I don’t know what the attendance was last night, but the DW stadium looked completely empty. Yes you’ve had a poor start to the season (as have Leeds) but you were champions last year and it looks like a lot of fans have deserted the club already, that is terrible.

You should have stopped typing after your first three words.

What was the attendance?

I’m sure that you are more than capable to use a search engine.

It’s not listed https://www.rugby-league.com/superleagu ... port/95678

It’s not listed https://www.rugby-league.com/superleagu ... port/95678

if It’s not listed then how do you expect me to know?

just over 10k

Thanks pieman, looked less than that on tv

I agree, they might have counted ST holders even if they didnt turn up

It looked a heck of a lot emptier than the previous home fixture, when the East stand looked quite full, and there were more than 100 visiting fans. Understandably so, IMHO, as the on-field product is simply not good enough to ask folk to part with £20+

IL needs to slash the admission prices or increase the standard on the pitch. Being turned over by a side who got lucky to even be in SL, followed by a home defeat against a side who were 0-4 and bottom at kick-off is not going to get people flocking to the DW any time soon.

RL in this country is finished.
How long have we got on this sky deal? I fear the sport will go semi-pro after that final deal.

Do you think Wire fans think that? Or Saints fans? Or even Wakey fans?

There simply isnt the same desire to go out of the house anymore. Too much technology and alternative things to do from the comfort of your own home rather than making the effort and wasting money watching the dross that was served up last night. Its not just RL either, look at the pubs and clubs that used to be rammed on weekends but are now empty.

Now on top of that add in the socialist salary cap that brings everybody down to the same level and makes all teams equally dire. Id rather buy a screwdriver, a wrench or some other useful item than pay my hard earned money to watch Jarrod Sammut style signings. Now if we were signing a couple of decent new players each year or two and keeping the squad fresh then i might be tempted to go. As it is there is very little excitement to lure people away from leaving the house.

No "might" about it.

It is standard practise for every team, in every sport to declare every attendance figure including every season ticket holder - Whether or not they actually attended. Because attendance is merely a record of how many tickets were sold/allocated for that match.

And yes, I'd guess there were about 8k actually in attendance, although the South Stand wasn't too bad, so maybe 9k?

The NFL, NBA, NHL, NRL, they all have a salary cap, soccer is pretty much the only sport that doesn’t operate a salary cap. Yea there is modern technology, there always has been modern technology, but the market for experiences is growing, if Wigan are failing to be a part of that, they only have themselves to blame.