It can be but TBH a lot of away supporters who have kids don't visit either Hull club due to small elements of the home support if you get my drift.

OK, so what are Leeds fans supposed to do when the club says the allocation has gone and Hull KR advise Leeds fans not to travel without a pre purchased ticket... do you see where I am going with this?

Leeds don't travel well. I have to accept that in your first visit to Belle Vue when you were promoted, I arrived at the ground and thought I was at an away game. Alright, most of you were drunk, but you do turn up in numbers.

You tend to find that the bigger teams survive on the glory fans. Wigan, Leeds or Saints don't travel well when compared to their home gate. I'm not sure that the bigger teams take much more, if any more, than we do to away games more than thirty miles away. Their hardcore isn't much different to ours.

Watching TV on Friday, it struck me that the away support looked no different to when Wakey are there, and Rhinos are the supposed supporters power house.

And FWIW, you were unlucky on Friday. Webster's "try" maybe was a knock-on, but there was enough doubt to give you the benefit of it. Looking forward to a couple of weeks time.

That's strange as we were your 3rd highest home attendance last year after the mighty Wigan & St's.

Excuses, excuses... I don't like going to Warrington... but I do.... there is a minority at most grounds.... don't use that as an excuse for lithargy!

i know several leeds fans who wont travel to both hull clubs, because of hulls reputation for trouble, eventhough they they havnt personally experienced any problems themselves on previous visits. on a personal note i went to craven park to watch cas last year, and i must admit i didnt like the away stand, this wasnt helped by the poor weather.

Actually the gap in the North stand was the Extra 300 tickets Rovers had allocated to Leeds but as Leeds didn't sell out there first allocation till mid morning on Thursday Leeds said it was to late to sell the extra tickets that was available to them hence the gap .....those tickets then went on sale on Friday in Hull and where to only tickets available to latecomers Rovers fans as all the standing tickets that Rovers supporters could have bought were already sold

Pathetic attempt to deviate from the issue.

I've been spat at, kicked at and sworn at as I've walked round Headingley through the South Stand but it's never stopped me from going back and taking my 2 boys.

Didn't Leeds sell out their allocation on Friday? I am intrigued how you would suggest Leeds sold more tickets than those they had been allocated.

I think its a good point to make that Hull is the only city with 2 big rugby league clubs were as the likes of leeds and wigan and saints only have 1 so if you added the numbers from both clubs it would out weigh any of the other clubs travling suport by a mile

I think it's a good point to make that these 2 same teams managed to disgrace the sport by making the national papers for fighting with each other whilst a large part of the city was under water. Yes you're both REALLY special!

What's a few richard-dick-heads got to do with away support?

You must be a true leeds fan then, i bet theyre pleased to have you onboard!

Try telling that to my 5 year old who was absolutely petrified by stones thrown at our car by so called HKR fans last season who couldn't take getting beaten,then I'll agree with you.

They are one of the reasons people,myself included, are giving for boycotting matches. I have mates who are Bulls fans and they won't go for the same reason. They may be few but they are hitting you financially.

Hardly significantly.

Maybe not but by all 'accounts' you could do with it! Heads stuck firmly in the sand?

I'd suggest you work out what team Kosh supports before looking to much of a tit.

Hull KR?

Right I'll do that - oh hang on I don't care so can't be bothered! All much of a muchness if you ask me.
Also it is 'TOO' as in 'too much of a tit'. You are implying I will be looking towards 'much of a tit' and that's just crazy talk!

I realy get fed up of so called supporters who regularly come out with the same old excuses for not travelling away ie, its to far, the grounds not good enough, i dont like their fans etc,
I've spent the last 40 years supporting Hull kr and rugby league in general including ameteur rl, and during that time i have been to what would be considered absolute dumps, but it did'nt stop me going because i supported the team regardless of the surroundings they were playing in and there facilities.
If you are a true Rugby league fan or a fan of any sport for that matter you will follow, and support your team to the ends of the earth regardless.
Some of the current super league fans excuses for not travelling to support their respective teams are nothing short of soft and pathetic.
I suppose its what sorts the men from the boys, the real supporters from the fair weather ones.

Mmmmmm...
Wigan 8,000, Saints 6,000, HKR, 4500, FC 3,800 are the published gates for Quins last season. Leeds have traditionally been big games, but Sky put the dampers on that last 2 years.
The year before, FC 3,500, HKF 3,275, Wigan 5,650 Saints 4,450..... Leeds Bradford and Warrington all show bigger gates that the 2 hull teams as well that year..........so I would say that Wigan and Saints bring the most, given that we are slightly further away than the bottom of their gardens.
Sorry if the facts get in the way, but that's what they are...facts



By the way, the little bunch of nutters from Quins who attend our away games will rack up 9,000 miles this year (excluding the play-offs and Grand final v HKR

)....

Those attendance figures don't really prove anything tbh. For example our gate against Wigan the other week will probably be one of our best this season, however Wigan only brought around 600-700. All sorts of factors affect attendances (not just away support) i.e. - The teams form, the day/time, neutrals may turn out to see the bigger teams, etc.

And fwiw FC always bring a respectable following over to London, I remember when you played at Brisbane Rd and we would take 2000+ everytime we played there. The poster who started this thread is basically saying that Hull n Rovers are the only teams that travel in numbers to ALL grounds, not just ones 'up the road'. I don't particulary agree with that because imo Wigan fans (usually) travel very well also, as do Saints, Leeds, most of the time. From experience though, the only team that bring more to the KC than we take to their ground would be Wigan - and this year I imagine even that won't be true. You can ask fans of most teams and I'm certain they will all say Hull (and Rovers) bring a good crowd (no matter how much they don't want to admit it).

So there you go, rant over.

Wasn't having a go, I was just pointing out that Wigan, Stains and usually Leeds attract a bigger crowd to The Stoop.
HKR brought a good load down last year and FC are always a well supported club, but if you look at the averages over the last 2 years, Wigan appear to be the "biggest" draw at most grounds.
Last year, they attracted bigger crowds at Bradford, Hudds, Leeds, Wakey (hkr brought more), Warrington, Catalans and Quins......