cowboy cookie returns? Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 I'd say that Ipswich is probably the best supported club in the UK at a Guess an average of about 1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 3 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: I'd say that Ipswich is probably the best supported club in the UK at a Guess an average of about 1500 The play off semi will be 2500+ If the Witches make the final you will see 4000+ What is needed of course is to find the trick to turn a good proportion of these extras into regulars..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 7 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The play off semi will be 2500+ If the Witches make the final you will see 4000+ What is needed of course is to find the trick to turn a good proportion of these extras into regulars..... ...exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 In 2018 when the comets won the treble, mid season attendances fell to around 500 well below break even level as the cup finals got near attendances get better near to break even levels, then at the very end of season had crowds of around 1500 to see the trophies lifted, but could/should have been more, forced to run late October often with only a few days notice so very little promotion get done, we all know what happened then the comets closed. Fast forward to 2022 matched getting postponed right left and centre KO cup still to run many matches, can see it being a dash to complete the season now autumn is well on its way, speedway will never learn and get most of the matches completed by the end of September 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 When Hull Vikings won the treble in 2004, the attendances hardly went up at all, staying at circa 1,100 - 1,200,. Like with the Comets I'm sure the amount paid out for higher points in 2004, as all those hugely enjoyable home & away pastings with trophys won almost for fun had to paid for, had a huge & similar impact on the club the following season. Think the final speedway crowd at Craven Park in 2005, when the Vikings closed with 2 matches outstanding, was around 650 .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Wonder what the total number of speedway fans in the Uk is nowadays .? Assuming only a minority support more than on track, it might be 15,000? Amazes me the support for the SGP …. Guess most are travelling fans from overseas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 2 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Wonder what the total number of speedway fans in the Uk is nowadays .? Assuming only a minority support more than on track, it might be 15,000? Amazes me the support for the SGP …. Guess most are travelling fans from overseas? I would think around 30,000 or so in total still follow the sport given Cardiff usually gets around 40,000 with some who attend the event as partners of followers as "a one off" and overseas visitors.. I would say more than double who attend each week still follow the sport closely, and if the promoters had vision then they would create the infrastructure to get them back attending regularly again.. Much easier to get them to return than get newbies to become regulars I would suggest .. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 for me its ££, and the reason i don't attend league football (although they don't seem to be missing me) at the risk of starting a whole new row - £12/14 max and find a way of making it viable through reduction of expenses - not easy i know. I don't care if they go round in rattly old JAPS. Its the market level and you can not sell something above the market value. Pubs are finding this out now - £5 a pint versus 4 excellent bottles for £6 at Tesco, people are staying in. Even cinemas are having to drop prices. Hard to coax people out and I'm one of them 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeno1861 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 11 hours ago, mikebv said: I would think around 30,000 or so in total still follow the sport given Cardiff usually gets around 40,000 with some who attend the event as partners of followers as "a one off" and overseas visitors.. I would say more than double who attend each week still follow the sport closely, and if the promoters had vision then they would create the infrastructure to get them back attending regularly again.. Much easier to get them to return than get newbies to become regulars I would suggest .. I was a regular at Lakeside from 2001 (aged 7) to 2018, but with my nearest team now being 50+ miles away, the only meetings I see live are Grand Prix. Would absolutely love a local track to pop up again, I'd be down there every race night, but sadly I think that's fanciful. A real shame, I'm sure thousands of Londoners are in the same boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) On 9/14/2022 at 9:04 AM, old bob at herne bay said: Wonder what the total number of speedway fans in the Uk is nowadays .? Assuming only a minority support more than on track, it might be 15,000? Amazes me the support for the SGP …. Guess most are travelling fans from overseas? Not that many fans from overseas, and very few from Britain at Cardiff this year. For me British League speedway is overpriced.. Edited September 15, 2022 by auntie doris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, auntie doris said: Not that many fans from overseas, and very few from Britain at Cardiff this year. For me British League speedway is overpriced.. I have to say that moving away from Oxford some 17 plus years ago I haven't been to a speedway since as the nearest, I guess, would be Sheffield (?). I would expect more than just 15 heats (?) for my money and when i would have to take into account petrol costs (especially nowadays) it just doesn't add up for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 whats the average price for a meeting in Poland/Sweden/Denmark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo558 Posted September 15, 2022 Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, therefused said: whats the average price for a meeting in Poland/Sweden/Denmark? I think all clubs in Sweden you get in for 16-20 pounds. Don't know for everyone else but at my local track i Målilla it's free for everone under 18. Edited September 15, 2022 by Lorenzo558 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 Surprised by the claims that the Speedway Star used to publish attendance figures. I have taken the Star from 1953 and don't ever remember seeing these printed in in. What I do remember though, is Tony Mole printing attendance figures for every Long Eaton home matches in the club's programme - and from what I understand, he was roundly criticised by his fellow promoters for doing this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, brianbuck said: Surprised by the claims that the Speedway Star used to publish attendance figures. I have taken the Star from 1953 and don't ever remember seeing these printed in in. What I do remember though, is Tony Mole printing attendance figures for every Long Eaton home matches in the club's programme - and from what I understand, he was roundly criticised by his fellow promoters for doing this! I'm sure they were for a while but memories and all that? I wonder if it was the Speedway Mail? I remember seeing them somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/14/2022 at 11:24 AM, mikebv said: I would think around 30,000 or so in total still follow the sport given Cardiff usually gets around 40,000 with some who attend the event as partners of followers as "a one off" and overseas visitors.. I would say more than double who attend each week still follow the sport closely, and if the promoters had vision then they would create the infrastructure to get them back attending regularly again.. Much easier to get them to return than get newbies to become regulars I would suggest .. I'm not so sure. I find those that have stopped coming to the live events will still watch on TV but when it comes to going to a stadium they will have a string of reasons not to go price, distance, VFM or the standard being lower. It's easier to take someone who has never been & hope they get excited enough to come again. But these days British speedway is not helping it self with late starts, prolonged grading, only 15 races often taking nearly 2 & a half hours at a cost of nearly £20 per person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertsRacer Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 4 hours ago, steve roberts said: I'm sure they were for a while but memories and all that? I wonder if it was the Speedway Mail? I remember seeing them somewhere. Don't think they were ever in the Mail. Sometimes the match reports in the Star gave an estimated attendance, but never an official figure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, brianbuck said: Surprised by the claims that the Speedway Star used to publish attendance figures. I have taken the Star from 1953 and don't ever remember seeing these printed in in. What I do remember though, is Tony Mole printing attendance figures for every Long Eaton home matches in the club's programme - and from what I understand, he was roundly criticised by his fellow promoters for doing this! I'm pretty sure that Steve Purchase published attendance figures at Oxford Edited September 22, 2022 by Triple.H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 5 hours ago, Triple.H. said: I'm pretty sure that Steve Purchase published attendance figures at Oxford That would make sense as the Purchases were "people friendly" and I recal Steve casually walking the terraces chatting to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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