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Title: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 10, 2024, 05:49:04 pm
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: jmt23 on August 10, 2024, 05:53:50 pm
And a good result, with excellent goals, carry on like this and they will fill the place. I,ll never get a pint and pie at half time at this rate. :scarf:
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Post by: Sprotyrover on August 10, 2024, 05:56:46 pm
Usually a poor gate at first match so this is a good sign !
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Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on August 10, 2024, 05:57:58 pm
Usually a poor gate at first match so this is a good sign !

Absolutely and a great buzz about the place from before kick off. We'll miss the next home game on holiday but if we keep winning crowds should be great.  We've got momentum again.
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Post by: Campsall rover on August 10, 2024, 05:59:05 pm
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.
It says 6.423 on the BBC website. I must say I thought there was at least 7.500
The South stand was almost full.

If it was 7.423 then that’s good. Thought the fans were great. Fortress Eco Power Stadium this season.
Love it if we were unbeaten at home this season. It’s possible if maybe improbable. We only lost 2 in 2003/04
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Post by: StocksArmy on August 10, 2024, 06:04:10 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
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Post by: monkeytennis on August 10, 2024, 06:06:18 pm
Was good and busy with a great atmosphere. Brilliant opening day.
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Post by: PDX_Rover on August 10, 2024, 06:07:49 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.


It will build. Holiday season.

7k + is ok for a 4th division game
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: IDM on August 10, 2024, 06:11:00 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.

Have to disagree..
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Dutch Uncle on August 10, 2024, 06:12:48 pm
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.
It says 6.423 on the BBC website. I must say I thought there was at least 7.500
The South stand was almost full.

If it was 7.423 then that’s good. Thought the fans were great. Fortress Eco Power Stadium this season.
Love it if we were unbeaten at home this season. It’s possible if maybe improbable. We only lost 2 in 2003/04

The 7423 with 211 away came from DROS match day feed, BBC (and presumably all others who rely on Press Association) had 6423
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: dknward2 on August 10, 2024, 06:18:56 pm
If we keep winning and stay near top of the league home attendance of just home fans should increase would like to think by maybe 200 every home game
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Post by: Red wizard on August 10, 2024, 06:21:57 pm
Another will be on holiday. Keep winning and scoring goals come September we will be about 8 k home fans min. Let's not forget even in our first season in the championship after taking 20 k to Wembley  we only got 9 to 10 k home fans. Unfortunately there ate to many football match attending fans of other teams in Doncaster. I'd love to know how many go to Leeds and the Sheffield clubs on match days from Doncaster. It will take getting to the prem or challenging at the top of the championship to fill the home end every week.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 10, 2024, 06:22:48 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2
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Post by: RoversInSpain on August 10, 2024, 06:26:40 pm
East stand looked well populated today, south wasn’t far off full, 7,500 all day long.
Which is a good Div 4 attendance.
Fans will have watched on Sky+
Fans will have watched on Rovers+ (4 in my family, in Sydney, Newquay and Denia Spain)
So tot all that up and there’s lots watching, we are in 2024 now and there’s many ways to follow your team and support them.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on August 10, 2024, 06:29:21 pm
My gut feeling there was around 7k plus, even with the North stand empty, so was surprised to see only 6423 on BBC but I think most of us will say that was a very healthy turnout looking around the stands. We can build on that and if things keep going well, 10k plus before Christmas is possible.
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Post by: StocksArmy on August 10, 2024, 06:35:28 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.
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Post by: Nudga on August 10, 2024, 06:40:07 pm
I might have to go on the wind up with Walsall, they were obsessed with our attendances last season.
Be interesting what their excuse is today.
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Post by: Campsall rover on August 10, 2024, 06:47:54 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.
I agree and have said it for years the support based on Population of Doncaster MBC is poor.
The fact is we lost 1000’s of fans in the 60’s when Rovers went from 2nd Div in the late 50’s to 4th Div in early 60’s. Support went to Leeds, & the Sheffield clubs in their droves who were in the 1st Div.
subsequent generations have stayed supporting the team their Grandparents and parents support.
Yes we should get 10.000 gates even in the 4th tier.
Wrexham which is much smaller got 11.000 last season but they don’t have other big clubs in their catchment like we do.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on August 10, 2024, 06:54:05 pm
Adwick station told me everything.loads getting on to go to watch Leeds this morning.
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Post by: ravenrover on August 10, 2024, 07:12:48 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.
How many do you think there should have been there today?
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on August 10, 2024, 07:24:38 pm
I thought it was decent. Need to stop going on about how big the City is. It's big but the vast majority of it support Leeds Wednesdays Man Utd and Liverpool
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Post by: WheatleyRover on August 10, 2024, 07:26:28 pm
Well I personally couldn't go today due to going away and money has been tight. But will be thereafter.
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Post by: colincramb on August 10, 2024, 07:44:34 pm
It was over 7k for sure. Decent start and if we keep scoring goals it will continue to grow, no doubt about that at all
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Post by: StocksArmy on August 10, 2024, 08:24:24 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.
How many do you think there should have been there today?


The bashing TB has had over recent years and the things that have happened within the club recent we should be at 9000 homers. Size of the city and we can’t get that is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 10, 2024, 08:32:35 pm
Over 7k home gate is good for fourth tier.
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Post by: ravenrover on August 10, 2024, 08:33:30 pm
Forget the size of the City there is and always has been too much attraction from the "big" teams. We are 4th tier anything around 6 -7000 is good for our level
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: The Beast on August 10, 2024, 09:01:13 pm
Adwick station told me everything.loads getting on to go to watch Leeds this morning.
I’ve been on those trains, always tempted to get off and walk, vile!
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: The Beast on August 10, 2024, 09:03:24 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.
How many do you think there should have been there today?


The bashing TB has had over recent years and the things that have happened within the club recent we should be at 9000 homers. Size of the city and we can’t get that is ridiculous.
Well it was Pride in Donny today.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Thorney on August 10, 2024, 09:31:01 pm
Definitly felt like more than the 6423 that i have seen pit out there. But suppose the poor away turnout brings the final tally down.

Thought the atmosphere todaybwas actually very good.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Alan Southstand on August 10, 2024, 09:42:15 pm
It was really the West stand that let the side down today and the fact there wasn’t a sole in the north stand. Accrington fans must have come in a minibus!

One gripe from today, unfortunately, was the numbers standing in the isles in the SS. You can’t expect to come in at 2.50pm and sit in the singing section. The stewards didn’t want to know about sorting it, but the Club need to nip this in the bud, especially if we start on a bit of a run. The SS is going to get very congested just before kick off! It’s not safe and it’s not fair on folk who do get there in good time and find they’re stood up most of the game.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: drfchound on August 10, 2024, 09:52:57 pm
Alan, agreed on the standing thing.
It does happen on a regular basis doesn’t it.
On busy big crowd days it is inevitable and often older people who are unable to stand up all game either can’t see the pitch or  have to move.
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Post by: ForsolongaRover on August 10, 2024, 10:04:41 pm
Alan, agreed on the standing thing.
It does happen on a regular basis doesn’t it.
On busy big crowd days it is inevitable and often older people who are unable to stand up all game either can’t see the pitch or  have to move.

Agreed - I would never have wanted to sit down to watch years ago, but 70 odd years on it’s a challenge to stand up for any length of time, but it’s usually the ends behind the goals where standing up is worse - it usually starts with corners.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 10, 2024, 10:07:39 pm
By comparison, attendances at our opening day home games over the last decade:

August 2023 v Harrogate Town (League Two) was 7126
August 2021 v AFC Wimbledon (League One) was 6419
September 2020 v MK Dons (League One) was 0
August 2019 v Gillingham (League One) was 7939
August 2017 v Gillingham (League One) was 7512
August 2015 v Bury (League One) was 6429
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Donnywolf on August 11, 2024, 06:40:13 am
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.

That's as many (211) as there were new away shirts in South Stand. They really stood out and at 40 to 48 quid for Club a nice little earner !

Huge thanks and respect to Accy fans who joined in with minutes applause to honour 4 ex Rovers players which most of our fans would barely remember

Cheers to them
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on August 11, 2024, 06:43:19 am
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.

That's as many (211) as there were new away shirts in South Stand. They really stood out and at 40 to 48 quid for Club a nice little earner !

Huge thanks and respect to Accy fans who joined in with minutes applause to honour 4 ex Rovers players which most of our fans would barely remember

Cheers to them

I'd hazard a guess and say more people have bought the away shirt myself included.

Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: dickos1 on August 11, 2024, 07:48:43 am
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
Ist game in peak holiday time. Not sure what you expect.
7.500 was what I hoped for as Accrington have a small away following.
If we keep winning then we will see the gates increasing. I expect us to average over 8.000 this season hopefully 8.500
We have to remember we are in League 2


Peak holidays shouldn’t really matter for the size of the City IMO. The stadium is less than half full. That’s proper poor.

Size of the city doesn’t mean much if most of the people in that city support other teams. We are a small club and always have been. 7500 is a great attendance for us when you consider the away team only brought 200
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Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on August 11, 2024, 08:09:50 am
By comparison, attendances at our opening day home games over the last decade:

August 2023 v Harrogate Town (League Two) was 7126
August 2021 v AFC Wimbledon (League One) was 6419
September 2020 v MK Dons (League One) was 0
August 2019 v Gillingham (League One) was 7939
August 2017 v Gillingham (League One) was 7512
August 2015 v Bury (League One) was 6429


Just had a quick look at the Harrogate home vid, and there's clearly more empty seats in the East and South. Even allowing for about 800 Harrogate fans compared to Accys 200ish, the home ends more than made up for that, so I'm damn sure there were about 7k yesterday.
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Post by: LincsRover on August 11, 2024, 08:13:06 am
It definitely felt like a really good atmosphere in the SS - almost like one of the end of season games from last year. It’s great when you’re sat amongst a group of people with very few empty seats around you. There were times last season when you could have a whole row to yourself!

I know it was a huge disappointment losing that last semi final leg but the momentum is there, the fans are turning up and are behind the team. Onwards and upwards!!
 :boxing:
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Donnywolf on August 11, 2024, 09:31:24 am
This is good. Over 7k Rovers.

7423 including 211 Accrington.

That's as many (211) as there were new away shirts in South Stand. They really stood out and at 40 to 48 quid for Club a nice little earner !

Huge thanks and respect to Accy fans who joined in with minutes applause to honour 4 ex Rovers players which most of our fans would barely remember

Cheers to them

I'd hazard a guess and say more people have bought the away shirt myself included.



Totally agree , there will be hundreds more.They stood out much more in SS than the home shirts did and during the lull in play in first half when it wasn't all action I had a quick attempt at adding them up.

200 plus shiny powder blue Shirts later I gave up
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 11, 2024, 10:00:41 am
The 6423 figure is incorrect. 100% it is.

Even McCann said he was delighted to see 3 sides of the ground so full.
There were far more in the East stand than we had for most games last season. The West Stand looked very well populated and the South Stand didn’t have many empty seats at all.
Even allowing for only 211 from Accy the gate must have been 1000 more than the BBC had.
It would be good if the Club confirmed the correct gate.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: andyst79 on August 11, 2024, 11:06:51 am
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
I thought the same , especially after the Barrow & Crewe home games the place was rocking , managed to turn out in numbers for the Wrexham game also. I took the lad to the Leeds v Valencia game (to see Valencia obviously!) last weekend & he said he'd rather go to the Rovers as it's a better experience & atmosphere.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: pib on August 11, 2024, 11:15:15 am
The 6423 figure is incorrect. 100% it is.

Even McCann said he was delighted to see 3 sides of the ground so full.
There were far more in the East stand than we had for most games last season. The West Stand looked very well populated and the South Stand didn’t have many empty seats at all.
Even allowing for only 211 from Accy the gate must have been 1000 more than the BBC had.
It would be good if the Club confirmed the correct gate.


Yep had to be 7423 not 6423, you can just tell the difference being in the ground.

The club posted out 7423 and haven’t issued a correction so I think it’s the PA and BBC that have got it wrong.

https://x.com/drfc_official/status/1822298086615474366?s=46&t=oRfX1WiRiEXeMOmtN1TPDA
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 11, 2024, 11:17:49 am
Tipping point for us is around a 9k gate but where there is 1k away. Great atmosphere. Few and far between in League Two. Bradford, Notts County, Grimsby, Chesterfield probably only ones this season?
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Post by: Move DRFC on August 11, 2024, 11:21:25 am
South and Easy looked pretty full on ifollow. 7200 Rovers was a very good effort
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 11, 2024, 11:48:10 am
The 6423 figure is incorrect. 100% it is.

Even McCann said he was delighted to see 3 sides of the ground so full.
There were far more in the East stand than we had for most games last season. The West Stand looked very well populated and the South Stand didn’t have many empty seats at all.
Even allowing for only 211 from Accy the gate must have been 1000 more than the BBC had.
It would be good if the Club confirmed the correct gate.

So Twitter X got it correct.
The BBC needs to be told as do whoever compiles the league attendance ave figure because it is down as 6423 on there.
We had 4th highest in the league at 7423
Only Chesterfield ( on Fri eve ) Wimbledon and Tranmere had higher.
There will have been a good away following of Notts C fans at Prenton Park and also a decent no of Colchester fans at Wimbledon as one of the nearest for the u’s this season. Only Bromley is nearer, possibly Gillingham.
We even got a better gate than Franchise FC v the Bantams

Only Notts County and Chesterfield will have a higher ave this season. Chesterfield because of the bounce back onto the league good feel factor.

Yep had to be 7423 not 6423, you can just tell the difference being in the ground.

The club posted out 7423 and haven’t issued a correction so I think it’s the PA and BBC that have got it wrong.

https://x.com/drfc_official/status/1822298086615474366?s=46&t=oRfX1WiRiEXeMOmtN1TPDA
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: IDM on August 11, 2024, 12:21:14 pm
Perhaps the person at the press agency who entered the data simply made a 6/7 typo.  It's not difficult to do that.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: StocksArmy on August 11, 2024, 12:44:04 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
I thought the same , especially after the Barrow & Crewe home games the place was rocking , managed to turn out in numbers for the Wrexham game also. I took the lad to the Leeds v Valencia game (to see Valencia obviously!) last weekend & he said he'd rather go to the Rovers as it's a better experience & atmosphere.


Play offs and Everton games have proven that the attendance is there when it wants to be. Talk of people supporting other clubs is true but not an but also not an excuse.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: IDM on August 11, 2024, 12:51:48 pm
7000+ Home fans for the first game of the season is pretty good, in the 4th division.  You would maybe have seen 1000 less had we finished 12-15th last time.

Money is still tight for loads of folks so it’s understandable some will save it for games they feel are more important.??
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: dickos1 on August 11, 2024, 12:55:41 pm
Thought it was absolutely p!ss poor. The ambition the club are showing deserves more. They were ok turning up against Crewe and everybody arguing for tickets to now…. I think people in this City need to put up or shut up personally. The prices are affordable and we should be doing better than 7k.
I thought the same , especially after the Barrow & Crewe home games the place was rocking , managed to turn out in numbers for the Wrexham game also. I took the lad to the Leeds v Valencia game (to see Valencia obviously!) last weekend & he said he'd rather go to the Rovers as it's a better experience & atmosphere.


Play offs and Everton games have proven that the attendance is there when it wants to be. Talk of people supporting other clubs is true but not an but also not an excuse.

Of course, special big games like that will always attract big gates. The Everton game will of had loads of Everton fans sat in the donny end
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on August 11, 2024, 01:25:42 pm
Yesterday's gate was our biggest Tier 4 home opening day gate since at least the 1970s. And that, against the second worst supported club in the country.

In another context, attendances in England are mind blowing. Yesterday's attendance was only topped as a season average last year by
31 teams in Italy
39 in Spain
28 in France
50 in Germany
21 in Netherlands
8 in Belgium
6 in Portugal
15 in Poland
14 in Russia

And 65 in England.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 11, 2024, 02:23:26 pm
Yesterday's gate was our biggest Tier 4 home opening day gate since at least the 1970s. And that, against the second worst supported club in the country.

In another context, attendances in England are mind blowing. Yesterday's attendance was only topped as a season average last year by
31 teams in Italy
39 in Spain
28 in France
50 in Germany
21 in Netherlands
8 in Belgium
6 in Portugal
15 in Poland
14 in Russia

And 65 in England.
How long did that take you to get those stats BST
Thought I was sad but that’s on another planet.   :zzz:   :)
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on August 11, 2024, 03:02:29 pm
About 5 minutes here.

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm

Internet, eh?
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 11, 2024, 03:23:06 pm
About 5 minutes here.

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm

Internet, eh?
Truly amazing eh?
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Peebles Rover on August 11, 2024, 04:48:39 pm
On the Football Web Pages site it has the crowd as 7.4k. That’s a good website for info btw
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 11, 2024, 04:53:20 pm
The only sources any third party site has to use are either the club, or Press Association reporting what the club has said. There is no independent source of attendances.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: IDM on August 11, 2024, 05:04:10 pm
Which is why I think the PA made a typo.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Peebles Rover on August 11, 2024, 06:15:42 pm
My point was the fact the football web pages has it down as 7.4k suggests the PA and other sites using the PA source has it wrong.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Petche on August 11, 2024, 06:31:05 pm
It was a decent crowd considering a small away following but what I find odd is that I was sat in almost an empty row. These seats were available at the beginning of the week but after checking on Friday had all been snapped up. Yet on the day they were unused!
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: pib on August 13, 2024, 01:14:30 pm
To put this into a bit more context, the home turnout on Saturday of 7212 was better than 21 out of 23 of our regular home league games last season.

It took us until home match 20 last season to attract a higher home crowd than this (8297 out of a total crowd of 10537 against Wrexham). The only other non play-off L2 game in which we bettered this was Barrow (9797 home supporters in a total crowd of 10251).

Average number of home fans in the ground last season was 6200 (excluding the play-off home leg), bolstered significantly by the two games mentioned above.

Last season against Accrington (game 8 of our 10 match winning run) the gate was 6990, made up of 6854 Rovers fans and 136 Accy.

From all angles, Saturday's crowd is not a bad one at all, and bodes well for the season if it can be maintained.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Goole Rover on August 13, 2024, 02:20:13 pm
Forget the size of the City there is and always has been too much attraction from the "big" teams. We are 4th tier anything around 6 -7000 is good for our level
I’m old enough to remember the start of the decline that we haven’t fully recovered from. Late in 1969 we sold Harold Wilcockson to the Owls with Irvine and Branfoot coming in. After this our results were disastrous and the attendances fell. Leeds were doing well as were other local rivals. I suggest that you have a look at the statistics. Some of us stayed on, we had some great times but the deserters packed their bags and never returned.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: ravenrover on August 13, 2024, 03:09:50 pm
Forget the size of the City there is and always has been too much attraction from the "big" teams. We are 4th tier anything around 6 -7000 is good for our level
I’m old enough to remember the start of the decline that we haven’t fully recovered from. Late in 1969 we sold Harold Wilcockson to the Owls with Irvine and Branfoot coming in. After this our results were disastrous and the attendances fell. Leeds were doing well as were other local rivals. I suggest that you have a look at the statistics. Some of us stayed on, we had some great times but the deserters packed their bags and never returned.
I don't see why you are telling me this, my point is you can't use the size of the City to determine what attendances should be. I am also old enough to remember the 60's and agree we lost supporters and potential support to the bigger clubs it has never returned
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Campsall rover on August 13, 2024, 03:13:11 pm
On the Football Web Pages site it has the crowd as 7.4k. That’s a good website for info btw
It has now. It had 6423 originally. It’s been corrected
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on August 14, 2024, 06:12:57 am
I know of 4 returning who literally went to 3 or 4 games last season. They'll be at the Morecambe game. One is a Man Utd fans but his kids loved it that much. Now buying a multi package
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Post by: IDM on August 14, 2024, 08:28:11 am
All this unnecessary debate over a PA typo!  Attendances are on the up and will continue with decent football, it's not rocket science.
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Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on August 14, 2024, 09:07:12 am
On the Football Web Pages site it has the crowd as 7.4k. That’s a good website for info btw
It has now. It had 6423 originally. It’s been corrected

Thank goodness for that. I didn't think my judgement was that bad.

This bodes well as we know once the holiday season ends and before winter sets in we have the opportunity to build with continued good form.

With examples like Padge says, picking up folks like this along the way to come and see proper footy at affordable prices trumps over priced Premier League plastic any day.

Those occasionals who came second half of last season should be coming back sooner rather than later too. 
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Goole Rover on August 14, 2024, 02:23:21 pm
Forget the size of the City there is and always has been too much attraction from the "big" teams. We are 4th tier anything around 6 -7000 is good for our level
I’m old enough to remember the start of the decline that we haven’t fully recovered from. Late in 1969 we sold Harold Wilcockson to the Owls with Irvine and Branfoot coming in. After this our results were disastrous and the attendances fell. Leeds were doing well as were other local rivals. I suggest that you have a look at the statistics. Some of us stayed on, we had some great times but the deserters packed their bags and never returned.
I don't see why you are telling me this, my point is you can't use the size of the City to determine what attendances should be. I am also old enough to remember the 60's and agree we lost supporters and potential support to the bigger clubs it has never returned
I humbly apologise ravenrover I wasn't trying to tell you anything that would be appalling and rude I was just joining the general chat. Again I'm very sorry.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 24, 2024, 06:03:27 pm
Over 7k home gate is good for fourth tier.

6823 total gate today.
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Post by: dknward2 on August 24, 2024, 06:46:28 pm
good considering the low away attendance
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Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on August 24, 2024, 07:31:44 pm
Not bad really, definite uptick in the crowds.  5 of my group away today we'll be back next game.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Spilsby Red on August 24, 2024, 07:38:04 pm
We had three extra today
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Post by: BillyStubbsTears on August 24, 2024, 07:52:32 pm
Still holiday period of course. Four regulars from our lot were away today.
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Post by: drfchound on August 24, 2024, 08:25:32 pm
Not bad really, definite uptick in the crowds.  5 of my group away today we'll be back next game.
If the five that weren’t there today are season ticket holders then officially they were there.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: RoversInSpain on August 24, 2024, 08:31:55 pm
Decent Attendance for Division 4, plus the sky viewers plus the Rovers+ viewers plus Rovers+ audio listeners (eventually).

Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on September 07, 2024, 06:35:21 pm
Around 7k home fans again today. It’s fairly consistent for the three home league games so far.

Total gate 7546 with 637 from Gillingham.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 07, 2024, 06:39:13 pm
With a big gap now until Chesterfield at home at it being a local ISH derby. Crowd of 11k and 8k home fans is a possibility
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on September 07, 2024, 06:41:00 pm
More importantly, there's an atmosphere developing. Very good for so early in the season.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: dknward2 on September 07, 2024, 06:51:56 pm
If we keep playing well and stay near the top of the league,if the games not on sky we should start getting close to 8,500-9,000 home fans in
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 07, 2024, 07:12:55 pm
If we keep playing well and stay near the top of the league,if the games not on sky we should start getting close to 8,500-9,000 home fans in

Don't think sky matters anyone wanting it televised has been able to do so every game for the past 5 years
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on September 07, 2024, 07:46:41 pm
If we keep playing well and stay near the top of the league,if the games not on sky we should start getting close to 8,500-9,000 home fans in

Don't think sky matters anyone wanting it televised has been able to do so every game for the past 5 years

Agree but then surprisingly still some Harrogate tickets left, expected a sell out there.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: RobTheRover on September 07, 2024, 07:48:59 pm
If we keep playing well and stay near the top of the league,if the games not on sky we should start getting close to 8,500-9,000 home fans in

Don't think sky matters anyone wanting it televised has been able to do so every game for the past 5 years

Agree but then surprisingly still some Harrogate tickets left, expected a sell out there.

Thursday night is an issue for some.
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: RoversInSpain on September 07, 2024, 08:24:18 pm
Perhaps it’s not too attractive, a Thursday and the dreaded Harrogate Town, in 4 meetings we’ve lost 3 and drawn 1 throwing a 0-2 lead away.
A big bogey of a team, bad memories for many.
But things are different now …. Hopefully!
Title: Re: Gate today
Post by: Chris Black come back on September 07, 2024, 08:34:56 pm
Scored three times in our two visits to their place. There's goals in them there hills.

Am sure Terry will turn up to this one.