Not a bad crowd really, but as mentioned still short of the break even figure which must be of concern?
How many season passes have been sold in total?...even with all the hype of Mason there can't of been that many 'walk up' supporters?

2 Home games against teams with little or no away support to date, 2500+ extra fans through the gates...about 40 grand more in revenue....it was never going to happen overnight.
You'll be fine......you may not make the 10k average this year, but you'll go close

think the irony was lost on you ginge lol,he was stating that a large percent of the posters post was on the fc forum

Yep, please note was on the Fc forum Andrea to much i admit found it amusing to say the least. Now learnt my lesson after talking to other forum users at KR yesterday FC just cant take a joke or constructive banter.....

think you will find some of us can,just the same for us on here

Hope so, despite the banter Rovers being around is good or the city.
Can't see 10k being averaged any time soon in all honesty, a break even figure of 9k would be more realistic, things need to improve off the field more than on it to make the difference IMO.

Thanks for your support

Ok what have you done with Gutterfax and are you expecting a ransom.

If he'd have read the article then surely he'd have known who Mason was. Bit daft having to ring you when he has the information in front of him.

The East stand is the place to be for a lot of supporters. Demand for this stand is very high and when supporters can't get into the East stand because it sells out they don't bother with other alternatives. When the East stand extension is complete in a couple of months time I think we as a club can seriously look at crowds between 9-10k on a regular basis. I had three mates from work that would have gone yesterday if I could have got them in the East stand with myself.

I was dissapointed with the attendance yesterday, and I think it speaks volumes about the lack of quality spectator accomodation at Craven Park. The North Stand was less than 40% occupied, the South Stand wasn't even open. For such a big game (well, event - the game itself was a run of the mill fixture) I was anticipating at least 9000, with the possibility of the South Stand being pay on the day for a tenner.

Spin it one way, it's dissappointing. Spin it another, its 1,400 up on last season. I personally don't care as I got to see a hugely impressive debut from the big fella.

If these people don't turn up now against the likes of Wigan, St's, Leeds etc etc because they can't get in the East Stand would the lure of being in the East Stand be enough for them to turn up against the lesser teams?....I doubt it to be honest.
Hull fans get slated for not wanting to pay for the South Terrace, yet in the same reckoning 1k Rovers fans at least do it every home game!!

Agreed, but the only slight difference is the 1,000 Rovers fans are 8,000th in the queue when it comes to committment to the club, you would expect your 1,000 to be the front of the queue.

Don't really want this one today, we should save it for early June.

A valid point, what about the North Stand though?...hardly, if ever full apart from derby day.
Can't honestly see 1000+ turning up week in week out just because they can get in the East Stand, sure somebody posted earlier that there were around 100 East Stand tickets still available on Saturday.

Friday the East stand sold out.

My brother tried to get one on Saturday and was told it was sold out, only seats in the RM and North were available.

Could well be the case, like I say I'm sure I saw somebody post different (Nick perhaps?).

My point remains the same though, I can't see the East Stand extention raising gates by 1k+, and personally think Rovers would be better served improving the commercial side of the business, leaving a lower, more realistic crowd average required.

We need to improve the above but we also can't move away from the goal of a 10k average crowd. It's not out the question and something we have to strive for in the long term to compete with the rest of SL. An East stand extension will certainly help to get closer to that magic 10k figure.

I agree with the goal as such, and in the long term it may quite happen...won't by simply extending the East Stand I'm afraid.

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Too late, she is already spoken for

So how many years did you actually play the game judging by your comments etc i would have thought you coached as well ?? Or like so many posters on here you have never even played the game of Rugby League

Only at Rovers could an increase of around 1500 on last years gate be seen as a bad thing amongst the Hull FC fans

I know


As much as I enjoy a bit of ribbing about overseas players and the like, even I have to say that given you've had the dirty french and the cottage burners for you tahe attracted 2,500 more fans to those games is outstanding

I like you more each post, I'm sure you were in bad books a few weeks ago.