Empty away stands for Catalan games now Toronto can all super league clubs afford the hit on revenue?
Empty away stands for Catalan games now Toronto can all super league clubs afford the hit on revenue?
Some superleage teams struggle to get 5 or 6 thousand for their home games and take a small minibus full to away games. If you are relying on away fans for your revenue then you are in big trouble.
How many fans did the team they replaced bring to The Totally Wicked Stadium .
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would
Yeah I’m sure we will not be able to cope without the away fans. Those extra 40 fans Huddersfield brought or the 30 Wakey fans which meant we didn’t even open up the east stand really made the difference to our balance sheet.
If clubs are relying on away attendances for revenue then they are stupid.
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It’s not the lack of Toronto fans that’s the problem for me it’s the team disguise itself, over half of the team will probably live within 30 miles of the M62 the rest loaded up with overseas players with dual passports and we will not see any Canadian Superleague quality players until the back end of the next decade. Will the owners bankroll for this long a period I,m not too sure.
Wigan travel in good numbers, Wire reasonable numbers, the rest its between one man and a dog and 6 coachloads from Hull. However I do think away supporters with season tickets should pay 15.00 across the board except Toronto and Cats.
Salford don't have many Salford players, Hull KR don't have many Hull players, don't see it being an issue for the time being. With them having a base in Manchester and investing in London Skolars, they'd be better putting their backing to UK development in those areas while they push involvement with kids back home. It'll probably be a decade or two before anyone from the kids initiatives make it anywhere near the professional game.
If they're able to transition the free tickets from the last couple of years into paying customers, then crowds of 9k should help make them self sufficient if they can plug the commercial gap from not getting a share of central funding.
I'd be more worried about how UK clubs are going to waste the extra 1/12th funding they're now getting
I want it to work, I really do. As has been mentioned, only 4 or 5 clubs bring decent numbers to our place.
It's just not a Canadian team. It's a Canadian based team.
But at least they are getting very good numbers for their home games.
We need to look at developing a strong amateur/junior structure in the Toronto region as well
Toronto away, Catalan away, Magic weekend, Wembley and Old Trafford. A lot of expensive day's there! Something is going to suffer next season probably CC final and magic weekend.
Far more concerned by McDermott’s comments after the game where he seemed to suggest that the Super League will die if the big finals are only contested by northern English teams, and that it should be Toronto, Barcelona or New york(etc). Whilst I don’t agree with him I don’t like the way he is pushing expansion at the cost of the heartlands rather than along side.
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Well I don't know any other "premier" sport that has a domestic competition that competes in Canada, America, England, France and Spain. If its a "Champions League" type comp then fair enough but RL in the northern hemisphere has no stature and financial clout or professional administration to give that thought any value.
He was obviously emotional but it's not unusual for him to talk out of his backside. He must be forgetting he was born in Wakefield and a good few of his players will have similar backgrounds. He's also probably not done his players any favours for next season as he just came across as being arrogant and disrespectful after winning a basically part time league with full time players and a much bigger budget than everyone else. Well done Brian.
I'll make a guess now that he ends up having another meltdown next season like he did at Leeds. He's always struck me as a bit odd.