Huddersfield gave away plenty of free tickets to the university and colleges in order to have a 'record attendance'.

I don't include Humberside clubs when I talk about Yorkshire, especially clubs with North East/Gateshead origins





Wakefield are the 2nd best club in Yorkshire, albeit a long way behind the No 1 club in Yorkshire, and the UK

Leeds' success looks pretty sustainable, given its basis in strong youth development, a relatively thriving city and a stadium that is up to snuff despite some problems.



Bradford... well, they've been in the brown stuff a lot worse than this before now. BTB's right that it's a shame for SL as were they in the same shape as they were ten years ago they'd be putting another 5k on average attendances when they were at home and 2k when they were away.

As a Leeds fan, there is some initial satisfaction, when remembering how "big and scary" Bradford were and the tramplings we suffered at their hands.



In reality, however, a former top club sliding into a steady decline, financially in addition to performance and support, is never a good thing for rugby league. As supporters of a minority sport it should be of concern to us all.



Leeds needs strong. healthy oppositon. (as long as it isn't Wigan- they can decline all they like

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But we WERE as bad as that at one time.



For those revelling in their demise, you are morons. SL is supposed to be improving, not getting worse.



You can tell the ones who have only been around since Bradford have been good as Bradford didnt even register on the radar as a rival before 1996.

I would hazard when Leeds hit a low point pre SL and in the first year of SL, Leeds were in a far worse state than Bradford are now. It wasn't that many years ago that the South Stand were protesting to get rid of Hetherington!!!!!

Quite. Leeds have been in a much worse position than Bulls are now but half of this lot probably werent even around then. They have only known a successful Leeds so are in no poition to take the out of a club on the decline.

I was talking to some (proper Australian!!!) Manly fans at Elland Road, saying that 10 years ago I would never have imagined Leeds would ever get to play Manly at Leeds, and that despite the result, it was a measure of how far the club had come since then. Losing last week to me didn't really matter.

I got to watch Leeds v Manly in Leeds!!!



Without causing too much controversy, the fickle glory hunter fans of today pi5s me off at times expecting us to win every game, and booing when we dare lose! Hetherington needs these fans though as they are the ones that rush to the shops and buy all the new shirts to show how big a fan they really are!!!

Spot on.



Its saying something when those who have gone for years dont go much now because the hangers on spoil it for them.

And are to applauded for it. Potentially 100s if not 1000s of converts (you only have to look at the incredible expansion of student RL over the last 10 years to see what 'market potential' there is there).

We can all have a laugh at others expense, but as successful as we might be at the moment we will always need oppostition to play against.

Interesting that they did though, isn't it? Almost as if there might be something going on that escaped your attention.

Why Steve Mc's still in charge there is beyond me. He's had plenty of time, recruited the squad, and they are seriously mis-firing. If he isn't going to get pushed, maybe it's time to jump. I don't seriously believe he thinks he's up to it.



They can't score, can't retain the ball, can't win.



Odsal always looked a miserable sh*thole, I bet it's looking even bleaker today.



How laughable does it sound when Steve Mc declared pre-Wigan game, 'we're close to doing something big'!!!



A big scoreline against you??? Job done.