I reckon HKR will be nearer 10k in 2014 than they have ever been before....it really is up to the fans now.

Huddersfield V Wigan play-off attendance tonight where adult tickets were priced cheap at £10 is being reported as exactly 8,000.

7200-odd announced over the tannoy

It's possible with big crowds vs FC, Leeds, Wigan etc. Got a good chance of being as well supported as they ever have IMO. Just need to extend the East Stand now as well in the other direction... and a new South Stand

Good crowd, and vocal as well

So untrue its not even worth pointing out how wrong you are!

Hmm....that's over their season average, but 700 or so down on their attendance when they won the hub cap a couple of weeks ago and 23 less than the regular season game back in freezing February.
Still...let's see what the other 3 games deliver before we pass critical judgement.

[uPLAY-OFF ATTENDANCE COMPARISONS[/u

[uHuddersfield V Wigan[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 7,116 <-----(Ticket Price £10 Adults)-----
Regular season in 2013 = 8,023
Regular season in 2012 = 10,123
Regular season in 2011 = 8,151
Regular season in 2010 = 8,390
Regular season in 2009 = 8,988

[uHull V Catalan[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 4,970 <-----(Ticket Price £15 Adults)-----
Regular season in 2013 = 10,065
Regular season in 2012 = 10,765
Regular season in 2011 = 10,739
Regular season in 2010 = 11,466
Regular season in 2009 = 12,482

TBF the hull crowd tonight is an absolute joke.

A truer reflection of the level of popularity the current SL product perhaps?

The mega-cheap season ticket culture has spawned a generation of SL fans who have an aversion to paying for individual games. They won't even pay to attend a play-off fixture when there's a cheap ticket deal on offer.

Tonight's attendance at Hull was the 3rd lowest ever for a SL play-off fixture or the 3rd lowest out of 89 play-off fixtures played since 1998.

[uLowest play-off attendances during SL-era[/u
Wakefield V Catalan in 2009 = 4,008
Huddersfield V Catalan in 2009 = 4,263
=#FF0000Hull V Catalan in 2013 = 4,970
Halifax V St Helens in 1998 = 5,451
Huddersfield V Crusaders in 2010 = 5,869

[uTop 5 play-off system (1998 to 2001)[/u
248,342 have attended 20 play-off fixtures at an average of 12,417

[uTop 6 play-off system (2002 to 200icon_cool.gif[/u
468,499 have attended 35 play-off fixtures at an average of 13,386

[uTop 8 play-off system (2009 to 2013)[/u
327,122 have attended 34 play-off fixtures at an average of 9,621

SL 1998: 50,469 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 10,094
SL 1999: 67,209 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 13,442
SL 2000: 71,432 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 14,286
SL 2001: 59,232 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 11,846
SL 2002: 63,861 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 12,772
SL 2003: 80,182 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 16,036
SL 2004: 88,125 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 17,625
SL 2005: 59,371 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 11,874
SL 2006: 61,546 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 12,309
SL 2007: 65,662 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 13,132
SL 2008: 49,752 attended 5 play-off fixtures at an average of 9,950
SL 2009: 68,995 attended 8 play-off fixtures at an average of 8,624
SL 2010: 94,573 attended 8 play-off fixtures at an average of 11,844
SL 2011: 76,544 attended 8 play-off fixtures at an average of 9,568
SL 2012: 74,924 attended 8 play-off fixtures at an average of 9,365
SL 2013: ?????

shocking crowd

The wheels soon fell off that Wembley bandwagon lol, guess those old hull shirts are back in the wardrobe for another few years.

Can someone do us a favour and tell me who won the bet between smokey and will,save me going through 100 pages cheers.


The crowd was poor last night but I think its the make up of the comp,the sooner we go back to top 5 the better

What bet was this? You're the second person to allude to a bet between me and Smokey. We had a difference of opinion when Smokey suggested SL attendances in 2013 were on course to becoming the 2nd best attendances in the entire history of the game!

I offered him the bet that 2013 SL attendances would be lower than 2011 (despite the fact that Saints were playing all their home games in Widnes that year, and then there were those embarrassing Crusaders attendances). Smokey bottled it - he wouldn't take the bet - which was lucky for him because he would have lost. In fact, 2013 SL attendances also finished up lower than those recorded in 2010 and 2009.


Agree with that. Hopefully, the poor play-off attendances during the Top 8 format era will be the evidence required to terminate it ASAP.

Interesting article from last year [url=http://www.rugbyleagueworld.net/2012/10/HERE[/url which discusses and compares play-off attendances under each play-off format and argues for the scrapping of the Top 8 system in SL.

cheers didn,t know he bottled it

[uPLAY-OFF ATTENDANCE COMPARISONS[/u

[uHuddersfield V Wigan[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 7,116 <-----(Ticket Price £10 Adults)-----
Regular season in 2013 = 8,023
Regular season in 2012 = 10,123
Regular season in 2011 = 8,151
Regular season in 2010 = 8,390
Regular season in 2009 = 8,988

[uHull V Catalan[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 4,970 <-----(Ticket Price £15 Adults)-----
Regular season in 2013 = 10,065
Regular season in 2012 = 10,765
Regular season in 2011 = 10,739
Regular season in 2010 = 11,466
Regular season in 2009 = 12,482

[uWarrington V Leeds[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 8,695
Play-off in 2011 = 12,074
Regular season in 2013 = 11,281
Regular season in 2012 = 10,835
Regular season in 2011 = 11,438
Regular season in 2010 = 10,442
Regular season in 2009 = 9,863

[uSt Helens V Hull KR[/u
=#FF0000Play-off in 2013 = 6,940 <-----(Ticket Price £15 Adults)-----
Regular season in 2013 = 10,820
Regular season in 2012 = 12,435
Regular season in 2011 = 7,740 (at Widnes)
Regular season in 2010 = 9,458
Regular season in 2009 = 11,830

Your's can finally go in the wash. Not needed now until next February.

Total Play-Off Attendance Week 1 (4 Fixtures) = 27,721
Average Attendance Week 1 = 6,930

Lowest Week 1 total play-off attendances on record during the modern 14-club, Top 8 play-off era... just like the regular season SL attendances were.

=#FF0000SL 2013 Total Play-Off Attendance = 27,721 (Average: 6,930)
SL 2012 Total Play-Off Attendance = 35,128 (Average: 8,782)
SL 2011 Total Play-Off Attendance = 40,387 (Average: 10,097)
SL 2010 Total Play-Off Attendance = 48,187 (Average: 12,047)
SL 2009 Total Play-Off Attendance = 30,074 (Average: 7,519)

Saints crowd was 9,926.

That was one version. The other version was 6,700 and something. We had both versions given out at Langtree Park!

The second one was given then changed instantly back to 9,926 ( I incidentally predicted it was about 9,000 so )

Product?? Wilkin-speak if ever I heard it