The retail sides of both clubs are also poles apart as are the attendance figures.

Attendance wise historically Rovers have always had less than Hull so i don't see that as too significant in all honesty. The retail and merchandise side if the business is a work in progress but the facilities for corporates are virtually non existent.

How do you know that Hull KR are not also adopting that accounting technique with tangible assets at Nov 2008 being valued at £1,302,758, when to the best of my knowledge Hull KR do not own Craven Park?


But should Hull KR have spent as though they had the luxury of such revenue that can be achieved from such a facility? A bit of heart ruling head from the Hull KR directors over the last few years. The board must have known for a couple of years that the sums are not adding up?

Just a guess here but i'm pretty sure they would have had to provide receipts
and they are depreciating these assets so it not likely to be Land or Buildings.



Dunno, maybe you should ask them. I am pretty sure they expected to run up some losses during their first 2/3 years but they backed these losses up with their own cash afaik.

The £482k added in 2008 could be the East Stand extension?

I think you're being generous there. There is huge unserviced demand for Rovers merchandise which pretty poor at this time of year. Rather than spend £100k+ on Joel Clinton, why not spend a third of that on someone with the experience and customer insight to sort out this side of the business. Bizarre allocation of resources to not prioritise this revenue stream. Corporate facilities need capital investment, but a decent retail manager is far cheaper and could have a big impact. FC can turn over £1m on merchandise in a good year - madness not to prioritise it IMO.

If it was been run purely as a business, then no, but I don't think it was. Sport can be a fun leisure activity too - remember? Without a bit of heart ruling head Rovers would still be becalmed in the lower leagues, I'm 99% sure of that. The years of sums 'not adding up' have, with franchizing coming in, been ones of necessary rapid growth. Losses were anticipated, that has been admitted - whether they have been dramatically worse than expected is unclear. That they can't continue forever, is something fans have to accept.

Out of interest, is your sig aimed at us or the overoptimistic amongst Hull fans or both?

Tbh, much as I would like to see a new prop, if it was a straight choice I'd be inclined to agree. IIRC, Rovers did appoint a new marketing manager not long ago, so hopefully things will get better.

New signings create optimism that will feed through into sales of merchandize too - though I offer that as mitigation rather than justification.

Agreed you're going into your 4th SL season with a fanbase of 8,500 so you don't need Clinton to stimulate merchandise demand, it's already there but is not being met. You can't really spend £1.6m ish on player wages, completely skimp on retail expertise and then complain about lack of revenue.

Rovers average gate for their third season in Super League compares very favourably with Hull FC’s third season average gate.

Hull FC 5,939
Hull KR 8,501

6928 but dont let facts get in the way