Craftman 26 Posted April 29, 2014 After watching the Peterborough match in the PL tonight and seeing a half empty stand , which teams are the crowd pullers and who are the Wigan of EL speedway ?? For the record , as a Stoke fan we're lucky to get above 200 on a good day , unless Dudley/Cradley are in town . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted April 29, 2014 Attendances are very much a cloak and dagger subject in speedway. I have never heard of any official figures being published and often where numbers are hinted at they are either suspiciously high or low to suit the spin of the provider. FWIW at Ipswich my estimate would be a hardcore of around 900 with the norm being around 1200 and the bumper bank holiday levels as high as 2500-3000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,931 Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) For the Panthers, we average at 1700 but on good days, We get up to 3500 Edited April 29, 2014 by Liam Gallagher Fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woz01 3,589 Posted April 29, 2014 I think its fair to say Poole and Coventry get the biggest crowds and Birmingham the lowest. Difficult to know actual crowd levels, you could have a very good crowd at Brandon and it still look fairly empty. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noggin 1,388 Posted April 29, 2014 For a few years the Oxford programme always had the attendances in the results section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gee jay 234 Posted April 29, 2014 when newport switched to a saturday night the crowds were 300ish dropping to 200ish when it was a g.p.night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,931 Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Peterborough have always been very well supported, 2000+ easily but very badly run hence they keep losing so much money which is a shame for their fantastic fan base. Poole are probably just behind the panthers with Belle Vue at the bottom of the pile averaging about 300 or so. The grandstand holds over 2000 and that's 3/4 full so If you add up all the fans around the track, your looking at a healthy crowd. Edited April 30, 2014 by Liam Gallagher Fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E I Addio 15,843 Posted April 30, 2014 According to Rick Frost in an interview Peterboro's average last year was around 700 so I suppose he should know. Eastbourne's average was reported to be 770. Poole's lowest attendance of the year was reported to be 778. A couple of years ago Lakesides lowest attendance was reported to be around 400 for a meeting on a cold wet Monday that was on TV anyway, and their best for the same year was reported to be something approaching 3000 for a local Derby with Eastbourne on a sunny Bank Holiday. There is a big fluctuation in attendances at a lot of clubs dependant mainly on the weather and time of year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Voice Of Reason 2,124 Posted April 30, 2014 For the Panthers, we average at 1700 but on good days, We get up to 3500 I assume that maths isn't one of your better subjects at school? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted April 30, 2014 Out of the four tracks i go to on a regular basis, i would say that the lakeside and kent crowds are pretty healthy, but rye house and eastbourne could do with a few more punters! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BritPete 625 Posted April 30, 2014 Poole do well when they are winning, but on a losing streak, their glory hunting fans stay away, and then Ford springs into action! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Voice Of Reason 2,124 Posted April 30, 2014 Poole do well when they are winning, but on a losing streak, their glory hunting fans stay away, and then Ford springs into action!To be fair Steve, I think that ALL of our clubs suffer with that one! Albeit, Poole are probably more hellbent upon winning, than seeing a good speedway meeting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chalkie 263 Posted April 30, 2014 I think Swindon have a healthy average of well over 1000 but it is mainly die hards in their 60s like me and these are dwindling through death and disinterest! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWitcher 12,453 Posted April 30, 2014 Peterborough have always been very well supported, 2000+ easily but very badly run hence they keep losing so much money which is a shame for their fantastic fan base. Poole are probably just behind the panthers with Belle Vue at the bottom of the pile averaging about 300 or so. Is this one of your 'joke' posts, i.e. mocking KKS/Liam Gallagher fan? Peterboro's crowds have been awful for some time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted April 30, 2014 Is this one of your 'joke' posts, i.e. mocking KKS/Liam Gallagher fan? Peterboro's crowds have been awful for some time. Haha. I know. And have belle vue bottom with 300 average. We get a lot more than that and Peterborough was one of worst. Best I've seen is poole and worse probably Peterborough or eastbourne Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
