Wigan Warriors • You know, the funny thing is that...
Ruddy Duck wrote:
Only saying that the crowd figures at the time always appeared to be lower than the actual number of supporters at a game and it was not just at Central Park. I was even told at the time to add 10% to whatever crowd figure was produced by the clubs because of the losses sustained on the non computorised and small turnstiles and entry to a stadium was by cash and not tickets. Not to mention the other ways of getting into a older stadium which you cannot do at a modern Stadium like the DW.
Draw your own conclusions about what was going on, but when it comes to comparing the crowd figures of the old grounds with those of new modern stadium, also think about the difference in the level of security of the older stadiums compared to that of the new modern stdiums with their computorised and full length turnstiles, alarms on exit doors, security company stewarts and no paying cash at the turnstiles.
Like I have said, you cannot compare the crowd figures of older stadiums like Central Park with those of the new modern stadiums like the DW when different circumstances in a different era are involved.
Now, in spite of less season tickets being sold and less away supporters coming the to the DW Stadium now, the crowd figures are claimed as being higher than in great days of success at Central Park during the sixties, eighties and nighties.
So you are saying they were using illegal practices, thanks, just wanted to confirm.
I mean surely no-one can condone that can they?
No wonder we ended up owing the tax man so much back in the mid late nineties and ended up losing the stadium etc
Your also saying that there were hundreds/thousands of "Wigan fans" who were prepared to watch Wigan but didn't want to pay?
Nothing changed there then, except now they don't get in, just sit on forums like this, twitter and Facebook and constantly moaning about everything telling everyone what's wrong with the club whilst contributing F*** All
And here's me thinking the gang of 4 could do no wrong
PS
20 seasons prior to leaving Central Park average attendance 11,195 FACT (if I went back and included 70s it would be AWFUL)
Just counting Last 10 years at Central Park average 12,190 FACT
20 seasons up to 2019 at New stadium average 13,420 FACT
And when you consider the perception is LESS away fans attend now than previously it actually stand up very well that there may actually be MORE Wigan supporters going to align games than previously at Centeal Park
And pre empting your next get out clause. You've insinuated that our crowds over the last 20 years have been inflated by 1 or 2 bigger crowds a year.
Well, 8/9/10 times in those 20 years the largest crowd was virtually double or more than our average
It's nowhere near at the DW (to be fair I'm not sure about 2018/19) that Amy single attendance has been double our average.
In fact, without going all mathematical on you, the figures for the last 20 years at Central Park were inflated by a smaller percentage of games (1/2/3 larger games per year against Saints/Widnes/Warrington etc) and a lot of the smaller crowds were far lower than what we get at the DW.
if you did take the top 2 games a year off the average for those years the gap between our crowds at Central Park and at the DW would be even greater and the gap showing crowds at the DW which are bigger for last 20 years would be even greater FACT
This means our crowds are far more consistent now than they were at Central.Park
On other threads people have talked about Fridays/Sundays
Fact is our crowds have been greater when we have had a greater number of Friday games.
The big difference is between central park and DW is social media
Back in the day there weren't tens of thousands of no it all experts slagging every tiny little thing off consistently and trying to turn every positive into a negative and every negative into a disaster.
It's surprising our crowds are as decent given the way a large percentage of our supposed "Fan Base" seem intent on sabotaging and running us down.
Previous they just bored people to death at home or in a pub or supermarket, now they can moan and thousands of people hear and see it.
Statistics: Posted by Jukesays — Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:31 am — Replies 51 — Views 4748