Hello Brearley, see you there lad.

I agree with some of this but that wasn't the point I was making. Hudds have always had the rise taken out if them over their fan numbers so saying it is only because they are now good means you are either blinkered or new to RL surely.

I will say however that Huddersfield Giants are second and pushing for top spot and Huddersfield Town are hardly pulling up tree's so if not now then when?
Huddersfield always comes across as a dreary place (As does Hull to folks from elsewhere no doubt) and the Giants are a brilliant good news story in that local area and still only get 5,200 for a Monday night game?

Well, given that I live near there, and love it, I do have admit a certain bias!

More listed building than fancy pants Bath dontcha know!

Fair enough and others may not agree but that is just the impression I get and like I say others may feel the same about Hull.

I just feel that 5,200 in a game where they are starting to look like the real deal (Not the same as the previous seasons of real deals BTW) is poor when there isn't a lot for it to compete with.

If you're from Hull and not used to stone buildings and go when it's overcast and raining it can feel very oppressive. I went to University there and it seemed the quintessential Pogues "Dirty Old Town", but there are a lot of very unspoilt and not at all busy areas of beautiful countryside within a spit. When The Skein come and stay at mine they're constantly astounded by how hilly it is, and they break out in a sweat at the snow!

The town centres not that great and Leeds Road (where the JS is) is industrial (think Clough Road) so I can easily see that impression.

5200 isn't great, and I don't know what the answer is, god knows Uncle Ken's tried hard enough. Last season they averaged over eight thousand, unemployment is above the national average (as I'm sure it is in pretty much all northern towns and city's) and as I said, the imperative to have a season ticket at Huddersfield isn't as vital as at Rovers.

Hopefully with a decent end to the season and the economy picking up (yeah, I know) they'll be able to build back up and surpass that in years to come.

Just as an aside, I was asked, can Huddersfield fans already holding Zebrugge Terrace tickets transfer to The Well and how do they go about that?

The season pass point is valid but that doesn't totally explain away the low numbers IMHO plus the high numbers previously are skewed in much the same way as the Bradford 10K+ was as it wasn't a fair comparison as it's not like for like.

Take Hull FC as a comparison (Yes I know the size difference 149K Vs 263K in local populations) but FC also have us and a football club that have bounced to and from and back to the premier league to compete with and they don't have the problem over selling season passes on a very similar sized stadium.

I agree that the answer is complicated and also that it isn't the fault of the current fan base but could it be possible that the local population are not interested enough to pay the going rate and will only attend regularly if they are given passes at a huge discount?

Funny that- the club didn't want to know either- pretending it didn't happen doesn't make it not happen.

On the other hand .Pretending it did happen doesn't make it happen

Anyone know if you can pay on the gate at east stand and how much it will be for a junior and youth please?

the home game before the monday night one (v saints) was 8500 (v warrington)...much better crowd, if our game isnt on a sunday at 3pm you can knock off a 1-2k.. alot of familys and youngsters come to our games now.

and if its on sky or raining well you can knock a few off for that too!! very annoying but thats just how it is with some of our so called fans.

shame really... football is king in hudds too im afraid.

Fair enough and just to clarify I'm not having a dig I just wonder what more can be done to bring and keep them in.
Also why on earth would football be king when it's a team that scraped Championship survival?

3 Championships in a row (top 3, 6 years in a row) is quite a legacy even if it was 90 years ago. Especially for a team called 'town'. Stayed in the top flight until 50s. Plus football is just bigger.

Good win for you lads. Well done.

Should have saved a bit more

Zing!

That was a game & a half, unexpected as well. Feared the worst at 10-22, especially with Ta'ai terrorising our left edge. Not sure what happened with Travis in the corner early 2nd half but he revved the side up no end after that, his best performance for us by a mile. Thought Greg Eden was outstanding as well.

Brilliant from Burns. With game time he's proving a very very good signing.

Great effort from all of them but Burns finally turned up in S/L. Thought Cox was good in his spell too. Whens Alex Brown going to learn to defend his wing though lol

I said last week that you can see what travis does even without the ball he is a quality player! Get in what a result

Burns was good but lovegrove was my mom, this guy should get a lifetime contract, he never loses his collisions! Also a mention for Greg Eden who was brilliant tonight, far better then grix, has a lot more to offer.

Since Greg was dropped the week prior to the derby he's been immense. Even in the derby he was great. Brown made great yards and Patterson now his suspension is over will find his spot taken by Lovegrove who's made that position his own.

Patterson maybe going to 13 as surely Lovegrove can't be moved the guys been a revelation in that position.

But nothing of note recently apart from beating Hull city to the now league 1 title.
Hardly pulling up trees.

Paterson should not get that spot back, lovegrove would be wasted playing anywhere else for me now. Paterson with his ball handling could adapt well to 13. So yea for me he either goes to 13 or goes to the otherside with Gleeson/salter?

Think Cox has had a great couple of games aswell and Horne had a good game at the right second row so could be hard for Paterson to even get in their! Although I think Horne picked up a knock to his knee\thigh so maybe out injured! Very tough game next up with Catalans and saints away from home! Saints will want to do a job on us aswell as they're near us in the league and have been easily beaten in both occasions this year!