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forget odsal, that was THE wembley of the North!
It is worrying though.Just to compare the 10 years leading up to SL and the last 5 years since the top 8 was brought in:
1984/85 - 19,272 , 20,982
1985/86 - 12,430 , 23,866 (Replay - 32,485)
1986/87 - 13,105 , 16,064
1987/88 - 20,783 , 20,534
1988/89 - 26,629 , 17,119
1989/90 - 26,489 , 15,631
1990/91 - 19,057 , 16,109
1991/92 - 14,636 , 18,027
1992/93 - 20,085 , 13,823
1993/94 - 20,771 , 17,049
1994/95 - 12,742 , 21,485
2009 - 12,975 , 10,683
2010 - 15,267 , 12,265
2011 - 13,158 , 12,713
2012 - 12,860 , 9,473
2013 - 6,274 , 10,621'"
I think it is a shame that he CC isn't drawing the interest. The CC was always the way non-league people outside the the M62 corridor got their dose of RL on the BBC. In a lot of ways it still is. Sky has presented the game very well on TV, but the BBC upped their game some years ago and (if they could somehow get shot of "Jiffy"icon_wink.gif arguably do the better job now. Especially as the Eddie and Stevo show is looking very, very tired now.
Superleague sounds like something a marketing guy thought up (probably because it is) wheras the CC has a huge weight of tradition, history and authenticity. But I guess, much like the FA Cup, it's been relegated to a sideshow.
You still can't beat a good cup tie though, knockout rugby has delivered the best games over the years. I think if you were to ask me my top 10 Leeds games, 8 or 9 of them would be knockout games. CC, JP Trophy and playoff. It would probably be the same for 10 worst.
. You'd think people had so many better things to do to hear 'em talk. Most will end up putting that new curtain pole up or sat at the in-laws debating whether to have another coffee or a green tea. The others that end up tidying the garage will either stand on a garden rake or get a nail through their foot for their troubles.
