I didn't like sharing the stand to be fair! Those fearful oiks from the other side made it far too noisy

And would you believe, AND, the 'Come on You Bulls' reached three repetitions before fizzling out! Disgraceful...

I must have been sat at the opposite end then, as I barely heard any noise other than people abusing the referee and trying to help point out how often Rochdale were offside.

Either that or my eardrums had frozen. Which is fairly likely.

Were you at the side closest to the Coral stand then? I was and all I could bloody here was this women screaming every two seconds to the point where her fella told her she should shut up and was embarrassing

It won't become a regular thing sharing the stand. Although at the start of the season it should have been said that with teams like Toulouse etc who won't bring fans then the stand will only open. That way it saves costs, keeps everyone in one place and would create an atmosphere. That would obviously be reflected in the prices paid for season tickets. Im sure that everyone would be happy with this.

However I for one. Like many others prefer to stand anyway at rugby games. So shutting off the standing area completely would be a nightmare!

I liked the fact everyone was in together. It was noisy and helped to build a bit of atmosphere. I understand it would be a bit of a p!$$er for those who have paid to sit, but as a concept, when expecting crowds of 4000 (i.e., most of them) why not?
I don't like to sit usually either, but it was ok. I even made friends with the guy next to me.

I think she may have been a redhead? Bloody nightmare. I knew she was there from the off She either has severe mental issues which means she cannot function the whole brain/mouth thing which would be a reasonable explanation. Or she's one of these that think Bradford are perfect and are entitled to win and anything that goes against us is obviously the refs fault!

Glad my post got you back on here! You are most welcome to stay haha!

Evenin' Bulls fans.

Haven't dropped in for a while.
I have to agree 4,000 in the Championship are good numbers, even for a successful Championship Club, which makes your showing remarkable all things considered.

Hull KR's stratospheric ST sales & attendance for Championship RL is a completely different animal. Much easier to get their fans to buy into the dream of a fast return than the Bulls fans predicament, though KR fans also have to be applauded for buying in in huge numbers.

It is heartening that despite the ferocious onslaught of sins brought against your lot that you can summon the will & spirit to fight again.

My advice to those who are riled by the ill tempered trolls who visit you for blood sports is to reply with a cheery quip, turn the other cheek & pity the sorry 8@$T@RD$ for they know not what they do.

Onwards & upwards.

Why not? Because you'd instantly annoy a large section of your fanbase who will have essentially paid more for exactly the same seat as those who have paid less.

Not something the club can afford to do when they're already having to do whatever they can to keep fans turning up.

It's easy to say it's a good idea if you're one of them who's getting the benefit for cheaper, but not quite so easy if you feel a bit ripped off by it. As I say, one game isn't a big deal. If it became regular, I would be asking for some money back and I expect most others in the stand would be too, as we'd have been ripped off.


It's a great idea at the start of the season before anyone's paid the extra. You can give them the option and point out you're only paying the extra for about 4 games in the year when the terracing will be open. People then choose to pay it or not. You can't just do it after people have already paid for the "upgrade" for the whole season though.

The Bulls have never really gone in for 'reserved' labels on seats, have they? Though that would easily, and relatively dirt cheaply, solve this problem.

Apart from that one season when they stuck plastic, actual name labels on. A paper label stuck on the back of the seat would suffice, though it's hard to lay any blame on the new lot as it's not been done before as I remember, even when the club was long[ish] established.

I seem to remember that we did actually - probably 3-4 years ago, I had name on my seat. Or did I just dream that up?

I did mention that on my post....so you didn't dream it. Mine actually stayed on for a couple of seasons, though quite a few did fall off. I got the impression they went round and pulled them off after a while.

No it wouldn't.

The centre section was full, so if i had wanted "my seat" I'd first have to make my way along the row to reaach it, and then tell one of the lads sat there that number 80 is mine. He would not be happy, the game having kicked off, and if he and his mates moved now, they had nowhere in the vicinity to go where they could all sit together.

If the seats were marked "reserved" it would make no difference as basically the stand had filled up from the centre and nobody was bothered. I can't imagine a steward wanting to get involved, but worse would be the stick I would rightfully get for disrupting the view in the vicinity whilst it all kicked off.

The only solution is to restrict free upgrades to certain sections of the stand, eg the end bits or at the bottom. But that would be equally unfair against the stand passholders in those areas who paid more, and would have left large chunks of the expensive middle bit unoccupied as is the norm.

I don't want to see it unoccupied, but selling stand seats isn't my job, and I don't see why I should pay treble what the guy next to me does.

Yes it would. The vast majority of rugby fans would respect a reserved sticker and they would have no excuse when told to move.

On the subject of 'Attendances' those for the first round of SL fixtures were abysmal, just one over 10K. I worry that in future there may not even be a Super League to get into. The game will die on its feet if we can't do better, considering this was the opening round of fixtures a very poor effort.

So how does our attendance compare with the rest? SL and CS?