The better we get the less people watch

[bigrichiet]

857!!!!!

[AndyPark]

A lot of people have work, kids and other priorities on night matches.

Not to mention travelling to Bishop.

[Darlogramps]

A match on a cold night in February against mid-table opposition was never likely to draw big crowds unfortunately.

And the Bishop factor will also put people off. It's one thing driving up to Blackwell on a night for a game. It's another driving out to Bishop.

[bigrichiet]

A lot of people have work, kids and other priorities on night matches.

Not to mention travelling to Bishop.

Agreed but those considerations have been there since we moved there. Has it ever been that low?

[al_quaker]

I'm sure we had one in the 600s in our first season in D1N.

I think our crowds are holding up reasonably well. Hopefully what looks to be another exciting end to a season should see them creep up over the coming weeks and months.

[TDS]

Id question people who consider the opposition a pull factor in this league. A plumber from manchester or a postman from liverpool.

I agree it seems low. Saturday will be interesting.

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[CrazyDarlo]

We are getting very similar crowds to what we got in the winter last 2 seasons.

[BaronsCourtQuaker]

I thought it felt very quiet on the way into the ground and it felt quiet once we kicked off but no surprise really when it was cold, windy, midweek and a full premier league schedule on the telly.

A guy came along with my dad last night, his first game at HP and i'm not sure he'll be rushing back to be honest.

[spen666]

As others have said, there are lots of reasons for crowds to be down in a winter midweek night game.

In addition to the reasons given by others, after the recent run of postponements and constant weather warnings, I suspect a lot of people thought the game may be in doubt and had made other arrangements before they learned game was on.

857 is still I am sure the highest step 3 crowd of the night, probably by some distance.

[bertbanger]

having a prem game on sky wont have helped, it was cold, people are more likely to be at work etc.......saturday should be 1000+

[dfc4me]

Not to forget 3 home games in 8 days means people may pick and choose which they go to, more so if money is tight post Xmas.

[Comfortably_numb]

I'm not overly concerned - I remember back in the late 70's / early 80's - in the fourth division - we'd sometimes only break the 1000 barrier. and am sure that would be on a saturday and of course in darlo...

[Darlofan97]

We've had worse crowds.

Darlington v Hebburn attracted 789.
Darlington v Wakefield attracted 697
Darlington v Harrogate RA attracted 768.
Darlington v Ossett Albion attracted 788.
Darlington v Brighouse attracted 842 (Saturday)

857 was relatively good given the PL games & cold weather. Hoping for a 1,000+ crowd on Saturday.

[princes town]

You lose about 20-25 % on a night game. Not that bad but the point is not great for a team near the top.

[Vokuhila]

857!!!!!

I was definitely watching a little bit more - albeit marginally - when we were playing better on Tuesday night, so you can knock at least one off that number.

That might be partly down to Sean Gregan's head being less of an obstruction in the second half, mind.