We do need the fans back upto the 14000 gates of a few years ago every week but lets not forget that if we get 19500 it's still a very good crowd even for a derby and forgetting finals I bet there aren't many crowds over the years that have surpassed this figure. It's getting the fans to return to your average matches such as Bradford, Wakefield, Cas etc that we need to continually work to get the support back. But I am sure in time it will happen under Pearson and Gentle. I have every faith under their stewardship the club will get to where we all want the club, at the top of the game!

I agree that the 4 derby's a year in the early years haven't helped.

if the club can sustain its league position throughout the season, (top 5), i expect people to come back and support the team, just look at hull citys' gates in 2008, upto the final few games before the play offs, they were only getting 14-16,000 then the last 2 or 3 games they were hitting 20,000+!, people will only come and watch a succesfull team, so if pearson wants those missing fans back, then i hope we are still up the top end of the league come mid summer

Did the loss of the voucher exchange scheme put anyone here off getting a season pass?

If being able to give someone an unused voucher to attend a match, might get them going more often.

They could do a bring a friend rally back, and give pass holders a chance to pre purchase a reduced price ticket to bring a friend for a specified game.

It stopped me getting a pass. living in the south means i have to pick and choose games for a variety of reasons. By having the voucher scheme i could save the vouchers and attend games with my wife. without it the cost goes up.
i suspect AP saw the Wire crowd last year and smiled. then saw gate receipts and was less than happy.

Yeah 16000 gate against Warrington and I bet only about 3000 paid