agree

£99 for a season ticket this year behind the posts...not even £8 a game it works out at. so people moaning about the £24 pay on gate (or £21 pre purchase) should of thought about the £99 offer if they really wanted to watch the giants but do they?

ok money is tight for everyone but its the same for all clubs.

Again, not if no one knows about it

Every man and his dog knows when Man U are playing (and town for that matter) but not the Giants

Price IS an issue, no matter what you say though.

Where could they advertise in Town though?

Genuine question. When I go to town I tend to go for one reason. I go in, get what i want and drive off. I couldn't tell you what half the shops where anymore and I couldn't really say where you could advertise.

There used to be small posters in newsagents in town. Some of the hairdressers used to have posters up. I think there's one at Sainsburys in Shorehead but that may be my fevered imagination. I call there every morning as well but I can't remember if it's there or not. Advertisers dream I am, I notice absolutely nothing of my immediate surroundings. There also used to be posters on buses I seem to remember before buses became too expensive and I had to buy a car.

Little fliers in shops are a start - even if its just the shop staff that know that's something

Plenty of Greggs & other food places in town now to advertise in

5600 at today's game... this is appalling

Yes it was, I was genuinely surprised at that gate, thought there'd be nearer 7k at least

A few hundred less rovers fans this year than last though didn't help

Making people aware there is a game on would be a start

maybe its just rugby league in general that doesnt get exposure, football is king, was the semi final on tv today so bet some stayaways watched that instead

Pathetic Crowd = Huddersfield obviously doesn't want a successful Super League Team. Mr Davy deserves massive credit for what he has done and I feel so sorry that he gets let down by the frankly apathetic Huddersfield public.

Probably true Brierly

I understand that attendances across ALL sports including soccer are well down this season

We are 4 years into an economic depression that's not going to get better soon, and it's really starting to bite now it seems. I hope Ken realises its not they don't want Super League rugby, just that people need to make a choice with their money in these tough times

There are probably a score of other reasons going on too - like last seasons dismal end and people waiting for the wheels to fall off, end of the soccer season and its overwhelming coverage, people generally cutting back on spending, shocking weather so far, chopping and changing of kick off times by Sky etc etc

What can be done?
Lots of things that take money (publicity, promos etc)
The team to grab headlines in a good cup run & a big seasons end (which helps more next season)

I don't know, there is interest in the town, harnessing it is the problem

marketing of the club,advertising games etc is absolutely non existant.
if more people knew about us and therefore knew we were 2nd in the league then more might turn up?rather than the diehards who would be there anyway.

they used to advertise games on the pulse radio has this stopped now.. not cheap though.

FWIW in the time i was at the turnstiles today, approaching them, talking to a friend, going through, talking to another friend -7-8 minutes maybe, i watched and not one person actually paid any money to get in .....whether that is saying something i dunno but if people arent payin cash to get in then it seems that they aren't willing to part with £24 for a game, granted they could have pre-bought but in the past there has always been people paying cash when i've gone through.

As for advertising i agree about there being very little if none in and around the town. The amount of time i have been stopped by people asking have the Giants played today ? suggests there is interest but no one seems to know about us ...this is something that needs addressing, maybe people with time on their hands could hand flyers out or something in town - i know i would do something like this.

Bradford only had 4200 crowd more than us and they were playing Wigan, who take 4 times more supporters to away games than HKR brought.
When Bradford have less than 10000 and they are 3rd in the league, and have had a lot of success in the not too distant past, we are not doing so bad.
Compared to other clubs, Wigan, Leeds, Hull are all down in crowds this season so we are not on our own, it is the state of supporters finances that is the main problem and all clubs will just have to ride the storm whilst things improve.

Lets not gloss over things and tell it like it is, Leeds have had a 20,000 gate, Wigan have had 2 and Hull FC got 19,000 v KR.


If we get 10,000 at any game this season we will be more than happy and just saying because everyone elses crowds are down we should just accept it is not the way to go. Leeds, Wigan and to a lesser extent Hull can deal with a thousand less on their average attendance and not bat an eyelid when it comes to next years budget and player signings.....can we honestly say the same????

It was a rubbish crowd set against every game this season bar possibly Wigan being a poor crowd and to blame away support is totally passing the buck and as we keep seeing on here does Huddersfield want a top SL team.....the answer is probably yes, are they willing to come out and support it??? The answer at present is a very firm NO!!!!

I agree with that

But let's also not gloss over the damage done by last seasons debacle.
At the end of the season I'd decided I wasn't going to renew my season ticket, couldn't stand that again

I changed my mind, but it seems a lot of people didn't. Can't blame them.

So lets look at the issue

1. Do people want a super league team - yes, last seasons support and our previous trend of growing our support base show this

2. What's been the problem this season - manyfold. Wider economy, disastrous last season, people expecting us to fall away again etc etc

3. What can be done? Lots, but we, and the club, can't just expect people to turn up cos we are playing. Awareness in the town of when we are playing and how well we are doing is probably ZERO. No "if you play they will come" situation here, now in the tough times we need to actually advertise!

The stadium shares the complex with two high footfall places - the cinema and the gym, why not advertise in there? Including Costa and Pizza Hut?
Get a stall into Kingsgate on a Saturday, some young academy player handing our fliers with details of the next game on (especially if next game is the day after!) maybe even with a buy 2 get one free deal on?

I can't begin to say how grateful I am to Ken Davey for the team we are now watching, but he needs to have a word with his marketing man as to why no one in the town barring core support has a clue when games are on