Attendance Records

The record attendance for a game at Post Office Road is 17,531 for a third round Challenge Cup tie against St Helens on 21 March 1959.  The record for a league game is 14,990 for a match against Wakefield Trinity on 20 January 1962.

There have been 21 matches at Post Office Road where the attendance has reached 10,000.  The last occasion when this occurred was on 19 March 1978 for a Challenge Cup tie against Castleford.  The full list is: 

• 17,531   v St.Helens   Challenge Cup   21 March 1959
• 15,700   v St.Helens   Challenge Cup   8 March 1958
• 14,990   v Wakefield Trinity   League   20 January 1962
• 14,859   v Castleford   Challenge Cup   18 March 1967
• 14,344   v Wigan   Challenge Cup   15 March 1952
• 14,000   v Salford   Challenge Cup   8 February 1970
• 12,700   v Wakefield Trinity   League   17 August 1959
• 12,502   v Wakefield Trinity   Challenge Cup   25 February 1967
• 12,200   v Leeds   Challenge Cup   14 March 1976
• 11,100   v Leigh   Challenge Cup   24 March 1962
• 11,000   v Wakefield Trinity  League  1 April 1961
• 11,000   v Wakefield Trinity   League   5 October 1957
• 11,000   v Leeds   League   20 April 1957
• 11,000   v Hunslet   Challenge Cup   28 February 1925
• 10,700   v Leeds   Yorkshire Cup   30 September 1959
• 10,453   v Wakefield  Trinity   League   14 September 1963
• 10,027   v Castleford   Challenge Cup   19 March 1978 
• 10,000   v Leeds   League   9 April 1955
• 10,000   v Huddersfield   League   7 April 1953
• 10,000   v Wigan   Challenge Cup   3 March 1923
• 10,000   v Castleford   Yorkshire Cup   7 November 1928 

Slight word of warning on the accuracy of this data.  Quite often attendances were estimated based on receipts and quite often rounded up.  At various times there have been suggestions attendances were either deflated or inflated for various reasons.  It is also not always clear whether season ticket holders were included or not.