If the promotion from champ was after the game the RFL could say to fax sell-out this game and get sl status

Well if Halifax don't make any money from bars and food, and all the Bulls fans are given tickets, then the only money that Fax are making is on the tickets they sell to their own fans. So I doubt they'll be too quick to hand over the tickets to the Bulls!

The one thing that doesn't seem to have been mentioned is looking at switching the game to Odsal. If the Bulls gave all the money for tickets sold through Halifax to the Halifax club then they could sell, say, 3000 at £15, that would be £45K clear profit for Fax with zero outlay. Then all of the Bulls fans who want to come could be accommodated, lets say 9,000 of the season ticket holders prefer to watch live than on TV, I know I would - that gives a crowd of 12000 which would create a great atmosphere for TV.

Worth a consideration I wonder?

I say give priority to BullBuilder members

The problem is i cant honestly see us selling more than 3K tickets and thats just been realistic and as for switching, that would never happen as its the clubs chance to show the RFL that The Shay can be a good venue for SL. The club will also be looking at it as a possibiliy of a shock result, it shouldnt happen but you just never know.

Yes I agree that it almost certainly would never be switched, I was just flying a kite to see what people thought

But with regard to showcasing yourselves for the RL on peak time TV, its not going to do your cause any good if you can't sell your tickets and have to give spare tickets to us. Nor is it going to look good to have one side of the ground shut off because you didn't get safety work done.

I hope you manage to get the ground fully open and the ground can be full of people - that will certainly make a stronge case for you

I'm guessing from this that they are going to try and get the stand sorted outHalifax have a few logistic issues at the Shay and will not be in a position to confirm how many tickets will be available until they have been finalised.'"

I hope so. The more people, the better atmosphere.

Are you seriously suggesting that, with around 12,000 season ticket holders, less than 2,000 Bulls fans will make the effort to travel less than 10 miles?

I can see this game being a crowd pulled and really hope that the forth stand will be open! I think they could sell this out!

I'm not having a pop at Bulls fans. If anything it is you who is denigrating your fellow fans by thinking them so apathetic. Hence the inherent incredulity in my post.

Except he isn't really. He's saying it's something that's rife throughout the game with all fans, not just one club's. And I'm inclined to agree. Cup attendances are always rubbish at least until the Semi Final stage (and even then, they don't tend to be great until the final).

I always attend, but then I attend every game I can get to, regardless of home or away. And I'll be making sure I get my ticket for this game too, especially now that since last year, the Shay is actually closer to home than Odsal (marginally). But many of the sport's fans don't feel the same sadly.