Quote: wrencat1873 "Wakefields attendances have increased a little but havent rocketed up, although Cas and Leeds have increased ,possibly due to their success (although Leeds have been following good years with bad etc) and where have those fans come from ? Interested locals, lapsed fans or fickle glory hunters, possibly a mix of all 3.
The point is that, in the North of England, there doesn't seem to be a huge untapped market for RL and I believe that there may well be some newbies that attach themselves to any new club, especially if they are successful and "Liverpool" as a sporting brand would expect to do as well as any other, although Salford "Red Devils" certainly didn't - although not successful (in terms of silverware) and most interestingly, Koucash got bored /frustrated far, far too quickly so, we will never know what could/would happen if they made it to the top.'"
I think you and I now kind of agree which we didn't seem to a post or two ago?
I'm not looking for an argument, argument, but, your original supposition to support the Liverpool threat to our local clubs seemed to read that Bradford's 15k 2003 crowd was made up of 5k die hard's and hoards of floating voters dragged in from Bradford's 'hinterland', Wakefield included?
Your steady 5k average during the rise and fall of Bradford's fortunes seems to suggest that this is not the case we are not that naive to be unconcerned and might even suggest that your squirrel in winter analogy wasn't so nuts after all
