Yeah , its hilarious right now , until you realise your biggest fixture is no longer there .

I remember how Leeds fans laughed at Bradford's demise , ask them which fixture they miss most now ?

Salford at home won't even come close to a Hull derby .

But hey , its a local thing , enjoy

Tim Sheens surely won't stick around in the Championship now?!

only posted what i think, I am glad they got beat, am not gonna say otherwise,

Why would you want to lose your biggest gate (income) of the season?

think im in a minority, i actually wanted kr to win, they are our rivals! superleague has lost one of its best fixtures next season imo

the only problem was too many fixtures between us, a friendly, two regular season matches and magic, both sets of fans were bored of the games and gates dropped off


no doubt most fc fans will disagree

It's been over done in recent years. More Hull derbies than you can shake a stick at. Admittedly it's the only true derby in the game but it has lost it's edge. Same old same old for the build up. A year or two off won't do it any harm. The fixture will be better for it ultimately.

It was rather cruel in an exquisite sort of way.

We survived for 7/8 years without them while they were languishing in the lower divisions.I'm sure we'll cope again

Maybe because for ordinary fans, sport is still about passion and rivalry, not business.

Exactly.

The incremental attendance difference from playing rovers compared to another club is around 5k. Once the SMC takes it's bite out of it, we really don't pocket that much. I had this debate on the Rovers board last week, and estimated it to be worth around £60-75k.

Considering we now have the pick of sponsorship and corporates in the city, as well as playing in bigger matches like we have done this season, that amount can be made back. We'd have to increase our average attendance by around 400 to cover it just from a match day revenue side of things.