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Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:46 pm  

JonB95 wrote:

Can't see anything !

Nor can I??

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:14 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I just want to say, well in advance, that this weekend's attendances are going to be shocking, unless there is a massive upswing in the weather! Only 5,300 turned up at Langtree Park to watch Saints against Salford but I don't think anyone will be too surprised when they watch Superleague Full Time and see the conditions.

Is it snowing in Catalan this weekend? The reason I ask is that their fixture against Bradford today attracted an attendance of 6,813 which is 26.38% down on last years attendance and 28.25% down on the attendance in 2011.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:40 pm  

[quote="Starbug"]

Bump

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:17 pm  

Another 3 SL attendances down on last year to add to the growing list of SL attendances down on last year...

London V Hull in 2013 = 1,865
London V Hull in 2012 = 3,930
% decrease in attendance = -52.54%

Catalan V Bradford in 2013 = 6,813
Catalan V Bradford in 2012 = 9,254
% decrease in attendance = -26.38%

Wigan V Widnes in 2013 = 11,904
Wigan V Widnes in 2012 = 13,445
% decrease in attendance = -11.46%

41 out of 53 SL fixtures in 2013 have now registered a fall in attendance compared to the same fixtures between the same teams last year.

Total attendance for 53 SL fixtures in 2013 = 449,134 (Avg: 8,474)
Total attendance for same 53 SL fixtures in 2012 = 513,777 (Avg: 9,694)
% decrease = -12.58%

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:47 pm  

Weather back home looks terrible.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:27 am  

Wigan crowd looked a bit less than that to me! Never seen the South stand so empty.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:28 am  

William Eve wrote:

Is it snowing in Catalan this weekend? The reason I ask is that their fixture against Bradford today attracted an attendance of 6,813 which is 26.38% down on last years attendance and 28.25% down on the attendance in 2011.

...but it is snowing where all the Bradford fans were coming from, disrupting flights from the airport.

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:16 am  

William Eve wrote:

Is it snowing in Catalan this weekend? The reason I ask is that their fixture against Bradford today attracted an attendance of 6,813 which is 26.38% down on last years attendance and 28.25% down on the attendance in 2011.

Catalans played Bradford last year in round 27 - could be September is slightly more attractive for travel and watching than March - and here in lies one issue of comparing attendances

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:25 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Weather back home looks terrible.

Stop gloating!

Re: Opening SL weekend sees attendances tumbling by 12.66% : Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:56 am  

Guess what. We're experiencing the longest winter for 50 years. Compare this with March 2012 when we were all walking round in shirtsleeves. Surely everyone (perhaps even William and Bandit) can see this will have a detrimental effect on attendances. But there again, when you have an agenda you're blind to such things.