Billy.....you have an entire thread that is based around "official" attendances. Crying foul when it suits does you no favours buddy.....stick to the party line and accept that the attendance at Wembley was as reported.
78,137 is a bloody good crowd IMHO with the added expense of RLWC just around the corner......and harking back to the days of Old shows a narrowness of mind I didn't think you possessed. Post war (25 years or so) sport was considered a great channel of entertainment and attendances across the board went up....since the late 80's RL fans attending the CC have decreased gradually due in part to the Wigan dominance and then the Grand Final of SL vying for the disposable income of RL fans.

BTW Billy.....other than sports, the number of activities trying to attract attention and revenue of the British public has multiplied out of all recognition since 1954......we take 1.7 annual holidays abroad each year, we have SKY TV and Mobile phone bills to pay, we dine out a greater number of times...the list is endless. 60 years ago our parents still had their ration books Billy........RL was a local team sport played out with fierce rivals from next door.....RL today is a business and you harking back to day of old is the attitude that is indicative of that which is holding the sport back!

I think it's quite accurate and I was there

I do agree that the final date should be moved to a little earlier in the season, say June or July so that we have a better spread of big events and to move it a little further from the Grand Final. Many people end up choosing either the Grand Final or Challenge Cup final because they are too close together and too much of a struggle financially so moving it would make it more bareable.

You must have me confused with someone else if you believe that I care about what folk think of me on here ,Hull could do the same at HKR