1,300 at Leigh today. That's how hard it is. Things may change next year with the new comp but clubs still have to work really hard to get the fans in. It's a struggle.

If clubs find it hard in this league how do clubs run a pro team in champ 1 on crowds of a few hundred We complain but I'm glad my club isn't one of the 5 going down

Yes, but they were away!

At the LSV.

Sorry , was ironic, but never comes across well.
Can never understand why the crowd drops as it's really a home fixture.

It will be season ticket holders that are missing they won't want to pay

Yep. There are many ST who will only watch their ticketed match. Simple question of affordability for most people, esp those with families.

It was a good crowd today as that was the least Fev have brought for years I guess 500 tops so we had 2500 home supporters and we blew it!
Sad day today we went back to that early season stuff, Fev knew we would not score 4 tries so just wound the clock down second half.

I never get irony. I'm slow

I saw nothing different in the Halifax team performance yesterday that i saw Vs Leigh for the last 50 or so mins of that game & for many other games prior to that in the last 18 months. I was really looking forward to this fixture & getting the result that would make the run in to the season's climax. Those are the things that will prevent me from attending again. Four of the b.o.d. know my feelings on the matter, one of the coaching staff also knows my feelings & views.
This is the least passionate Halifax RLFC team i can recall watching in my 40+ years. I'm not bothered if folks want to blame the coach, the patterns or styles of play, the referee or whatever. We were never in that game yesterday, where was the fight ? the mongrel ? the change of tactics ? There was nothing there.
As i've stated many times before, i have a lot of respect for Mr Steele, Mr Riley & Mr McNamara having got to know them through the years & seen at first hand the work they put in when i was on the club staff, but they are being badly let down by players on the pitch.
There was a rumour doing the rounds that someone from Fev had offered their players a grand per man bonus to win yesterday, they turned up in indifferent form with a patched up team and still beat us.
I didn't enjoy the match experience yesterday & won't be returning unless thing improve.

You seem to have some real problems at the top with understanding why players chose Leigh over Fax this season. I will list a few 1. Ambition - players were told what the vision was and how we get there 2. The coach - they liked what they were sold 3. Facilities - perfect pitch and training facilities on site to match
The end result was a very close, young squad that was trimmed as the season progressed, the youngsters stepped up allowing some old heads to depart to pastures new. The cost was below the £400k granted, and we have so far secured £525k in prizemoney on gates up 40% with record commercial income and all those players have secured 2 year or longer FT contracts - we are bringing in 3 players, two are already here, for next year, no major surgery for the next leg of the journey and spirit you cant buy

Which players "chose" Leigh over Fax? As far as I'm aware two had contracts that ran out and weren't offered new ones and one was a trouble causing who was shipped out on loan before ending up at Leigh. Hardly "choosing" that. Don't hurt yourself when you fall off that high horse.

The question for Fax is why did we let them leave and replace them with worse? Whose decision was that?