Crowd control
A more worrying matter for the club than their league position was the gate receipts. The season opener against Oldham attracted between 2000 and 3000 spectators, a disappointing number, though the weather was poor and the admission price a bit high. The more established Northern teams such as Broughton attracted a crowd of 4000, while the clash between Merthyr and the New Zealand national team brought in between 8000 and 12,000 people. Crowd control was sometimes an issue, and the College ground was suspended for two weeks after the Rochdale Hornets game, after the referee reported he had been 'molested' by the spectators.