Will be interesting to see how crowds hold up at Odsal. Potential for an absolutely monster gate against Leeds if Bulls can show a bit of leg between now and Easter Thursday.

think 10,000 bulls fans getting season passes for £60 might had help

Seems that £60 season ticket thing has worked a treat....doesn't exactly do any favours for those who believe Yorkshiremen aren't the tightest gets in the world though

I would imagine a lot will be down to Success on the pitch, even more so than at other clubs.

When a season ticket is that cheap people will buy one and not be too dissapointed if they dont use it every week. Wheras someone who has spent £300 on one will feel the need to go week in week out regardless of performances to get value for money from their ticket.

There was 15k when the hooter went, people moan about the WIGAN walk but being at odsal today they must have inveted the bull stampede for the exits with over 10min to go.

I remember a few seasons back when Wakey beat Bradford on the first match of the season. 15k were there and 10k Bradford fans walked out with 10 mins to go. Put your lot to shame.



Joking aside, its great news that Bradford are bumping the crowds back up again. I hope they can stick around the 15k mark.

Other clubs should be taking note of the £60 ST scheme.

brilliant crowd and speaking to a mate from bradford apparently the weather was poor too.

shame about the result though

how does this compare with the same game last year vs wigan, and also what did the bulls get for their opening game at ofsal last year

good to compare to see how much their crowds will rise this year.

under mick potter their form should improve so i can see the crowds holding up

£60 a ST works out at about £4.75 per home game. Or put another way, Bradford would have to increase their games at least 3 fold to get the same revenue in from these fans as last year. Unless Bradford have a major financial backer, its a fairly high risk strategy.

just looked up SL stats:

they got

vs saints - 10,165 - 1st game of the year at odsal
vs wigan 9294
vs leeds 13,269 their biggest crowd last year

so theyve smashed all those benchmarks already

not everyone will have bought the cheapest tickets

4000 extra people attending means how much extra merchandise sold each game.

im sure they know what they are doing

That's a good thing

The board realised they had to do something to stop crowds slipping and its worked.


And as Dally states, the main stand tickets were 120, Premier main stand even more then of course the coral stand.

o/t but good crowds also for wire, barrow (for them), leigh and especially widnes!

odsal because of its size needs at least 15,000 to look good on tv and for the people that go to have a good atmosphere.

10,000 or less there looks terrible so even if the revenue is the same as last year but the crowds higher theyve done well

Good crowd - i guess the real impact of these new breed of Bulls fans will be tested when they're not playing the current champions in the 1st home game with lots of anticipation.

Odsal isn't the same without Bullmania

The Hardest thing to do is get people to the ground and watching, The bulls have done that now. What they need to do is get these new supporters coming back for many years. Great idea, Well implimented by the Bulls.

Our revenue will be much higher than last season.

6,000 extra season ticket holders equates into alot of shirts, beer, food, etc.

Plus the actual money in from season tickets to begin with will be similar to last season (a little higher I think)

if they can afford it id keep the pricing in place for a number of years and try and get close to sellouts

once you know there will be very big crowds every week more people will want to go just for the atmosphere.

then slowly increase prices

the club had to do something or their SL status was at risk down the track

this ST pricing has turned the club around massively. great initiative

FWIW, even after that stuffing people were queuing to get into the club shop.

To get refunds?

Some were trying to trade in Cougars scarves.

Since when is 1500 a good crowd for Leigh ?

its a good base to build from tbh

if ever the club wants a chance at SL they need crowds of 3000 or so, so if they can get 2000 this year that aint bad. and i cant remember what they averaged last year, im thinking around 1500

Agreed, Given that they have a good coach and look set for a very good season i would hope leigh would be breaking the 2k barrier with ease. It was not all that long ago they were competing with the crowds of Widnes. They are now the 3-4th best supported club in the championship which isnt good enough.

They need to Double that crowd on Average if they have SL aspirations in the next round of Licensing.

Hope they pick up to above 2k for the league. I think they will, I can see some really big crowds in our league this year. I'm hoping that Widnes at the LSV will get a load of promo and get a huge crowd with it being on a Sunday.