Red and Blue Knight said:
Rubbish, there was a marked increase 04 onwards.
Newie and Brissy for 18 years have produced the goods.
Newie has always had a much sh*tter, lower capacity stadium, more teams close by and a much smaller population so we're the crowd kings.
Here are the figures from 1995-2003:
2003 14,892 11th of 15
2002 12,133 11th of 15
2001 13,575 13th of 14
2000 15,511 Wooden Spoon
1999 16,108 16th of 17
1998 17,034 16th of 20
1997 17,539 Wooden Spoon
1996 19,366 17th of 20
1995 21,215 Wooden Spoon
16374 average over that time.
That I would guess would be above the NRL average over that time which is impressive when you consider as the results show that they were cellar dwellars for that whole time with their highest finish being 11th.
As for Newcastle being crowd kings, well you can have that honour if it helps you sleep at night but the Broncos will take the extra 7k this year and extra 12k last year and all the $$$ that goes with it all the way to the bank ;-).