You are missing the point. Most clubs that move to a new stadium see a big increase in attendances. Therefore it is proven that they have an affect. Salford are in a historic year and ought to be looking to build momentum before their big move - exactly what we did and look at us now. Getting less than 3k is very poor and charging £20 can't be helping.

Ok SEB, imagine Salford have their nice new stadium, have ticket prices of £10 for adults, how many fans do you think they'd get per game (excluding away fans)?

I can't see, even with a succesful club, Salford getting a regular crowd over 7k in the next 10 years.

erm...there was a slightly large football match on at the same time don't you know with one of the teams' home ground being approx 2 miles away...jog on

Think you'll find that was because half of the Greater Manchester area was 200 miles down south last saturday.

How depressingly unambitious. Salford should be looking at getting at least a couple of sell-outs next year, with proper marketing and ticket offers.

From Salford's licence applicationThe extensive market research carried out in association with
Sportswise into the potential supporter increase is based on
what we can expect from within the confines of the city of
Salford and remains valid so is included within the submission
for a licence. This report was commissioned to support the
club’s planning enquiry and is recognised by professional disciplines
and approved by the Secretary of State

it is important to realise that
the Sportswise report highlights that we can expect to attract
an average of at least 8500 supporters in the first year drawing
solely from within the boundaries of the City of Salford which
has a population of 220,000 people.

This would be a return of just 4% from the club’s traditional
target market. When you consider that the population of the
Manchester region is in excess of 2.5 million, we need only
to attract a little over 0.1% of that extended market to take
our crowds beyond 12,500 (and indeed beyond the phase 1
capacity of the City of Salford Community Stadium).

Salford City Reds has recruited and trained an innovative,
talented, experienced and progressive off field team and they
will demonstrate their plans to aggressively market the club
into both new and traditional areas in the Marketing plan that
follows.
It is our firm assertion that this push, coupled with the
excitement of a new facility in a highly visible ‘dream location’
at the Western Gateway to the city will mean that these
number projections could well prove to be conservative and
our issues will quickly move from not generating large enough
attendances to chasing the second phase of the development
and increasing the stadium’s capacity to 20,000 as soon as is
possible.'"

Salford need to adopt the Warrington model when we went to the HJ back in 2004.

which was?

Are people honestly judging Salford attendances based on last Saturday? Seriously?! They were victims of atrocious scheduling and anyone with any knowledge of sport outside RL would have been aware beforehand that half their season ticket holders wouldn't even be turning up for that one, nevermind anyone else. I was actually surprised they got as many as they did.

Personally I'll miss the Willows when it's gone and I'm looking forward to Friday. I do think £20 is overpriced, but so is £19 to get into Warrington. We still pay it, and it's only a quid difference.

I for one can't wait, any salford fan know if they still have the robbies ice cream van.... best ice cream in the north.

no i'm basing it on this www.slstats.org/t13/Salford+City+Reds/ besides, last weeks semi final wouldn't have affected it too badly, all united fans live down south as we all know.

no i'm basing it on this www.slstats.org/t13/Salford+City+Reds/ besides, last weeks semi final wouldn't have affected it too badly, all united fans live down south as we all know.

I have paid £12 for my ticket.

£15 for a ticket, is that a joke? I paid £7 last year!

So how much is a ticket for this game, £20 with £2 discount, £12 or £15? Does it depend on what time of day you go to the ticket office or whether the sales assistant fancies you or what?