We have 14 home games guaranteed. Is it too much to expect to bugdet for it? We know the fixtures in November.

Given that rationale, should we expect a really big gate for the Salford game? The dymanics of the City's employment are not that different to what they were in 2010, yet we got many 13K+ gates at a time our team was much less exciting to watch and results generally went against us

Also, I am not sure why some are factoring that Widnes are not an attraction. How about thinking HULL FC are what you go to watch?

I appreciate that the members on this forum are fan who either attend or would if they could (I am aware many on here don't live locally), but I am not really sure what the club can do more of to get bums on seats. Success? expensive, try scoring rugby? We have it. Its time the many who like to wear the shirt but watch our home games on TV in the pub stood up and were counted at the ground.

So,according to your logic..we just go and visit the money tree at the bottom of the garden and shall I ask my boss if its ok that I don't work on a Thurs or friday as I get the fixtures in November and want to go to rugby,then lose nearly £200 in wages and me job.People could budget but you cant stop emergency's popping up and people may enjoy having the extra money for a better home life and watching it on tv,doesn't make them any less of a fan

Do they contract the beer and food sales out?
We have brought the sales of food and beer etc back in house and the price of a pint is £3 which needed to be done.

I don't see us getting our average up much more in the near future, I suppose the only chance is to push 10k pass holders, we have 8000 this year so are just getting 2/3000 match day tickets.

Not sure what else the club can do to get people through the door, for the entertainment you get, it's great value, particularly kids passes etc.

How much marketing do the club do outside of Hull? There's loads of towns in the East Riding without a pro sports team. Goole, Howden, Market Weighton, Driffield, Beverley. I know we don't have unlimited funds but widening our marketing net could be worth a shot.

There does seem to be more kids in the stand again though, which is always a good sign for future growth

I think AP said that we need another good year to convince the lapsed supporters.
Think it will come, it will just take time to convince the floating supporters.
There does seem a good vibe around the KC on match days now though. Apart from the bloke behind me who never stops moaning about our kick offs always being the same!

You weren't saying all of that when you missed hundreds of games while you were working overseas

Anyway, from being utter cack for years, if we could regularly drag 11k home fans in this season I think it would represent good progress

a grand final win will bring fans back!

Call yourself a supporter........ although I do seem to remember you making the trip for Cardiff in 05

I was back in the UK at that point. Was overseas 2001-2003.

Then spent 2 years in Berkshire. That was a much more doable 470 mile round trip

Fans have to do their bit. I've got two new fans with me this year. Word if mouth is the best marketing there is.

The club could change to a Sunday kick off then I could attend again lol.Some people may be thinking we have seen this before,a cup win,then another good season after cup win then the team was dismantled.This wont happen under this regime but u can understand it and fans may have got used to not going and having a better social/home life and watch it on tv.Like I have Sai I cant attend now due to work on a Friday and having set hols (caravan industry.Also marketing can be better...i had to drive to Wigan for a family funeral the other Thursday and all down te east lancs road A580,there was banners on the lampposts marketing the Wigan v Leigh game on the Friday.Have also seen this in the town centre for other matches,we could learn from this.

The 8000 includes general memberships but as the club won't specify the split it's hard to find out what the rough casual attendees are.
The monthly DD option would have made a full membership appealing to those that simply can't stump up the money up front.

on a slight side note it would be interesting to figure out how much money has gone to the SMC as a direct result of Hull FC being one of the tenants