A very big factor IMO.

Still don't think our attendances will improve just yet. Sadly, it will need more then a decent start to a season to convert the sceptics back to the KC.

Yesterday's crowd was what I expected, and I don't think playing on a Sunday made any difference to the crowd. Widnes simply isn't an attractive game to be spending £19-24 on in these economic times.

It will take a few years of good rugby to lure the lost fans back, many have been turned off by the years of Hetherington/Rule/Agar spin and empty promises.

I think a better indicator of our crowds will be the Bradford game, it will be only our 2nd game against 'marketable' opposition (with the Wire crowd hampered by the weather) if we beat Cas i'd hope to pull in 13-14K for Bradford.

Simple answer is go back to Friday nights. It's what all the clubs with decent attendances do

The biggest disappointment for me has been the atmosphere within the stadium When old faithful gets go (a rare occasion) no-one joins in, and it dies out by "... when the round up days are over"!
I miss hearing our loyal fans screaming at the top of their lungs our famous anthem! I know that we've had a few bum seasons, but aren't we as hull fans supposed to follow the motto "old faithful in any kind of weather"? For decades we have been known as highly passionate and loyal fans, it's really upsetting to see how dull we've all become! I don't know how we can improve this, but for the sake of the players, the club and the match day experience, it needs to improve!!!

The club need to do something about the user agreement so they can have more flexibility for ticket offers to get people back into the habit of attending matches

I think the crowd numbers will increase if our performances carry on with the recent forum.

I don't like us playing on Sundays. It's the first time since I was 14 that I haven't gotten a season pass (admittedly I'm only 19 now) and this is because Sunday clashes with too many other things to make purchasing the pass worthwhile. Instead I just buy on the day for the matches I can get to as it works out cheaper overall.
Sunday will also be affected by the weather, as when it's nice families may decide to go away for the weekend.

Also, it's kinda crap for the East Stand as you've got the sun in your eyes nearly the entire game, and the matches themselves don't seem to have the atmosphere that friday nights did.

I'd rather see us switch back to Friday night matches next season.

Attendances and atmosphere will be governed by performances. Friday night attendances last year were poor so I'm not sure Sunday rugby has too much of an effect.

It was a disappointing figure yesterday but as has been said it'll take a while to win some supporters back. After the Bradford game we have potentially the four biggest gates of the season - Rovers, Wigan, Leeds and Saints so it'll be interesting to see how the attendaces go.

Plus what people can afford .Fans just might be waiting to see the top teams coming to KC Stadium .Hull should put offers to traveling fans to help them .But so should every S/L team .The cost of a Coach fare plus gate money fans think twice about the lay out .

Plus what people can afford .Fans just might be waiting to see the top teams coming to KC Stadium .Hull should put offers to traveling fans to help them .But so should every S/L team .The cost of a Coach fare plus gate money fans think twice about the lay out .

same here, except it was the daughter playing!! her match kicked off in scarborough at 12:30! utter gutted

Our form in the next few weeks will have a massive effect on our average attendance. As you state our biggest crowd pullers all happen in quick succession. A win against Rovers and/or Leeds would get many of the 'missing' fans back to the KC.

Anyone know what this season's attendances are compared to those against the same teams last year?

We played them on a sunday in July last year and got 11139