Ah, live and learn, sometimes. I was under the impression that it was tinpot for a tinpot sport, hey ho.
Good post Plum. Nice read....I get it, but I'm still convinced that, by and large, there is more disposable cash down there...But yes there are pockets of deprivation in the large areas of east London, for instance, and even in some of the outer west and south suburbs. BTW on your fireman Sam pal. Is he from the Newham/East Ham district, but now lives in Market Weighton? And are some of the people who were flaunting their money in Hull, criminals?...Only kidding. Reference to HKR, by others, is interesting. Does the increase in attendances at KR, match the fall at City?
Hull KR were up to capacity, around 11K, as you'd expect in their best season ever, and slightly over the drop at City, however the Venn diagram doesn't match the exact same people. We lost thousands to RL in the 80's but their support appears to be mainly parallel to us since with any RL success having very little impact on City?
That surely must have a big effect. We live in the edge of a small village in Sussex, I've never seen even a small house for sale in the village for less than £450,000. The cost of housing whether buying or renting is extortionate in the South East, so that must balance out to some extent the generally higher wages and employment.
Saturday afternoon’s way better. Injuries making a difficult job even harder and arguably testing our squad depth . Plenty of games left for a challenge but no easy fixtures at this level. January window could be interesting if needed.
I'd guess the two rugby clubs take support away from city - ca. 40,000 attending professional sports games ca. once every two weeks - those figures against the Hull population compared to other cities, would probably show that the ppl of Hull support their sports teams equally as fervently.
