I would believe the attendance if was say 3000 but not nearly 5000.Batley only took about 1800 max to the Rail final and in a normal league game i can not see more than 200 travelling.Batley average less than 1500 for home games so no chance over 4000 fax fans.On another thread on the fax board they mention money troubles.

Again, wouldn't surprise me!

the farce being the RFL.

in a word none. just what the RFL want as then can protect SL clubs.

This franchise mullarkey is getting fans hating each other.I admit a sport is a joke without promotion and relegation.If we could spend what we wanted we would buy promotion.

not getting fans hateing each other, just friendly banter. most NL fans hate the RFL as see them for what they are.
its not as if any SL teams post the wrong attendances is it?

Please feel free to look at the crowd pics. The place was rammed. www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/c1884480_121.html

Please feel free to look at the crowd pics. The place was rammed. www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/c1884480_121.html

www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/p66584031.html Rammed lol! I'm sure an extra 3000 just felt the urge to visit the Shay today!

www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/p66584031.html Rammed lol! I'm sure an extra 3000 just felt the urge to visit the Shay today!

Quote ="Nat (Rugby_Aholic)"Please feel free to look at the crowd pics. The place was rammed. www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/c1884480_121.html'" Rammed my , looks like a normal gate of around 2,200, even if you let everyone in for free you wouldnt get 4,900+ Your just making yourselves look stupid.

Quote ="Nat (Rugby_Aholic)"Please feel free to look at the crowd pics. The place was rammed. www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/c1884480_121.html'" Rammed my , looks like a normal gate of around 2,200, even if you let everyone in for free you wouldnt get 4,900+ Your just making yourselves look stupid.

What was the attendance when we played the NRC Semi at the Shay last season?

3,900 i think with about 1,500 from Widnes

Are you a fan of irony?



Widnes had circa 930 in the North Stand for that semi btw. Can't remember the official figure that was quoted.


I personally thought there was around 5,500 today and was suprised it was only a 'low' 4,795 announced. So i'll just have to believe what's quoted. I'm not one for rumours.

5,500? Come on now your just being silly! To get 5,500 would need at least 2,000 free tickets that i'd guess would know about before the game and all pics would show near enough full stadium! Double crowds don't just happen on the off!

B0llocks

Comne on the RFL has screwed both of us in recent years you at the last franchise.

and us this time with the constantly changing goal posts to satisfy you and only you for a franchise,

were just playing the game with em, see what other sly devious plans they have up there sleaves at some point this week now.

if that was the attendnace then awsome.

we have to defend ourselves some how against the RFL or we will continue to be screwed over the next few years.

Just play the game.

erm ???

what changing goalposts??

you know exactly what am talking about, you know the RFL are a bunch of corrupt tools

I hope Halifax are punished.

They will be, When they are knocked back from super league.... again

would i rather be in the championship and winning every week or being part of the also rands in super dooper league

well, have fun playing for nothing for the next 3 years, after all, you will be winning "every" week..

dont know what kind of grudge you have against fax really, we have done nothing to you.,

we are just fighting back against a totally biased RFL, we have to defend ourselves dont we.

why should we be forced to stay in the championship for years to come whilst the RFL work on making the sport even more of a laughing stock than it already is. Franchise will never work.

have fun finishing outside the play offs in super league for the next 3 year when yuo get in though wont you

Well, i don't have a grudge against fax at all, please state where i have mentioned this?

I agree that the RFL have pretty much ruined the game for clubs outside the super league, After all their is a decline in the attendances/competition and i have enjoyed the rugby coming from this league..

As for you being forced in to stay in the championship.. i don't agree with it, Don't think anyone likes the franchising system really but it is how the RFL are doing it at the min.. It will soon be returned but maybe it will have damaged the game heavily. I would love for widnes / fax / leigh to all be promoted to the super league. Throughout the years i have enjoyed travelling to both stadiums and love the banter our fans have..

As for super league, Well only time can tell.. I hope we get in, But we are not in yet.. So who knows?

you seemed to take joy in the fact we may be punished for stating false attendances, we know there making rules up as they go along, the false attendance if thats what it was was just to see what they would do next to rule us out, now we have got the required average attendnace by hook or by crook.

this is how we are being forced to stay in the championship.

this franchise if 1 team goes up then that team will be - Widnes

next franchise- Toulouse will be promoted- that will happen whether we get 11,000 average and win the grand final in the next 3 years.

the next franchise after that assuming it is still going by then- there might be a scottish club by then you never know or a spanish team, if not then it will be. South Wales Scorpians or a Cumbrain team.

the franchsie system wont still be going by this point but the one after that if its still here, wont be fax either.

if thats not being forced to stay in a division then i dont know what is

Well, i do agree.. But when you say a scottish / spanish team / welsh again.. Can the RFL afford to keep funding these expansion teams? I dont think so,

With fans from the championship declining, They especially can't really keep funding..

Maybe a Cumbrian team will get promoted soon.. But cas / wakey / salford / quins / catalans are all holding on by a thread.. Who knows what will happen in another 3 years time? I know for a fact i would be supporting fax's bid (not that will mean anything), and again atleast they are trying to progress with licensing unlike cas / wakey / salford who are now panicing about their "plans for stadiums".... again..