That's the spirit.......

Buzza, it’s been said before, the lure of Batley is not quite as interesting as wigan! Especially for lapsed rugby league fans who may be tempted back.

If you studied our attendance data in Super League you would see a fairly decent correlation between average gates and number of home games won. You might tempt the curious to come and see us play Wigan but will keep more of these coming back if you have competitive games and the enjoyment of some wins. In that respect, the Championship seasons were a good opportunity to grow the fan base but it is a period through which the club remained a well kept secret.

Can’t disagree with that at all, a winning team is always going to get more fans.
But a winning team playing against known RL names eg, Leeds wigan Warrington are always going to draw more than winning against Batley dewsbury and workington

If you think our crowds collapsed because of relegation then you're starting from the wrong place entirely. Attendances fell away massively over a period of years before that. They stabilised in the Championship, were it really was just the hardest of hardcore.

Indeed, crowds went down from about 2010 when our win % and points difference nosedived.

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