Yes we did concede 30 to Gateshead but if you look it from another point of view we then scored 46 points to 6. If we had started off like that you would have been looking at probably 60 or 70 points.

Did anyone else think there was more than 5200 there last night. I remember when we were in SL and we played Wakefield on SKY and the crowd was announced as arouund 5200. IMO there was alot more there than the Wakefield game last night.

i thought there were more than 5200 - i was bit gobsmacked at that, expected it to be 6000, there were loads there

In fairness, there were only two stands open and there was a lot of space in both the North and South Stands towards the East (I know this as I sat in both stands last night and therefore counted twice on the attendance

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how did they tally it with no tickets.. turnstiles?

Just let you through the turnstiles, basically.

could you be ars ed counting ,,, they probably just said f uck it 5200 ha

How did you not know that? Surely you went.

I thought we panicked a little when staging the come back in the second half,trying to score on every set.Webster,Thackray,Gannon,Doran and Duffy were superb.I liked the wide,deep passing with players receiving the ball with space to move instead of this flat nonsense with players getting nailed as soon as they get the ball.

Thackeray was very good last night, his pace and footwork caused Gateshead plenty of problems when he came on.

Far more effective in the middle of the park, though I thought Webster looked pretty disinterested again.

thakery had a great game.mom for me.