirely on the answer to the question i asked earlier .
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
If Hemel get 1k, thats pretty good, if Leeds get 1k, then we have trouble
The fact is championship attendances were always going to go down when their best attended 4 teams were taken out. There was never going to be a situation where Cas could get promoted and replaced by a championship 1 side and the attendances werent going to go down.
If the drop can pretty much entirely explained by the change of teams then I wouldnt worry about that figure at all. If there is a uniform drop in the lower leagues then that is something to look at.
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
If Hemel get 1k, thats pretty good, if Leeds get 1k, then we have trouble
The fact is championship attendances were always going to go down when their best attended 4 teams were taken out. There was never going to be a situation where Cas could get promoted and replaced by a championship 1 side and the attendances werent going to go down.
If the drop can pretty much entirely explained by the change of teams then I wouldnt worry about that figure at all. If there is a uniform drop in the lower leagues then that is something to look at.