sorry, I wasn't actually having a go at you. I was trying to be funny again. I really need to stop that. Its clearly just not in me. I'll leave it to FIL from now on.

I have the 1 ab too. It takes some work to achieve but I've done well. Will top up at Christmas

I'm the same. I'm at Belle Vue because my dad brought me. No other reason. I stayed because its still a family occasion and I feel like Wakefield Trinity is part of my family and family history too.

Hopefully we create more of those

9 of us now going in the Northstand next year as sister-in-law and hubby are now coming back having not bothered last season




Just bought our 2 tickets

"God" help us.......

3200 now sold. Amazing effort.

That's only 1000 behind our average attendance last season already

Does this figure include the 2 free junior tickets for every one purchased?

It isn't for everyone purchased, it's an option. Neither my brother nor I have selected that option for example and I'm sure many other older fans give it a miss too.

Unless you do a child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang and Hurd up a load of kids to bring in….

Surprised me that 4319 @ times it certainly didn’t feel or look like that. But in superleague you will get a lot of away fans bumping that average attendance up. There is quite a difference in average attendances in superleague and the championship (championship data 2022 with a reported 6-8% rise in 2023. Look at Leighs jump 22-23.

1. Leeds Rhinos – 13,805; Highest: 16,140 v Hull FC (R2); Lowest: 11,717 v Wakefield (R4)
2. Wigan Warriors – 13,494; Highest: 24,275 v St Helens (Ricon_cool.gif; Lowest: 11,451 v Catalans (R4)
3. St Helens – 12,695; Highest: 17,088 v Wigan (R15); Lowest: 9,218 v Hull FC (R5)
4. Hull FC – 12,355; Highest: 20,985 v Hull KR (R5); Lowest: 9,937 v St Helens (R16)
5. Warrington Wolves – 10,894; Highest: 15,026 v Wigan (R9); Lowest: 8,981 v Leeds (R17)
6. Catalans Dragons – 9,123; Highest: 10,786 v Warrington (Ricon_cool.gif; Lowest: 6,933 v Hull FC (R3)
7. Hull KR – 8,770; Highest: 10,050 v Hull FC (R1icon_cool.gif; Lowest: 8,013 v Leigh (R23)
8. Leigh Leopards – 7,254; Highest: 10,308 v Wigan (R27); Lowest: 5,423 v Castleford (R11)
9. Castleford Tigers – 7,186; Highest: 10,042 v St Helens (R2); Lowest: 5,788 v Catalans (R12)
10. Salford Red Devils – 5,291; Highest: 6,892 v Leigh (R19); Lowest: 3,836 v Wakefield (R23)
11. Huddersfield Giants – 5,247; Highest: 7,771 v Warrington (R2); Lowest: 4,071 v Castleford (R4)
12. Wakefield Trinity – 4,319; Highest: 4,710 v Leigh (R9), Leeds (R15), Castleford (R22) and Hull KR (R27); Lowest: 3,348 v Catalans (R25)

Each Championship club and their average attendance
• Bradford – 3,888 (all attendances shared)
• Featherstone Rovers – 3,588 (all attendances shared)
• Widnes – 3,522 (all attendances shared)
• Leigh – 2,779 (all attendances shared)
• York – 2,347 (four out of six attendances shared)
• Barrow – 1,974 (all attendances shared)
• Halifax – 1,744 (all attendances shared)
• Batley – 1,632 (all attendances shared)
• London – 1,498 (three out of five attendances shared)
• Dewsbury – 1,417 (all attendances shared)
• Whitehaven – 1,374 (all attendances shared)
• Newcastle – 962 (all attendances shared)
• Workington – 900 (all attendances shared)
• Sheffield – 664 (all attendances shared)
*Games missing; York v Newcastle; York v Whitehaven; London v Bradford; London v Dewsbury

Those stats show exactly the challenge in the Championship.
We need to keep the average above 3,500.
And we are going to have to do that with home fans.

The ST numbers are encouraging but we need people to come to every game

Anyone know when the fixtures might be released?

If we sell over 3500 season tickets, our "attendance" should always be above that number as we cannot sell the same seat/space twice. What happens say, if we sell 5000 season tickets and only half of those people turn up, giving a physical attendance of 2500 ?

IMG counts physical attendance only.
So we need 3,500 people in the stadium.

Just Googled it and according to League Express the Superleague fixtures are due out tomorrow but not sure if the Championship fixtures are being announced at the same time ??
Thought I'd heard beginning of December but not sure ??

That’s down to those on the pitch .
If they produce more than the garbage we saw most of last season the fans will turn up.

Exactly, the bottom line is fans will come to watch a winning team more than anything else. If we perform well then attendances should naturally rise through the season accordingly.

Pre and post match entertainment will help also to a lesser degree.

With most the opposition teams being on our doorstep too I would offer premium tickets for the new east stand to away fans buy a discounted £10 entry to west stand for away fans with free or cheap £5 child offers.

This would encourage the likes of Batley, Fev, Bradford etc to travel in far greater numbers. This imo would be a smart move to boost numbers.

I've not taken up free child ticket offer

No, that's incorrect.

2023 = 4319
2022 = 4552

To maintain the 3000 fan boundary, we only need 130 fans average attendance next year.

We know that isn't a problem next year.

I might be helpful down the line, for the club to share the balance of adult and kids tickets - we've already got fans of certain other clubs thinking we are cheating our fandom (they seem oblivious to the fact that it's only "bums on seats"* that are counted).

*This means something different in Castleford.

Yes, you are correct. We don't need 3,500 to achieve the average this year. I didn't have the other averages in front of me when I posted.
I was meaning we need an average of that number in the stadium as opposed to season ticket holders who don't attend.

But if we achieve the score this year with a low average attendance it makes it harder the year after.

Yes, the thing that always impressed me about HKR and Cas, was that when they went done, their crowds went up!

I didn't think we were capable of that - I always thought relegation would be the start of a slow death for the club.

Matt Ellis is a game changer!

The future certainly seems bright.

I've said the same many times.
If we'd lost that million pound game I think we might still be there with 1k crowds but Ellis has completely changed that.

Appears to be a bit of confusion over on RWB FB regarding season tickets for North Stand. Someone posted that Club Shop had intimated that upper and lower will still be segregated. This info doesn't tie up with online purchases that just specify North Stand, with no reference to segregation of upper and lower areas.

I must admit I think they might have to segregate as there are barriers so H&S will designate a total number of people.
So they either clock people in and stop the rest or they put it on the ticket.

But I've no idea really.