Totally agree, main reason for attending games live instead of watching on tv.

I'd love to see SL form a sponsorship deal with a national coach provider that gave clubs free coach travel for fans to away games. Clubs could sell tickets for 1pound each to determine number needed each week and the coach company provides as many buses as needed in return for a major sponsorship deal.

Would really encourage away fans to attend imo if they didn't have to worry about parking, fuel costs, traffic jams, could have a beer etc.

Come on RFL make it so!

"The building of a good atmosphere at sporting events cannot be underestimated".

It must be pretty small if it cannot be underestimated. Do you mean that it should not be underestimated?

Well you might consider the number of tickets the away club sells for starters. That might be a reasonable way to measure number of away supporters.

Have you ever bought an away ticket from your club? Me and the 6 guys i'm going st helens with haven't.
Warrington's a big place, it's too much of an effort for me to mess around going to the club shop

Can you pay on the turnstile at Warrington ?

Can you pay on the turnstile at Saints ?

If it meant you got free transport to Saints if you bought a ticket from the HJ a week earlier , would you buy a ticket ?

Possibly but I dont think I could be bothered with the hassle of travelling into warrington and plenty others wouldnt.
Alright idea in principle, in reality it'd never work

Can you pay on the turnstile at Warrington ?

Can you pay on the turnstile at saints ?

I'm missing your point fella.
If we're giving license points on the amount of away fans in the away end, Saints don't have one as such, you walk all the way round the stadium and the Warrington away end is usually full of Warrington supporters. For the Wigan game it was a third full of wire fans, sooo how many do wigan count towards their application.

Can you pay at the turnstile at Warrington ?

Can you pay at the turnstile at Saints ?

How hard a question are you finding this ?

Yes you can and both home and away fans do.

I havent suggested we should

What I have suggested is that all fans are important , and every effort should be made to encourage away fans to travel , as they add to the atmosphere at games , which in turn encourages home fans to turn up in larger numbers

Others on this thread may have suggested that away fan numbers should in some way count towards a clubs SL potential , I have not

That's where the discussion had headed, I assumed you were referring to that too. Considering you responded to my point on that very issue, I think it is you who were struggling to grasp the concept

Dont ' assume '


As benny hill used to say

" Rissen wiww you "

, Got me unders and overs mixed up

So you think if a franchise point were available the clubs would make no effort to simplify the process of buying your ticket reliably and in good time from the club? That's not really a difficult problem to solve is it?

Would it be impossible, if this were not a hypothetical discussion, for each club to dedicate certain turnstiles to away suporters so that each club could submit independent away support figures?

I'm struggling to think why you thought this might be difficult.