I can never predict what will happen with our club and it's attendances, but I am never sure about these who claim that attendances are falsified? yes when I spent some time training in media I saw that newspapers not sold and returned by newsagents was sold to chip shops and then the money was reinvested into newspaper sales to raise sales figures and then fees you could then charge for advertising, but with a sporting club would you not have to pay taxes and VAT on attendance figures? so why raise those costs with false figures, could it be season ticket sales & holders not attending are taken in the figure published?

I don't think figures have been wrong since Gus has been in charge.


However, there have been one or two times over the last few years where Ive thought they may have been wrong (upwards and downwards, in fact).

The club had three figures for attendance - target actual and announced. The announced figures were always higher than the actual - lower than the target. I don't know if this is still the practice - but looking at the crowd numbers, with the announced, and it certainly appears to be so.

Whatever way you measure them, our crowds are .

I reckon the announced crowd will be around 1,800 with the actual attendance around 1,300.

good game...good game.

Fair chance Widnes will out number us. 600 London, 750 Widnes I reckon.

If 600 travel from Widnes & no offence to their supporters, it will be the first time so many have travelled to away matches except of course local derby games.

I'm going to stick my neck out here and say 2850.

I reckon Widnes will bring a good number for their first visit in many a year, let's say 300 or more. There should be a fair number also of people whose main sport is finished such as football and kick n clappers. Maybe a few people from Gillingham and Orient. If the Medway Dragons mob showed that would be significant

There should also be a fair amount of fringe supporters who pop up as Widnes will be seen as beatable and there hasn't been a game at the Stoop in months so probably the main season ticket holders will be there. Even if it is just to bring a towel. If you were going to come once more this season this would be the game I think.

Depending on kick off times of the local amateur games, travel to the stoop will be difficult and the number from Kent will be few for the widnes game