Terrible crowd for a very important televised Cup game. Sheffield got 1200 for a normal league game the week before.

Back to the OP , yes it was a poor crowd , I'm sure the management at Widnes were dissapointed with it , but unfortunatley it seems to be the norm for cup matches were everybody pays , especially televised ones

As has been pointed out earlier , the Vikings are just treading water for the last 10 months and will do the same for the next 12 , they will get a SL place in 2012 , if they dont then nobody will be under any doubt as to how ' bent ' the franchise system is

When they do take their SL place they will get crowds better than 3/4 current SL clubs , it will be interesting to see what sort of attendances the club that comes down from SL get in the championship and the NRC in 2012

Obviously not , both these clubs have already achieved what is really very important

They would get better crowds than some SL teams but 3/4?? I think not. That would mean they'd be averaging 10,000+.

I'm still not convinced that a SL club will go down. If that happened, the first thing that would happen is that the relegated club would take the RFL to court as the decision would pretty much make the club insolvent.

It's going to be a real mess and a PR disaster for the sport.

Not true. 4th lowest average home SL attendance so far this season (excl tonight's games) = Crusaders 6,691. That's quite a way short of 10,000.

Ridiculous in the extreme, a lot can happen in the next 18 months + may be best suited club or clubs on the day get the nod

Why would it SRC ? They would have to cut their cloth accordingly thats all, massive shock to their system yes but insolvent nah.

3 years before being able to apply again would mean lost sponsors, £1M+ Sky cash etc etc. Are the 'threatened' SL clubs only offering 1 year contracts from now on ?? You can't pay many SL player contracts on £300K a year.

Quote: prehensile "Not true. 4th lowest average home SL attendance so far this season (excl tonight's games) The original post said that Widnes would attract better crowds than 3/4 of SL clubs. As there are 14 teams in SL, that would mean they would be the 3rd or 4th best supported team in the comp. Currently (going from www.slstats.org/) .... 1. Wigan - 16,207 2. Leeds - 15,333 3. St Helens - 14,034 4. Hull - 13,599 5. Warrington - 11,143 Widnes crowds in SL ... 2002 - 6,510 2003 - 6,511 2004 - 6,153 2005 - 6,794 I've no doubt they'd better those crowds from the last spell in SL they'd get nowhere near 10,000.

Quote: prehensile "Not true. 4th lowest average home SL attendance so far this season (excl tonight's games) The original post said that Widnes would attract better crowds than 3/4 of SL clubs. As there are 14 teams in SL, that would mean they would be the 3rd or 4th best supported team in the comp. Currently (going from www.slstats.org/) .... 1. Wigan - 16,207 2. Leeds - 15,333 3. St Helens - 14,034 4. Hull - 13,599 5. Warrington - 11,143 Widnes crowds in SL ... 2002 - 6,510 2003 - 6,511 2004 - 6,153 2005 - 6,794 I've no doubt they'd better those crowds from the last spell in SL they'd get nowhere near 10,000.

Doesn't really matter as SL contracts only apply if you are in SL , drop down and all contracts are null and void

Slight missunderstanding , you read it as 3 quarters of SL clubs , I was implying 3 or 4 clubs currently in SL , as for the 2 nd highlighted bit , I totally agree

guys its about as certain as widnes getting into SL as it is that there will still be complaining about the elimination of p&r when the decisions are made

SL isnt big enough to exclude a club as good as widnes