Another great attendance last night bouyed by an (alleged) ticket giveaway for the 2nd game in succession. Good idea by the club IMO but I wonder if they're trying to increase gates to make us more attractive to a major sponsor? Does the P&O deal run out this year? We also had the sponsorship related questionnaire recently.

Very forward thinking if it is linked to that as the extra cost of a few freebies would be more than offset by the increased sponsorship.

I understand the tickets were not free but discounted to local RL clubs? But then again maybe you know better

Someone else posted it the other day

Hey no probem My son playes Under 18 and he was offered some but we said we had passes.

Either way the free tickets IMo are not adding to the atmosphere I thought it was poor at best again yesterday. Where has our passion gone? ( the crowds!"icon_wink.gif

The passion for booing was alive and well, although I thought Thaler had a pretty good game tbh.

I dont join you in that sorry thought he was rubbish. I like fast flowing rugby league if I wanted to watch stop start rugbt I would watch union

He didn't make any glaring errors leading to tries or anything, but the wrestling/delaying the PTB was utterly ridiculous. Turned the game into one long bore.

First half in particular was an absolute shocker in that respect.

He should have given a few more penalties I agree, but he reffed it the same for both sides and thats all you can ask for. The conditions meant it was never going to be a free flowing game ayway.

I think the discounted tickets are a good idea, we still had 10,000 seats to fill last night, so its good that the club are trying to gain some new fans to fill them

as for the atmosphere, yes it is poor, but its a hangover from the last 2 years IMO, we still haven't seen an amazing performance at home since 2007. Last nights game was spoilt by the constant laying on, which affects the atmosphere.

Think Leeds have moved ahead of us on the attendance average now, good crowd though for our game.

Another great attendance. I've no problem with discounted tickets for the occasional game as long as it's not a regular thing. That could devalue the benefits of a season ticket.

As for future offers, I'd like to see Hull push for a 20,000 plus gate for a non derby game. It would probably have to be against Leeds or Wigan but an offer like Wigan's "The Big One" last season would be excellent. I think they reduced prices to a tenner and gave season ticket holders extra vouchers.

Just!

Leeds .....14,115
Hull FC....14,076
Wigan.....13,289

15k average is achievable with games against rovers, wigan, leeds, wire and saints to come

That would be spectacular IMO. We should be targeting that through whatever means possible.

I agree, we play Wigan on 23rd July, which would be a great time to do it, with it being summer and Wigan always bring a good away crowd.

Leeds at home is probably a bit too late, as the game could be dead rubber as it is the last home game

I knew they were in front but not by much and we have big games against Wigan, Rovers and Leeds to come.

We would be leading the charts if away support at the KC wasnt so bad. Bradford must have brought 400 last night which is pathetic considering the distance they have to travel. The same goes for Huddersfield. Theres only Cas who have brought a respectable number so far.

More than 400 last night was 600+ by my reckoning.

Away fans have been put off in the past by the atmosphere at the KC and particularly 'Chav Corner' who let you down badly to be honest. If what I saw last night was anything to go by that might be sorted and being dealt with effectively so you might see a rise in away attendances once word gets round.

Our attendances are superb given what has been on offer for the last few years. I think the club need congratulating on their proactive approach this year.
I think they are looking to build up links with amateur clubs by offering deals on tickets.
Our attendances & stadium must be a big pull when it comes to attracting new players.

Think we'll struggle to get 15k average. We'd need 195,000 fans through the turnstiles all season for that. We've currently got 56,303 from four. Add 23k for a sell-out against Rovers (which isn't a guarantee) and that's 79,303 from five.

138,697 from eight games means an average of over 14,462 for the remaining 8 games (no Rovers). Yesterday was the first game of the season we achieved over that mark, which shows it isn't going to be that easy to achieve.

Basically for every game we drop under that, we need to make up for it in another.

We've got fixtures with few away fans in Salford, Catalans and Crusaders.
Semi-decent followings in Warrington and Wakefield.
And big games in Saints, Wigan and Leeds.

If we can manage 14.5k to Warrington and Wakefield games, we then need to make up for the small crowds at the Salford, Catalans and Cru games in the Saints, Wigan and Leeds games. Those could dip to 12-12.5k, so we need to look towards 16.5-17k for some. I really can't see that happening unfortunately.

grow up theres a bunch of kids in chav corner singing ect and giving the away fans some stick but nothing major if thats what puts people of then i think some of these fans should go and watch netball. come on this is rugby not football there just harmeless kids having some banter.

I reckon 800, maybe getting towards 1000 for Bradford last night.

Sounds like you are one of them.