Quote: Moe Lester "Your figures are very transparent. There is a lot more that you can look into than the figures you regurgatate on this forum. As I've said, a lot of your figures don't include things like venue, time of year or even deeper things like was public transport running smoothly. That may be down to the work I'm in but I don't really see the value behind your stats. '"
They are basic stats...they can be read any way you want them to be, but they are pretty accurate and the main theme is that regardless of KO time, day of the week or Venue, they show an alarming drop in attendances in the last 2 and bit seasons...and no matter of analytical mumbo-jumbo will change that.
The Venue for the first 68 games played at the Stoop since 2006 was the Stoop...was about 3,750 (counting the double header as a 2,860 gate).....the venue for the next 13 was the stoop and averaged 3,124......the year after, 2 on the roads and 11 at the stoop averaged 2,807 and this year, of the 6 games thus far, the 4 at the stoop have averaged 2,111 a pop........
Kick off times and the recession are smoke screens.....the ST is as cheap as chips and the club have piddled about with game time since I can remember.....
Quote: Moe Lester "You stated earlier in this thread that in 2006 the club averaged 4,917 and in 2012 averaged 2,807. By my calculations, the recession was announced in 2008 and since 2006 the club has seemingly lost 2,110 supporters in that time. Of course, the standard of rugby on offer has probably been a key factor in this loss but I don't think the recession has helped. This club is unique in the sense that the fans travel from far and wide to go to Twickenham, whereas many northern clubs' fans are drawn from that town. The increasing cost in petrol, public transport and the tightening of belts amongst many will have had an effect on this club's attendance figures.'"
yeah...attendances at pretty much every other pro sports club have maybe dropped by about 5% accross the board........London Broncos have dropped close to 50%
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