So if the club say that 2355 fans went I to the away end using the turnstyles clicks as a counter why would you dispute it.

Just because there are a lot of fans in one end all singing so that they create an atmosphere and the other fans are spread out over three larger stands.

We sold 4000 season tickets and had a push with bring a buddy vouchers.

First game of the season you would expect ST holders to turn up so 4000 plus 1382 buddy fans/ walk ups sounds entirely plausible.

As I understand it from a Hull fan you sold 1800 tickets and then had 555 walk ups again sounds reasonable.

where were these extra Hull fans sitting that you think were there. Was their a spare 1000 of them lurking in with the Giants fans in the Riverside or John Smiths stands.

But don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

Yours was the best attendance by any away fans for an ordinary league game for 4 to 5 years at Huddersfield. Well done.

Ever since we stopped being whipping boys away fans have stopped coming to Huddersfield in as big a numbers although after yesterday they might start coming back.

Have the Giants said it was turnstile clicks? Or tickets plus walk ups?

With being pedantic, there are 6 sections, the two with sponsors draping were the two on either end which are half the size of the middle two. Still I was sat in that end and the sections occupied were pretty much full.

Where did you get this info from? It's not on the Giants official website.

The stand holds 4054 that is reserved seating its just over 3800 for unreserved.. Around 1000 seats were covered up by sponsors drapes and even then the stand wasn't full.. So 2300 is probably right. I will get the official figure tomorrow probably.
But as has already been said it was the best following for hull for 6 years the first time in 3 games any team from hull has posted a 4 figure attendance and only the 5th 2000+ away crowd in 3 years so well done hull fans

When you look at these numbers its also worth noting that prior to SL crowds were considerably lower at some clubs. I started watching Leeds in 1981 and the average that year was about 5.5 k. Even during the Hanley-Schofield era (often cited as a glory period for British RL) the average was nearer 10 k than 15.

Yes crowds on average will be higher this year mainly because of London not being in Super League, but a majority of clubs still have a lot of work to do to raise there home crowds by a larger amount.
I remain disappointed with some clubs efforts to get their average crowds up more.

Blimey

I presume by that you'll look no further then your own?

Leigh v Bradford will be close to or beat that Huddersfield crowd

not so sure hes a huddersfield fan despite the username, never on the hudds forum anyway!

Huddersfield1895? Reads more like an attendance than a user name

It will be interesting to see what Salford’s attendance is this Thursday v St Helens.
The club have done a substantial amount of marketing in the local and surrounding areas with initiatives such as free transport for various schools and local amateur teams. Shame our first game is a Thursday night and on Sky but I would hope it’s higher than the 6,353 who were at the corresponding fixture last season.

7000 will be a great attendance for non supa doopa league !

Really will be and if Leigh can keep up the good work and get a few more higher attendances the championship average will be decent this year, especially with Bradford also getting these higher attendances.

No official news on sales, but noticed some more sections of St James' Park is now open for the Magic Weekend

Are they the more expensive ones in the reserved seating area?

Salford crowd looks ok by their standards. Particularly on a Thursday night.

Thursday night can't be an excuse for a poor home fan turn out and when the opposition are from 15 miles away...

Will be interesting to see what the crowd is.

Maybe not as much as the hype surrounding Salford would suggest, but maybe around 6k?

Thursday nights aren't helpful for families, especially those with young children. You also lose some of the people who use the game as part of a night out.

4,975 is poop.

Less than I thought. Under 5000.

I wonder when the first "Salford bring nothing to the comp let's replace them with Leigh" thread is going to start?

3 too many letters in the thread title, otherwise it'd be on like Kong.