A few near me last night were disappointed with the attendance,but lets look at it in the cold light of day,as the season as gone on and the team as made leaps and bounds the attendances are climbing 200+ a game,not massive gains but sustainable gains.

Historically games played in the lower league we pull 2200 to 3k depending on who and which point in the season we play,now baring in mind how awful we have been since our illfated trip into super league land this 2200 figure from last night marks a continual growth and belief in the team.

Now with a little push on a marketing front could we nudge the 3k for the sheffield game? if new fans are to be attracted especially families is it not time to launch a family ticket for the rest of the season? take last night I know the club was running a family ticket inconjunction with the co operative I think, but was the offer pulled before the day of the night as the offer vanished?

If joe public said to his family, come on it easter I'm off work lets go watch leigh as a one off the cost would be £48 for entry alone for 2 adults and 2 kids,don't even go near the cost of a drink and burger

I was only expected about 1,800 last night so was proper chuffed with the size of the crowd with minimal away support.

The Widnes match is a TV game, fill the south with screaming kids again, Widnes are no longer worth opening a stand for.

But maybe Fev are

Agreed Matt.

Attendance around 600 up on the same fixture last year, so things are improving.

We now have a product worth watching in superb facilities. Its up to the club to promote our team, and for us fanns to get others through the turnstiles to boost the figures.

If Leigh get to average 2500 for this season, for me, will be a fantastic turnaround !

I seem to remember the attendance against Batley in Tony Bensons last play off game being around 1600. We're slowly getting back up and I was happy with 2200 last night considering it was a cold Monday night and few away fans.

We need now to be hitting the 3000 mark as soon as possible because come June and July when we play 1 home league game in something like 10 weeks, the townsfolk will have forgotten we've got a rugby league team that actually plays at LSV, and the momentum may be lost coming into August.

Like most I suppose I thought the attendance last night was good, considering the time of day and the relatively low number of travelling away fans.

We need to continue to build, keep inviting 'lapsed leythers' along with us and promoting the good things going on at the club to all we speak to. The fev game would be a great game to aim for 2.5k, I always thought the 'bring a friend for free' for ST holders was a good way of getting people in, and with a decent product on display, there is no reason why we can't keep them coming back.

I like that idea, another possibility in a similar vein would be the 'half season ticket' further on in the season.

It was a very pleasant surprise the attendance last night and lets hope we can build on it and get more through the gate for our next game.

i think when we play widnes on sky it would be a good idea to let a season ticket holder bring a friend in for free to get the crowd bigger

The attendances are going up every home game so there is progress. I think 2,200+ on a Bank Holiday Monday for an evening fixture is very good given what happened last season.

If results continue we should be getting 2,500 for the Fev & Widnes games respectively quite easily. I hope by then the game against Widnes being on TV won't put people off paying at the gate. Remember we beat the "Chemics" home and away last season

I'd back that sort of idea as well. There are probably quite a few people who thought twice about getting a ST as they thought it might not be much improvement on last season - and are now kicking themselves!!

And others - like me - who didn't invest in a ST for work reasons......and now find their circumstances have altered - and a "...to the end of the season" ticket would prove very handy!!

The Watcher has noted that the queue at the ticket office at 2 minutes to KO is getting bigger each home game.