Agree. Was it the Quins game that Wigan marketed earlier in the season to fill the 'away' end with home fans to create a better atmosphere?
I suppose selling tickets to kids and families at cut prices is better than having empty terraces for 3 of our home games, if the marketing is done correctly, as Wigan showed, playing Catalans/crusaders/quins won't always be like a graveyard

I just praised Wigan

On the Hull board there's a thread demanding Warrington are kicked out of Super League due to the pathetic number of supporters that follow them.

it doesn't suprise me fans won't go to hull after the trouble we have there, coaches getting bricked and bottled fans attacked asaulted and abused

Wasn't there lots of problems with Hull fans at the HJ last season (or was it the season before)?

The season before, 1st game of the season when there were a lot of their fans arrested outside, and somebody got bottled too IIRC

I haven't been to the K.C. in the last 2 or 3 seasons for those reasons...I know the vast majority of Hull (F.C.) fans are sound but some of the stuff thats gone on lately at the K.C. and outside the H.J. have forced me to give the Hull F.C. away game a wide berth...I take my young cousin to games and my mate takes is two sons....We have to consider their safety.

Seems its ok for us not to go to Hull due to an history of trouble but complain at poor away support to Warrington.


"Hello Mr. Kettle, you're black" said Mr. Pot

The vasy majority of the antipodeans don't bother going to watch because they consider it rubbish compared to the NRL. There were always offers in TNT magazine and free tickets being given out but most aren't interested.

Also, London is a funny one as the population is quite transient in terms of travelling into town for work and doing the rush hours is very tedious and you just don't want to be bothered with travelling at weekends.

also, despite the huge numbers, there is also a huge amount of other distractions with football and union, plus all the other sports. Add to the the vast number of ethnics who will ave never heard of the sport and are unable to relate to it, you can see some of the problems they face.

A strong core of the support for London travel considerable miles for the love of the game. I know a few who travel from Kent and essex for all home matches and big occasions like finals and internationals. It makes bleating about travelling to widnes/leigh very petty when you consider the amount of travel they do every other week.

With regards to marketing, it is very difficult to get column inches when there is so much more going on. When I've lived down there and watched matches on Sky the locals have fully embraced the game and love it, but from an armchair point of view, how you can get them to attend matches consistently.........

Cas did a sponsored promotion for the London game a few years ago and over 8000 turned up at Brentford. It's essential we keep a London side in SL, there's so many kids playing in the Schools that if we pulled out now so much potential would just be wasted.

Unfortunatly you will always get a small minority of plonkers at any super league club including mine.

But what i do find annoying is that you condemn Hull Fc for a couple of incidents, we are not all thugs and i am sure if you were to visit Hull FC again you may well be pleasently surprised that most of the 12,000 or so Hull FC fans are actually friendly and welcoming.

I along with my young niece travel to all the away fixtures and believe me i have seen my fair share of idiots representing their club in an inappropriate manner (and i don't mean Hull fans).

This however does not stop me returning to that club as that would just have a detrimental effect on their club and mine.

So all i am saying is give it a go you might even enjoy it.

Well i'm sorry i disagree with you , howcome we never see it in the media if it is so bad on every occasion? Because believe me The Hull Daily Mail would take great pleasure in reporting such an occurrence.

Also i attend every home game and do not hear or see it every game as you lead everyone to believe, apart from those few incidents mentioned. And as you say the incidents are also outside the HJ so that is just a one sided attack is it?

I have also been on the receiving end of having missiles thrown at our coach,(and ours is a family coach) but i won't mention which ground because as i said before it is a minority of idiots. I do not tie everyone with the same brush and and would rather support my team and put a few coffers into the away teams pockets.

All i can say is it a good job we (and any other travelling away support) do not have your view or your west stand would be considerably empty.

Here here natts never a truer word spoken mate,

Next time we play you at the KC put a Wire shirt on then come back on here and tell me how good your fans are?
My friend had his windows put through, probably because he had a Warrington car sticker. They then had the nerve to actually urinate in the car too.
Now 1st this was away from the ground and probably done by someone not at the game but the fact is people don't feel safe in hull.
You might have a whole stadium of well behaved fans but that doesn't matter when you have to run a gauntlet outside. A couple of hours drive, followed by paying for your tickets to then dodge bricks and drive back just isn't worth the hassle.