Premiership 2027 - Are You Interested??

[Daniel Smith]

There has been numerous mentions of significant dropoff of attendances within the Premiership clubs. This would be of have concern to many clubs but why?

• Will you / won't you continue as a fan in 2027 under the current structure?
• Why are attendances down?
• Why are Promoters so blind to public opinion?

 

[Baldyman]

Up until a few years ago I never missed a meeting home or away,, now I hardly ever go,, once this year so far. I'm sure I will be the same next year.  Same old teams every few weeks, racing more or less non existent, no real characters you look forward to seeing, presentation still the same as 50 years ago, just bored of it now. 25 quid to stand around getting bored doesn't do it for me 

[IainB]

I'll still attend, probably until the bitter end, but I'll no longer be attending matches where a rider has decided that he'd rather be elsewhere. Dan Thompson did that when Lions visited Sheffield earlier in the year and I made my protest then by not attending. Injuries are part and parcel of the sport, but riders not showing for their clubs due to riding or being sat in the pits elsewhere is the final straw for me.

The reasons why attendances are down are numerous and have all been discussed ad infinitum across this forum, so I'm not going to rehash them

[Youhave2minutes]

1 hour ago, Daniel Smith said:

There has been numerous mentions of significant dropoff of attendances within the Premiership clubs. This would be of have concern to many clubs but why?

• Will you / won't you continue as a fan in 2027 under the current structure?
• Why are attendances down?
• Why are Promoters so blind to public opinion?

 

I  abandoned at least 10 years ago.

[YeOldPitGate]

3 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Up until a few years ago I never missed a meeting home or away,, now I hardly ever go,, once this year so far. I'm sure I will be the same next year.  Same old teams every few weeks, racing more or less non existent, no real characters you look forward to seeing, presentation still the same as 50 years ago, just bored of it now. 25 quid to stand around getting bored doesn't do it for me 

And by sounds of it you were a die hard which shows the difficulty in getting new people in. I was the same when I went me and my best mate were 18/19 at the time, we used to travel everywhere Coventry for British final, Bradford world final, Sweden world final , Ippo and Lynn every Saturday absolutely loved it. I moved away from Lynn so its now a three hour round trip and there's nothing tempting me back for the reasons we have covered on here a hundred plus times.