Attendance / Atmosphere

Some really good posts on this thread.

I had a season ticket at cas until 4 years ago. At the time super league signed a new deal with SKY without even exploring other options at getting to promote the brand. Which, in my opinion, for the amount of money SKY have, they do terribly.

What I found in my last year as a seasion ticket holder was that 3 games got moved at the last minute from Sundays to Thursdays, which made it impossible for me to attend.

As such, getting a season ticket was actually costing me more money than paying on the day.

The flip side of the coin is that paying on the day, especially if you're going with the Mrs and/or kids.... You're looking at an absolutel bare minimum spend of £50 for two of you. Given that only fills half a tank of petrol these days it's just not worth it to people with a passing interest.

Clubs as a whole therefore have a massive void in regard to catering for more casual fans.

The people I saw mentioned earlier don't want to commit, or can't commit to a full £280 season ticket, and neither do they wanna pay £25 to walk in.

The "mini-ticket" idea has been tried by most and we hear it isn't profitable, neither is giving freebies away..... Obviously.

But clubs desperately need to find a solution for people who, like me, are fans who can't commit to a full season ticket and find £25 walk up prices just a bit much.

I still go to half a dozen games a year but people with a little less interest than me just won't pay it.

I think we've all had a conversation along these lines in our time:

"how much is it to get in nowadays?"
"£25"
" (insert expletive) "

Football clubs get a ridiculously good deal from TV because SKY, BT Spott etc battle like mad for the rights. There's no such battle for RL/SL. They therefore get the prime slots over a weekend, so as such football clubs are absolutely raking in money even by people sat watching it in a pub