Don't worry, there will be attendance thread exceptions which shall be encouraged and allowed, so long as they focus on just the positives. I predict that this weekend's Hull KR V Leeds attendance will get plenty of positive coverage on these forums. Just don't mention any negative one's.

Can we therefore monitor the difference between attendees and stadium capacity, since we're not directly comparing attendance (i.e. as a percentage of free "space" - ableit then we'd probably argue that (say) that Bradford supporters are fatter than London supporters, so 26% free space at Odsal might actually mean people are still closer together than 15% free space at The Hive).

Well they are on a daily diet of bull up there

Glad to see all those Stobarts mobile SKY adverts are finally paying off

Same here. The Cas one. It's now got an ad for the magic weekend splattered over the back of it.

The principle behind the idea is potentially a good one, specifically if aimed at promoting the matches on SKY, if it had been a deal like the ' IRN BRU ' on SKY rather than the named primary sponsor, however how the " Its all about following your local team " fits into that who knows

I wonder what the ' lifespan ' of a side curtain on a Stobart truck actually is ? , I doubt they'll change them until they have to

An interesting point on sports attendance is on show at the moment, despite it being 2 Premiership clubs on show the Stadium Of Light is looking very sparce for a Cup match to be 2 matches from Wembly, Season Ticket only football fans as well it would seem

The Stobart adverts weren't on the curtainsde vehicles, they were on "rigids" and it either needs a long time exposed to the elements or a tin of paint.
In actual fact they are probably transfers and could be removed and something else put on instead.

Exactly. People have been making out the drop in CC attendances is the fault of SL and the RFL but in reality domestic cup competitions don't hold the same appeal anymore.....not just in RL. Man City are playing Chelsea later, nobody is really fussed who wins.....nothing like when the two met in the league a few weeks back. Most of the build-up has centred around Mourinho's mind games over Pellegrini and others and how this would effect the title race. Not that arguably the 2 strongest teams in the country are clashing.

Oooops......47,013 seats filled out of 47,800. Not sure if your point still carries much weight when discussing Challenge Cup attendances........blast those 1.17% empty seats

condescending pr1ck....I can read just fine thanks.



As I said, 47,013 in attendance at the game blows holes in your badly thought out sweeping and incorrect comments.....Water-cooler moments aside

Oh yeah no one cared, they just held 47k people at gun-point and made them go to the game.

you'll be giving Mar ideas

[sizeBREAKING NEWS!!![/size

RFL discovered to be talking bollox rlHERErl about the record breaking, smashing all box office records figure of 353,000 viewers tuning into the Wigan V Huddersfield opening SL fixture on Sky Sports 1 on Friday 7th Feb.

The actual viewing figure was 243,000 according to w/e 9 Feb 2014
000's
1 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1525) 1,910
2 LIVE FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (MON 1900) 1,598
3 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1230) 1,133
4 FORD SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LIVE (SAT 1657) 697
5 FL72 LIVE - YEOVIL V LEEDS (SAT 1200) 374
6 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1500) 338
7 LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS/#PREMIER LEAGU (THU 1900 284
8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1900) 243
9 REAL MADRID V AT MADRID-LIVE (WED 1855) 241
10 REAL SOCIEDAD V LEVANTE-LIVE (SUN 1830) 219
...(*Source

They also told porkies about the viewing figures for the Aviva Premiership game on BT Sport 1 which registered 75,000 viewers according to BARB as opposed to the 65,200 claimed by the RFL.

BT Sport 1
w/e 9 Feb 2014
000's
1 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE (SAT 1200) 973
2 FA CUP (WED 1915) 127
3 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (FRI 1900) 75
4 FRENCH LIGUE 1 (SUN 1955) 51
5 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SAT 1830) 45
6 AVIVA PREMIERSHIP RUGBY (SUN 1200) 44
7 NBA (SAT 1506) 40
8 SERIE A (MON 1943) 29
9 GOAL! BUNDESLIGA PREVIEW (THU 2059) 24
10 FRENCH LEAGUE CUP (TUE 195icon_cool.gif 20
...(* Source

To summarise the RFL horse earlier this week.....
1. The 353,000 was actually 243,000 which was less than the 251,000 viewers who tuned into the Widnes V Wakey SL opener in 2012.

2. The alleged 38% increase in viewing figures on last season's SL opener was actually 29% (243K v 188K).

3. The alleged extra 288,000 viewers tuning into Super League on 7th Feb which was alleged to be 543% higher than the alleged viewers for the Union game on the much smaller BT Sport subscription base was actually an extra 168,000 which is 324% higher (243K v 75K).

4. I expect the RFL viewing comparison to BDO Darts on Eurosport (A desperate RFL or what? Well, they are hardly going to compare the figures with Premier League Darts for obvious reasons ) are garbage as well since according to BARB, Eurosport haven't reported any viewing figures for that week.

5. RFL Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics by plenty