Quote ="RuddyScoosers"Like your relegation in the early 80s =#800000and your subsequent 3,000 crowds.'"
More lies and bull$hit:
Averages attendances in the seasons before, during and after relegation.
1976-1977 4,699
1977-1978 5,544
1978-1979 4,505
1979-1980 4,665
=#8000001980-1981 4,744
1981-1982 5,497
1982-1983 7,431
1983-1984 7,489
1984-1985 10,053
1985-1986 12,515
Now let's compare that to your teams successful Super League period:
2004 Tetley's Rugby Super League IX 9,502
2003 Tetley's Rugby Super League IIX 9,819
2002 Tetley's Bitter Super League VII 9,925
2001 Tetley's Bitter Super League VI 8,802
2000 Tetley's Bitter Super League V 8,809
Four thousand difference? One team in stuck in the 2nd division in the doldrums of dour 70's rugby - the other at 'The top of their game' in the Professional Era with all the marketing and the jazz that goes with it.