Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:32 pm  

You're missing another obvious drain on local finances - the team we share the stadium with is at Wembley over this coming weekend.

I'm certain some people who follow both clubs, and have limited finances, would see a trip to the big smoke as a distinctly preferable option to a Thursday night game against Huddersfield, a fixture which hasn't a history of thrilling entertainment in my experience.

[Mild Rover]

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:20 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Hull FC's average attendance is currently 10,221 which represents a 4.80% downturn on last season for the same fixtures when the average was 10,737. Last season their attendances held up pretty well and were only 1.73% down on 2012 when the total attendance figures for SL as a whole were down by 10.40%. I'm of the opinion that a successful Hull FC club would comfortably average in excess of 15K.

14.5k in 2007 off the back of a grand final appearance in 2006 and silverware in 2005, and prior to the banking bubble going pop will remain a high water mark for a while, I fear. That was with two home SL derbies when they were still a novelty too. Hull is a decent-sized second-tier provincial city. It does well to support 3 professional 'football' teams as well as it does. I'm struggling to think of anywhere of a similar size that does... Bristol I suppose, with their City, their Rovers and the RU team. All struggling at the moment.
Hull KR, when we were averaging over 8k, worried about needing to add roughly the same number to the gate that we've now lost.

Edit - even in the RU premiership, where the fans are relatively economically cosseted (or so it is widely perceived) attendances peaked at an average of 13745 in 09-10 and have dropped steadily, down to 12175 this season.

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:54 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

....
Edit - even in the RU premiership, where the fans are relatively economically cosseted (or so it is widely perceived) attendances peaked at an average of 13745 in 09-10 and have dropped steadily, down to 12175 this season.

Yes yes, but we're not here to deprecate rugby UNION attendances, ffs

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:56 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

14.5k in 2007 off the back of a grand final appearance in 2006 and silverware in 2005, and prior to the banking bubble going pop will remain a high water mark for a while, I fear. That was with two home SL derbies when they were still a novelty too. Hull is a decent-sized second-tier provincial city. It does well to support 3 professional 'football' teams as well as it does. I'm struggling to think of anywhere of a similar size that does... Bristol I suppose, with their City, their Rovers and the RU team. All struggling at the moment.
Hull KR, when we were averaging over 8k, worried about needing to add roughly the same number to the gate that we've now lost.

Edit - even in the RU premiership, where the fans are relatively economically cosseted (or so it is widely perceived) attendances peaked at an average of 13745 in 09-10 and have dropped steadily, down to 12175 this season.

Hey, stop talking sense! There's repetitive trolling to be had.

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:00 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Hull FC's average attendance is currently 10,221 which represents a 4.80% downturn on last season for the same fixtures when the average was 10,737. Last season their attendances held up pretty well and were only 1.73% down on 2012 when the total attendance figures for SL as a whole were down by 10.40%. I'm of the opinion that a successful Hull FC club would comfortably average in excess of 15K.

What kind of percentage increase would that be?

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:29 pm  

roversmad wrote:

Completely missed the joke did you?
Or was it just your usual feet first response?

No, I just like to have a dig because I know you always bite.

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:40 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Still 9,515, not bad given the Thursday night live on SKY timeslot IMO

agree, even though there looked to be less than that actually in the stadium, we were saying pre match how impressive hull's support is, considering they have only 1 major trophy to their name in 30 years,imagine if they had been succesful what crowds they would get.
also thought the noise was the best i've ever heard at the KC, (although outsung for the majority by the 80 giants fans )
for a thursday night and against a team with virtually no away support it was a good effort from hull fc!

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:46 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Why (apart from the fact that you aren't a FC or Huddersfield fan) ?

The KC is probably the best Stadium in SL (apart from its pricing policy)

speaking of which, got to the gate last night expecting to pay £20 as that is the price that was advertised on the official websites of both clubs to find the price was £24, i know it's "only £4" more but are clubs allowed to increase prices on the day without giving prior notice?

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:49 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Not sure but there was a tandem chained up outside. Was their (non) attendance part of the Bentham boycott?

nothing to do with any boycott, as has already been stated and is well known across RL, our away support is dismal, i don't think any of us that went expected anything like a half decent following last night,but i don't think we expected it to be that bad.
our fans are notorious for giving live sky games a miss, added to the fact it was a thursday night and the team aren't winning and it was in hull, then every reason for our fans no show was there.
fwiw i thought the ones who did go were very good and backed the team well despite the awful showing, again, from our team.

Re: crowd at Hull : Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:13 pm  

meast wrote:

speaking of which, got to the gate last night expecting to pay £20 as that is the price that was advertised on the official websites of both clubs to find the price was £24, i know it's "only £4" more but are clubs allowed to increase prices on the day without giving prior notice?

Aye, they usually "look after" the away fans at The KC.
Mind you, the Galpharm (John Smiths) stadium is never cheap !