Just looked at the attendance of just over a thousand

I dont really see how clubs can continue on these sort of gates long term

Some serious thinking needs to be done as regards the worth of having the championships televised

Does it bring anything to the sport at this level other than our league sponsorship ?

There were quitye a few faces that you only see at some away games last night, I think the free travel may have encouraged some of these people to go along

6 Busses about 300 fans. A raffle on each bus brought another £300, which was handed over to Donny at half time.

Well got to agree to a certain extent , I think there is a substantial amount to the club if your lucky enough to be able to get your grass painted for sponsorship purposes.But the few hundred free tickets we get from Sky do not compensate no.

I thought the tickets were paid for by the Co-oP as part of their sponsorship , ie it is tied into the TV deal , that is what I was led to believe

The deal being sorted when we were originally given TV coverage as a no cash deal from SKy then the Co-oP stepped in with a £ 4,000 per match but you have to give out 4 grands worth of freebies

Now if there is some money from the Co-oP as prize money as well i dont know

As for the paiting the grass thing , thats the first I've ever heard of that Linda

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I would have to look at those fixtures to see if that was relevant

I'd guess that Widnes v Leigh and Leigh v Widnes would be those clubs biggest attendances in any normal season

At the moment i'd expect Fev v Fax to be thier biggest gate as well

Haven v Widnes before they have played Leigh [ have Fax played up at the rec yet in the league ? ] would also draw a big [ relative to this league ] attendance , also have they played Barrow yet

Point being that a lot of the matches are local derbies quite simply because they are the most attractive games

So while that statistic is a positive it needs to be looked at realistically

Whitehaven--2005
Barrow--1918.

We have played and WON at the Rec

Yes I know but that is not really relevant , the attendance was also less that the one they got against Widnes on the TV

So was it the TV that brought more people to the match or is it that Widnes are a bigger draw than you ?

only 1,535 there tonight.....Leigh didnt appear to have travelled in droves so would seem that we were correct.... hmmmm

Not to be flippant but they had more chance of beating Widnes and in front of the TV cameras. They're very much a 'sing when you're winning' bunch up there.