An amazing achievement to stay up put themselves in situ to get another £200 million for next year. !
Congratulations to them and good for the town of Huddersfield as well.

“But part of our DNA, the Huddersfield Town DNA, is to try it. To have passion, desire, spirit ... how big you are doesn’t count for everything.”

A bit different to the Giants DNA!

Serious question.

Football clubs have a habit once they are in the top flight to get a bit snooty about sharing.

If Town were to give you 10% of that 200 million ie 20 million to fix up then to bugger off back to Fartown (or similar), would you?

A nice redevelopment for say a 12k - 14k stadium. All yours.

I would, as I reckon it would be the making of you. You will never fill the JSS, few RL clubs would. But a 12k stadium that was generally 75% full most games - I'd bite their hands off.

no.

Yes, absolutely, but it is not going to happen. I think the key is to be self sustaining not fixated on a particular capacity. Think 10k is about right for clubs like ours and yours, big enough to get in everyone who really cares but create a bit of demand through being full a few times a year. Scarcity or perceived scarcity of tickets can help sales, nobody has ever worried about not getting in to a Giants game at the JSS.

It would be very helpful to move to a more appropriately sized stadium. But it would not be sufficient - the current management of the club would not know how to exploit it.

10k in the JS means staring at 15,000 empty seats

10k in a 12k stadium would lift the roof off the place

The atmosphere at the JS is very strongly linked to attendance size. If you fill it, the air crackles with excitement.

With 25,000 on, it is an incredible stadium - I’ve not been to one better. With 6,000 on its like sitting on a shaded park bench with lots of space to spread out.

We pay based on our attendance.it isedvyo be £5 per person- it may have changed.
10k In the 25k stadium would cost us £50.000
5k in the 25k stadium would cost us £25,000

There wouldn’t be much difference between 1000 or 10,000 in terms of cost in a 12k stadium. A little different in terms of numbers of stewards required. And we’d have to pay all the costs of running and maintaining it.

Think we have a good deal.

Why all the fuss over Town. It`s over the top, they finished 5th from bottom and only missed relegation by a whisker. When we played in the middle 8s and survived to play SL the following year, there were no celebrations then.

It wasn’t worth 200 million to stay in SL....

£200 million. Never reaches "Joe Bloggs" the spectator, only the board and directors. In fact the supporter ends up paying more for the privilege of watching.

But in the tiny minds of the football fan it means a lot- they get to see the highest paid workers in the country each week and get to pretend their team is important.
Also Compare the way they stayed in SL with the draw against a different team whilst we had put our opposition into the worst possible position and giants fans had more class than to throw a party following if (cf Salford).

Because I am proud of Huddersfield and the success of anyone from here.
Whether it is Town, Anita Lonsborough, Harold Wilson , Roy castle or wilf lunn.

Martians selling Smash and laughing about Huddersfield or books about Martians landing in Huddersfield.

It brings publicity and money to the town and people have heard of where I come from.

Apparently the publicity for Town has raised it,s profile and more students are now coming to the Poly. That brings money.

If you are struggling with jealousy go on the Wakey board like some of our other posters and argue with wakey fans about which of us is the crappiest team

Probably because Town weren’t expected to survive and were favourites for the drop. They battled hard to the very end, never gave up, beat some genuinely big teams, and have great - and very obvious - team spirit.

Whereas Fartown had finished first, third, third - were established as a top team challenging for silverware - and then fell apart, bickering amongst themselves, putting drinking ahead of training, showing all the fight and spirit of a deflated whoopee cushion, and limped over the line. .

One side was visibly proud to wear the blue and white stripes, the other was an embarrassment to the claret and gold hoops.

See the difference?

Tiny minds?

Grow up. We all know a lot of people who support Town who are friends or family. My dad was a Town season ticket holder for forty years, he’d have been utterly thrilled by this season. And he certainly didn’t have a tiny mind.

You could buy a Town season pass for £250. That’s pretty amazing for 19 games of Premiership football. It’s about thirteen quid a game. It compares pretty well with £125 for 14 Superleague games.

There’s a hell of a lot that Fartown can learn from their stadium-mates on engaging with the Town’s public.

Last point in this little rant!

You might not like football, nor do I really, but Niobe can deny that it’s a very high profile business. And Rugby league isn’t.

I'm a HTFC fan and I think they are doing magnificently. They have created an identity and a way of doing things, instilled pride in the shirt and gotten everyone pulling in the same direction. Managing expectations will be the biggest challenge for HTFC but in terms of maximising performances, playing smart, improving attendances and so on they have nailed it. Fartown could learn a lot from the way Wagner & Hoyle have gone about their business. Sean Jarvis too.

If they can keep hold of Kongolo that will be a massive bonus but I doubt it'll happen unfortunately.

Never happen.

I love both clubs so posts like that one from Jools does my head in. There needs to be more unity between the two clubs and a line drawn under everything that previously happened. The Giants would benefit massively from trying to ride the coat tails of HTFC. But alas... Grudges be grudges, and yes it works both ways.

least we benefit from a fresh lick of paint at the stadium!

Here. here Durham.

Don't forget Sir Patrick and it's the Uni now.

Agree with everything Durham, Steve May etc, etc say. I was brought up watching, Town and Fartown by my late father and brought my 2 sons up the same, my grand daughter also has the bug. My eldest who lives in Scotland has a Town season ticket and get's down to watch Town/Fartown whenever he can and the youngest son and grand daughter both have season tickets for both clubs. We're all born, bred and very proud of Huddersfield's illustrious history, both on and off the sports fields.
Here's to the future success of all things Huddersfield.

I'm not a soccer fan at all but i was rooting for town to stay up. People who compare the two clubs have really got no idea, Yes there is massive amounts of money involved in soccer, but for a team to just hold there own in the top league is a massive achievment, I'm the only League fan in my family, all the rest are Town mad, and good luck to them

Rugby league in comparison to Soccer is just nowhere, and anyone belittling Town for just surviving is just indulging in sour grapes, Have they forgotten we survived by a lick of paint, and just last season we lost in the CC to some part timers. The very best opposition in League pales in comparison to the opposition Town face in most of their games.

Absolutely spot on Durham, Steve May and Danril....I'm one with a tiny mind who supports both and have season tickets for both. Those belittling Town should get down there and see a team that works its socks off, plays the game plan and is backed by a set of supporters that have earned praise this season from other teams support for the fantastic atmosphere generated. A team that is miles behind the rest of the league in budget...and they also tend to keep supporters informed unlike the Giants..Thorman apart..who seem to operate like a secret service. I hope the Giants keep improving on field and off as well and can get back to being a formidable side again but I for one will back both sides going forward