Championship - Festive Fixtures (round 7)

According to a friend who went and is a die hard supporter from the Headingley days,he thought the crowd was nearer 500,with at least a couple of hundred from Doncaster.

Brizzer wrote: Runitback wrote: What does the Leeds v Donny attendance say about Northern rugby? 750 for a derby game, whereas Bedford v Ampthill has sold out, with over 5000 tickets  .  presumably more would have gone if they could have fitted more in? Yes, but Bedford - Ampthill will be a competitive game.

 

Brizzer wrote: Runitback wrote: ">Yes, but Bedford - Ampthill will be a competitive game" More of a statement on the situation that YC are in rather than Northern rugby. Yes, Donny are currently not at their best, but things can change and the league is relatively tight. If YC were able to field a side that would create a contest, then I think that the crowd would have been in the thousands for the YC-Donny game, especially with Rotherham enjoying a slightly longer sabbatical.

You missed an excellent game at Thame, 728, albeit your shoes would have been muddy. Chinnor did very well keeping the pitch dry and there was no rain during the match.

KnightsBoy wrote: As a club the Knights our best to bring in new support, unfortunately we are struggling on the pitch. We have the facilities but the fans who took us upto averaging around 2000 in our best championship season have stopped coming.

No offence intended KB Jersey declared about 1000 for the game on Saturday on a day when snorkel & flippers would have served. I honestly am void of answers but Jersey, Donny & Scottish are all playing the best rugby I have ever seen having watched a fair few seasons at this level but hardly anyone other than me wants to see it now. In the conditions on Saturday I thought the match at St Peter was a brilliant contest and I would have loved to have played in it and left zero on the pitch except blood & guts and be pleased to say Scottish deserved the points. Money seems to be the key asset in rugby. 

Edited by corporalcarrot - 23 Dec 2019 at 19:58

Guinness John wrote: KnightsBoy wrote: As a club the Knights our best to bring in new support, unfortunately we are struggling on the pitch. We have the facilities but the fans who took us upto averaging around 2000 in our best championship season have stopped coming. I guess The Blues are going through a similar time. Most of our games have been close,the players are giving everything. Supporters are disappointed but are definitely staying loyal, hence the sell out crowd on Boxing Day. Doncaster will turn the corner soon I'm sure. Season's best wishes to all.

At the moment Donny can only dream about the crowds Bedford get.

As a club the Knights our best to bring in new support, unfortunately we are struggling on the pitch. We have the facilities but the fans who took us upto averaging around 2000 in our best championship season have stopped coming.

I doubt if there were even 750 there and I would guess that more than half of those who were there were from Doncaster.

"Yes, but Bedford - Ampthill will be a competitive game"

Mark Smith wrote: Quite a few teams give players pizza after a game. At Newcastle the Falcons players have it in the changing room ready for them after the final whistle. Some away teams want to get away quickly so we give them pizza to take on their bus, or if they want a sit-down meal that isn't pizza we do that for them. When we've played Sale away in the Premiership they have a Dominos pizza delivery sent to the away team bus so the players can eat it on their way home. Very tasty it is too!