I'd be very happy for it to be played at Widnes just as the Wire match is being played at Widnes. Widnes is our home for 2011 and personally that's where I'd like to see all our home games played.

13,350 is surely not big enough for a Wigan-saints derby? even if it is on sky and at 8 on a friday! Should have sorted a stadium out before getting booted out of Knowsley Road!

The Saints-Wire matches have been sellouts for the last two seasons so they are just as big in terms of turnout as Wigan-Saints. If Wire is being played at Widnes, and it is, then so should Wigan. In addition, I think Saints could do without the outlay of a soccer stadium when they are already paying rent for Widnes, especially since the soccer stadium would be largely empty and so would probably not pay for itself.

There's nothing much else that can be done really, however I have a season ticket so I'll probably pop through the turnstiles about quarter of an hour before kick off to get to my seat lol.

As you have said this game is due to be played during the football off season which brings problems. Most clubs will have routine maitenance work planned during this period. These may be minor items such as repairs to the facilities or replacing damaged kit to a full relaying of the pitch.

Goodison is also likely to be out as this is the best time to do the bulk of the development work for the new retail/hospitality structure that is due to be built in the Park End car park.

There have been times when we play wire and the HJ has sold out,meaning some Saints fans cant get tickets.We dont start threads on other boards demanding the match is moved to a bigger venue.Why should Saints move the match?moving it would give up'home' advantage (not worth a lot,but still in our favour)as was said,Widnes is our home for 2011 get on with it.

You'll just have to make sure you get a ticket asap. Problem solved.

It wasn't really a demand, I don't think the 'powers that be' come on here and read these posts anyway and it has been a rumour that's been floating around on here for a bit that there was a chance the game could get moved (first saw it in the Wigan Evening post). After reading the replies, it's clear that the game has to be played at Widnes anyway. Just thought I'd see what the lay of the land was!

To be fair the non Good Friday Superleague games have been nowhere near sell outs for a long time. Here are the last five from K.R.

2001 - 13,571
2003 - 12,287
2005 - 13,281
2007 - 14,293
2009 - 15,563

So maybe it's not a big problem

The only problem will be at the Wiagn end i would assume. With them getting X million bandwagoners now, people will be left without.

As opposed to us who , like McLennan, said will just pop in about 15 minutes before the game starts. People will know when tickets go on sale, if they dont get theirs early then they will miss out. Tough . I know people have jobs and so forth but send one of your relatives instead then! or ring up, or order online. Just don't complain about your inability to get tickets.

Conveniently forgetting that over the past eleven seasons Wigan have averaged 30% more spectators than Saints.



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I agree, it does not seem such a problem as others and myself felt it may, what a sad reflection on St Helens that those are attendances be it on TV or not, when was the last time St Helens as a club ever did any marketing? Sale RUFC are looking at playing one of their top games at Bolton and they have given their marketing a budget of £150,000, many rugby league club would think £150 more suitable???

Not with 5 mins left you aint

I gather you weren't at Old Trafford or Murrayfield.

Amazing effort by saints there, increasing around 1000 fans every game from 2003

It's labelled 'the Wigan walk', there's a reason for that. All fans lose heart and will leave early at some point, but I have never see a team do it as consistently as Wigan. In all fairness there are plenty who stay, but a lot of fans leave up to 10-15 minutes before the end of the game when Wigan are losing.

Yeah, after seeing them attendances maybe it won't be such a problem then. I don't think bandwaggoners will go to away games at Widnes, where will they get their prawn sandwiches from?

I'm like you, Wherever the red v is I'm all over it. Was there to the end at both those games, Where on here at the time?

I hung one out for him to bite on and he did
He hung one out for you lot and you did.

Touche RG!

Dont think anyone bit, we all made tongue in cheek comments

even St Rogue

Let's get back to being sensible.



As I posted earlier the non Good Friday games have not been sell outs, however with the limited capacity at Widnes this one should be.

What Saints need to do is to make the West Stand (away stand) allocated seating for this Wigan game. As it is if the seats are unallocated they will lose 10% of the 3,747 available seats (those are the rules)
That's 374 seats at say £20 each, almost £7,500 which I'm sure would more than cover the cost of printing the extra tickets.

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And the cry went up
"Your'e only here 'cause it's Wigan, your'e only here 'cause it's Wigan"

Bandwagoners can't turn up from Wigan.
Our allocation at KR was only three-four thousand or so and those are always sold out to season ticket holders and never go on general sale.
Better a full Stobart than a half empty Goodison or Anfield.
19000 at either would look awful with capacities of 39k -44k.

Certainly makes sense but will Saints think of that................................erm.

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