Number nnnnnn nineteen is a certain Paul Hardcastle

Does the h at the end of your name stand for Hardcastle, Dave?

good post...

its right we have lost a generation of fans, the 18-30 age, mainly due to those awful years of finishing bottom every year then being relegated. But we are building slowly now, and every clubs attendances are struggling this season.

anyway ill be there tonight as always!! come on you Giants, those moaning about the view can go side on stop moaning and support your team.

With respect, you finished bottom of SL, we went down to the third tier and have managed to regenerate a greater amount of support for our period of mediocrity in SL so that cannot be the sole reason

Hello Brearley, see you there lad.

I agree with some of this but that wasn't the point I was making. Hudds have always had the rise taken out if them over their fan numbers so saying it is only because they are now good means you are either blinkered or new to RL surely.

I will say however that Huddersfield Giants are second and pushing for top spot and Huddersfield Town are hardly pulling up tree's so if not now then when?
Huddersfield always comes across as a dreary place (As does Hull to folks from elsewhere no doubt) and the Giants are a brilliant good news story in that local area and still only get 5,200 for a Monday night game?

Well, given that I live near there, and love it, I do have admit a certain bias!

More listed building than fancy pants Bath dontcha know!

Fair enough and others may not agree but that is just the impression I get and like I say others may feel the same about Hull.

I just feel that 5,200 in a game where they are starting to look like the real deal (Not the same as the previous seasons of real deals BTW) is poor when there isn't a lot for it to compete with.

If you're from Hull and not used to stone buildings and go when it's overcast and raining it can feel very oppressive. I went to University there and it seemed the quintessential Pogues "Dirty Old Town", but there are a lot of very unspoilt and not at all busy areas of beautiful countryside within a spit. When The Skein come and stay at mine they're constantly astounded by how hilly it is, and they break out in a sweat at the snow!

The town centres not that great and Leeds Road (where the JS is) is industrial (think Clough Road) so I can easily see that impression.

5200 isn't great, and I don't know what the answer is, god knows Uncle Ken's tried hard enough. Last season they averaged over eight thousand, unemployment is above the national average (as I'm sure it is in pretty much all northern towns and city's) and as I said, the imperative to have a season ticket at Huddersfield isn't as vital as at Rovers.

Hopefully with a decent end to the season and the economy picking up (yeah, I know) they'll be able to build back up and surpass that in years to come.

Just as an aside, I was asked, can Huddersfield fans already holding Zebrugge Terrace tickets transfer to The Well and how do they go about that?

The season pass point is valid but that doesn't totally explain away the low numbers IMHO plus the high numbers previously are skewed in much the same way as the Bradford 10K+ was as it wasn't a fair comparison as it's not like for like.

Take Hull FC as a comparison (Yes I know the size difference 149K Vs 263K in local populations) but FC also have us and a football club that have bounced to and from and back to the premier league to compete with and they don't have the problem over selling season passes on a very similar sized stadium.

I agree that the answer is complicated and also that it isn't the fault of the current fan base but could it be possible that the local population are not interested enough to pay the going rate and will only attend regularly if they are given passes at a huge discount?

Funny that- the club didn't want to know either- pretending it didn't happen doesn't make it not happen.

On the other hand .Pretending it did happen doesn't make it happen

Anyone know if you can pay on the gate at east stand and how much it will be for a junior and youth please?