I haven't been to the K.C. in the last 2 or 3 seasons for those reasons...I know the vast majority of Hull (F.C.) fans are sound but some of the stuff thats gone on lately at the K.C. and outside the H.J. have forced me to give the Hull F.C. away game a wide berth...I take my young cousin to games and my mate takes is two sons....We have to consider their safety.

Seems its ok for us not to go to Hull due to an history of trouble but complain at poor away support to Warrington.





"Hello Mr. Kettle, you're black" said Mr. Pot

The vasy majority of the antipodeans don't bother going to watch because they consider it rubbish compared to the NRL. There were always offers in TNT magazine and free tickets being given out but most aren't interested.



Also, London is a funny one as the population is quite transient in terms of travelling into town for work and doing the rush hours is very tedious and you just don't want to be bothered with travelling at weekends.



also, despite the huge numbers, there is also a huge amount of other distractions with football and union, plus all the other sports. Add to the the vast number of ethnics who will ave never heard of the sport and are unable to relate to it, you can see some of the problems they face.



A strong core of the support for London travel considerable miles for the love of the game. I know a few who travel from Kent and essex for all home matches and big occasions like finals and internationals. It makes bleating about travelling to widnes/leigh very petty when you consider the amount of travel they do every other week.



With regards to marketing, it is very difficult to get column inches when there is so much more going on. When I've lived down there and watched matches on Sky the locals have fully embraced the game and love it, but from an armchair point of view, how you can get them to attend matches consistently.........

Cas did a sponsored promotion for the London game a few years ago and over 8000 turned up at Brentford. It's essential we keep a London side in SL, there's so many kids playing in the Schools that if we pulled out now so much potential would just be wasted.

Unfortunatly you will always get a small minority of plonkers at any super league club including mine.



But what i do find annoying is that you condemn Hull Fc for a couple of incidents, we are not all thugs and i am sure if you were to visit Hull FC again you may well be pleasently surprised that most of the 12,000 or so Hull FC fans are actually friendly and welcoming.



I along with my young niece travel to all the away fixtures and believe me i have seen my fair share of idiots representing their club in an inappropriate manner (and i don't mean Hull fans).



This however does not stop me returning to that club as that would just have a detrimental effect on their club and mine.



So all i am saying is give it a go you might even enjoy it.

i for one do go and we understand it's a small minority but they are consitent in their trouble making whereas usaully it's isolated incidents most other places

Well i'm sorry i disagree with you , howcome we never see it in the media if it is so bad on every occasion? Because believe me The Hull Daily Mail would take great pleasure in reporting such an occurrence.



Also i attend every home game and do not hear or see it every game as you lead everyone to believe, apart from those few incidents mentioned. And as you say the incidents are also outside the HJ so that is just a one sided attack is it?



I have also been on the receiving end of having missiles thrown at our coach,(and ours is a family coach) but i won't mention which ground because as i said before it is a minority of idiots. I do not tie everyone with the same brush and and would rather support my team and put a few coffers into the away teams pockets.



All i can say is it a good job we (and any other travelling away support) do not have your view or your west stand would be considerably empty.

Here here natts never a truer word spoken mate,

Next time we play you at the KC put a Wire shirt on then come back on here and tell me how good your fans are?

My friend had his windows put through, probably because he had a Warrington car sticker. They then had the nerve to actually urinate in the car too.

Now 1st this was away from the ground and probably done by someone not at the game but the fact is people don't feel safe in hull.

You might have a whole stadium of well behaved fans but that doesn't matter when you have to run a gauntlet outside. A couple of hours drive, followed by paying for your tickets to then dodge bricks and drive back just isn't worth the hassle.

Yes i totally agree that is a terrible thing to happen to anyone, and like you say was propably done from some idiot that wasn't at the game.



But unfortunatly you can go into any City/Town in the UK and be on the recieving end of mindless thugs without a brain cell between them ( just watch the news) as i have found to my detriment, Hull is no exception.



Obviously you are not going to change your mind and that is your right so i won,t waste anymore ink.



Just remember there are plenty of decent folk in Hull that get ever so slightly miffed when you band us altogether as thugs.



Enjoy your 2010 season i,m hoping to and will even venture to the HJ.

i for one will never travel to hull again, i travel from mid wales for every home game and away to 5 or 6 games a season and have done for nearly 20 years parking in many different places around wilderspool and the hj stadium,being a proud welshman i have welsh headrest covers and 2 dragons on the parcel shelf and have never had my car touched once,

on my visit to hull last year i had my wing mirror ripped off and on my return home found sheep sha**ers scratched in to my bonnet.