Did anyone else think last nites crowd was quite low? Just not sure what the reasons were for it? Considering leeds brought about 1000 more than usual (the bandagon of being champs again must have had its effect as i reon around 2k travelled last nite) i would have expected a crowd of 18 to 19k withabout 16k wiganers and 2k leeds adding to the crowd!

Wat we got was 15300, 2k of which was leeds meaning only approx 13300 wiganers bothered showing up for our first big game of the year. Given we averaged 16k last year and that is likely to be the 3 rd biggest game of theyear im a bit worried we could see a big drop in crowds this year unless there was a reaon? Was it the cold, orthe fact that people are struggling to stillpay xmas creditcard bills or is it the sign of the times with the poor economy.

Its not justthe gate receipts im worried about too- thought it looked poor on the tele with the east stand looking nearly as bad as a normal latics game. The missing 2 or 3k looks massive in our ground and is the difference between the crowd looking pretty packed or generally quite poor. Also felt the atmosphere suffered with those extra missing seats.

The bad weather and stupid time to play helped to keep a low attendance. And when they shift to Monday night games.......I mean come on. Now that will affect attendances for sure.

We have a core of about 11,000 fans who turn up almost every week. I'd say another 3,000 who turn up for biggish games, and then a further 4 or 5k who turn up for a massive game, but not in the freezing cold of February when the game is on TV.

It's a fact that those fans who aren't quite as fanatical, aren't going to turn up rain or shine. They will only come when they want to. Just under 16k is probably a little lower than we would have gotten for a mid season game, but it just means we can pick out a game against a lesser team for the big one later on in the year, meaning we can average that out.

We've had 2 healthy crowds already this year, we're probably top of the attendance averages, or will be once everyone has had 2 home games. I can't see us missing out on a couple thousand this week making a big difference. After all, the marketing team have had the fixtures for a while now, and would have had a rough estimate in mind for these games.

The weather, and being on TV, would have a lot to do with it, but also there were nowhere near 2000 Leeds fans there, unless they were somewhere other than the North Stand - I'd have said more like 1200-1300.

1,372.

I think last weeks disappointing performance had a big impact on numbers.

Thought Leeds would have brought at least 3k with them being massive and all that.

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Well Round 1 crowds across the board are generally always higher than normality. I wouldn't say it was a poor crowd. Perhaps the fact Man Utd played Liverpool earlier in the day had a few going the pub for that rather than the DW but it's a standard attendance that for me.

IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE

Not a bad crowd IMO, M62 on a Friday night for them and all that......

You must have been brayed to many times with you being an ultra! It was a Saturday night.

Dont forget, some of the tickets from the Huddersfield game were free in the bring a friend offer for season ticket holders.