Bradford and Leigh will basically take their home support away?
that is some boast, i look forward to Wakefield,Widnes,Sheffield,Hull KR,Halifax and Salford crowds doubling then, great if true but sadly i can't see it.

Leigh brought good numbers to Wakey for the cup tie and given the importance of the games I think they will bring a fair few. I think their numbers put us to shame on the day of the cup tie.

This is moot anyway isnt it? all depends on how the team plays, if Leigh lose their first 2 games which is entirely possible their away support along with the home will most likely drop as will Bradfords as will the rest of the teams playing, similarly if wakey slump i cant see many hardy souls turning up to see them get relegated (if that happens)

On the other hand if certain teams are winning then the attendances will increase always been the same and always will be, 10 years ago when bradford where playing well they had around 12k average, last year when they where about to be relegated they averaged around 5k give or take, all based on glory no matter what anyone says.

Can argue for ages about who will bring the most fans yadda yadda yadda, but it really doesn't matter, and im using a football reference here, wigan athletic where no where near selling out their home games during the FA cup win season yet when they reached the final scores of "die hard" fans showed up and also when Hilton park got demolished several years ago a lot more leigh fans showed up than what where there to begin with (and i know many people who where there), really depends on how the teams are playing be crap and they drop play well it increases is what im getting at

other than Bradford and Leigh at home, only 3 ties broke 3k all season. They were at Fev, Dewsbury and Fax and in all 3 instances the visiting side were Bradford.

Leigh took over 4000 to Warrington.

If Leigh beat HKR, I could see a figure near that going to Salford, especially with it not being on TV !

FFS, its only 10 mins away !!

Should Leigh be in strong position by the time the Salford game comes round then the AJ Bell wont know whats hit them,it will be a fantastic day.

Back on topic tho,really looking forward to seeing how the Salford v Wakefield game works out,there will be so much pressure on the loser

Absolute bollox! Less than 4,000 bothered v anyone [u=#FF0000at[/u Leigh other than Bradford and London this season...and London was flogged off with free tickets. Leigh (or pretty much any other team for that matter) have never taken 4k on the road, even if it is next door and to claim as much is just daft.

You won't get off the car park in 10 mins !

Quote Molly Malone="Molly Malone"Absolute bollox! Less than 4,000 bothered v anyone [u=#FF0000at[/u Leigh other than Bradford and London this season...and London was flogged off with free tickets. Leigh (or pretty much any other team for that matter) have never taken 4k on the road, even if it is next door and to claim as much is just daft.'" There was 4000ish Leigh fans at the Wire game. Sold out the entire end plus given a seating section at the side too. It is madness that so many show up for the 'big' games that don't turn up week to week but that is how it goes. Our job now is to turn the one day wonders into regulars. We are heading in the right direction and good performances like at Wire will only help to encourage the big game fans to hopefully start attending more home games. www.ladbrokeschallengecup.com/ne ... cle/43881/ "Confidence abounds among Centurions fans with the club's initial ticket allocation of 3,500 having been snapped up and many more likely to make the eight-mile journey to the Halliwell Jones Stadium." So not 'absolute bollox' at all.

Quote Molly Malone="Molly Malone"Absolute bollox! Less than 4,000 bothered v anyone [u=#FF0000at[/u Leigh other than Bradford and London this season...and London was flogged off with free tickets. Leigh (or pretty much any other team for that matter) have never taken 4k on the road, even if it is next door and to claim as much is just daft.'" There was 4000ish Leigh fans at the Wire game. Sold out the entire end plus given a seating section at the side too. It is madness that so many show up for the 'big' games that don't turn up week to week but that is how it goes. Our job now is to turn the one day wonders into regulars. We are heading in the right direction and good performances like at Wire will only help to encourage the big game fans to hopefully start attending more home games. www.ladbrokeschallengecup.com/ne ... cle/43881/ "Confidence abounds among Centurions fans with the club's initial ticket allocation of 3,500 having been snapped up and many more likely to make the eight-mile journey to the Halliwell Jones Stadium." So not 'absolute bollox' at all.

What a load of old carp that comment is.

Leigh took more than 4,000 to Wire for the CC QF.

Ticket sales were announced by the Club & sold out twice, that's the 1st & 2nd allocations.
The away terrace was choc full & there were some in an adjoining seated section, so Nozzy is spot on.

Watching the match back on Sky+ actually showed the Wire home attendance to be quite poor by comparison.

If we are going well in the Qualifiers, you can expect to see 3 > 4,000 Leigh fans to travel to both Salford & Widnes.

Oh & [ianyone claiming otherwise is just daft[/i

Hi @theredviking

Not visited for a while.

Actually you are correct, it was an oversight to discount Widnes fan base, although given your SL position your home average attendance is not significantly higher.
I seem to remember that when both our clubs were in Championship, the home average attendances were only marginally higher at Widnes & in the year you secured a Licence to SL, your owner Director, Steve Whatsisface gave away hundreds of tickets at many home games to gain Licence points & boost both the attendance average & the application chances. Nothing wrong with that & in fact a shrewd move.

So yes, you're correct, not insignificant & at least as a RL Club you have a solid & loyal fan base.

Good luck in the 8's & FWIW I hope you stay up *but lose to Leigh* (Again).

just a quick one on Leigh's support, as good as it is for that level, how many would they be getting had they not been top of the league and on that long unbeaten streak and going well in the cup? i'm pretty sure no Leigh fan would ever mention taking 4,000 to an away game, same with Bradford whose away followings in their last couple of years in super league were pitiful ( for them) and same with any team, people want to be associated with success and a winning team.
i suspect that if Leigh got promoted and became a middle of the table SL club there wouldn't be that much of an increase in attendances from what they are now.