The Punisher..! wrote:People were just intent on whinging, as for the crowds dropping, It cant have been anyworse than this seasons can it?
I think these are the records. They are not to bad.
Valley Parade
2001 13,000
2002 13,912
2003 14,939
And recently at Odsal
2004 13,495
2005 12,786
2006 11,406
2007 11,779
So after 1 year of being back at the dump that is Odsal, our crowds drop to below anything we had at Valley Parade and guess what, it will go down once again this year. They must be still annoyed at the stewarding and parking I guess.
Lets face it, Odsal is a dieing retched old place, that has lost all atmosphere. Folks are tired of the place, I definatley am. People dont want to come to an old bowl in the ground. Watch the game from distance, walk up 40 steps to get a drink, then another 40 to go to the loo. People dont want to stand on cold concrete and get mickey wet through everytime it rains.
Bradford Bulls need a new home.
I don't think you can undermine how bad the stewards were. I saw a saints fan, who did nothing get hit. I was sat with them at the time, and the club themselves were not happy with how it was stewarded
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Crowds would get worse if we moved to VP, away fan numbers would get worse if we moved to VP. Odsal in its state is no longer viable - but we need to look at making it viable and we need the council to work with us. They are missing out on a huge chunk of money with London having won the Olympic bid it is stupid!
