The Salford game. Do your research. Mrs B will put you right. PM her

DO GO AWAY

Have you got someone who looks after you..would you like me to ring them?

Ahh. You mean that ONE weekend when PASSHOLDERS could buy TWO extra tickets for£5.

Not regularly available like you claimed then are they?

And NOT quite FREE tickets the Dobbins have to hand out

You need to read my post again. I stated that FC were selling tickets for £2.50.
And they were readily available to 5,700 pass holders. Some boasting on here to buying 4.
Smacks of desperation for the opening game. Maybe stay away fans are killing the club as stated by Adam Pearson. Didn't he state that he needed over 14,000 to balance the books? Every little helps

I don't think there's any question that gates are down, it's pretty clear they are and it's a concern. If we want to maintain this level of squad the team has to perform and the fans have to respond. So far they've done well, but we need a performance against Wigan. I don't know about the 9662. 13.8k though is the reported attendance for 2010, so if the 9662 is actuals, the comparator needs discounting to be, well, comparable. Reductions have impacted a lot of clubs. Hull KR for example had 8000 members in 2009, now down to 5000 apparently. It's a shame, especially when you've gone to the expense of building a whole new stand and everything.

We did run a 2 for £5 limited offer for the Salford game. We didn't have a giveaway though, or very publicly target a record crowd then realising you were going to fall short have to make up another "milestone" like being the "best crowd on a Sunday afternoon in February vs Castleford with Andy Bell in an anorak singing a tune forever associated with a record final nilling".

Anyway, it was encouraging that AP referenced in his programme notes on Thursday that membership numbers have increased over the last few weeks and are now comparable to last season's.

Back on topic, looks like we'll finish the round 5th, or 4th if Huddersfield beat Widnes, with the second best points difference after Warrington, and a game in hand on last year's bottom 4. Wigan game is going to be an important one.

Pretty sure you just ran a record crowd for a Thursday Gimmick.
Sound like Pearson will be bringing back the 10K barometer thingy with the extra membership.
Haven't rovers increased their membership for the 3rd year running, Whilst FCs have declined? Pearson stated they would be down 1000 on last season. Do you have an update on the increase in recent weeks above the 5,700?

Good stats!

Shame some people never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Sure we did. But we didn't push the record opening crowd for weeks then be forced to backtrack when it was clearly unachievable and have to do the Andy Bell defeat record thing. Whether Rovers have increased their membership or not vs 2012, it's down 3000 on 2009. That's a lot, right? Particularly with a big liability on a new stand that it turns out isn't really being filled every week. That must be hugely disappointing. As already stated AP's indicated that the numbers have increased to year on year comparability. That's good, or at least better than it looked six weeks ago. You must yearn for that time, Gareth Westmorland's promises of ecstasy and excellence providing a delusional haze which has sadly now cleared to reveal a brittle squad, empty talent pipeline and rumours of signing Epalahame Lauaki from Bradford as the solution to your impotent pack. Goodness me.

The new stand is more than holding it's own when it comes to the £60,000 per year the new facility costs.Fans, corporate and event holding are adding to the pot. Add on the additional income from hosting the boxing. Unlike FC, Rovers are not paying the highest ground rent in SL. I think peppercorn is the phrase used. Are you stating that Rovers are 3,000 down on the 2012 season averages? If so I can remember us averaging over 10,000

Only four Super League clubs were able to post increases on their regular season average attendance in 2014, as overall crowds took a tumble in Super League compared to last season, which was also a season in which almost all clubs registered a decline in attendances.

The attendance figures for each club in the 2014 regular season (2013 in brackets):

Bradford Bulls: 6,891 (8,575)
Castleford Tigers: 7,068 (6,292)
Catalan Dragons: 7,667 (8,179)
Huddersfield Giants: 6,335 (6,374)
Hull FC: 11,159 (11,680)
Hull Kingston Rovers: 7,848 (7,495)
Leeds Rhinos: 15,068 (15,200)
London Broncos: 1,295 (2,200)
Salford Red Devils: 4,738 (3,178)
St Helens: 12,120 (11,235)
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats: 4,351 (7,973)
Warrington Wolves: 9,870 (10,633)
Widnes Vikings: 5,635 (6,015)
Wigan Warriors: 14,102 (14,545)