I know some Magic regulars who are booking for Newcastle again and will watch the games in pubs up there!

Can you blame them? The Geordies are a welcoming bunch, the Scousers on the other hand...

Nothing wrong with the scousers we went to the England match and they could not do anoth for you they were great loved it

Nothing wrong with the scousers we went to the England match and they could not do anoth for you they were great loved it

Why? Warrington, Wigan and Saints should all take far more fans than they would to Newcastle. The Saturday with Wires V Wigan as the headline game should be well attended for starters. I've only been to the three MW's in Manchester and one in Newcastle, and each time only on the day of our game. I know there are people who like to make a weekend of it, but there are plenty more who just want to go to their team's game, and the closer it is to home the more likely they are to bother.

yeah like someone I know who had his car protected for a fiver by a kid in the street, how nice was that

I was only charged a quid but I said 50p now and the other 50p when I get back.

Where Liverpool differs from almost everywhere I’ve ever been is that the stereotypes are bot stereotype they are real.

How is this in any way spreading RL - if anyone wants RL in Liverpool they have a very good team in Saints on their doorstep.

RL had something good and greedy as ever have taken a great concept and ruined it.

Well I'm going on the Saturday, and I wouldn't be going if it was anywhere other than Liverpool or Manchester. I'm sure there will be a good few Wires, Wigan and Saints fans who think similar. For Leeds fans it's roughly the same journey time as going to Newcastle. That's four out of the five best supported clubs. It's also closer, or at least no further away, for Salford and Huddersfield fans, and similar distance for Cas and Wakefield. Catalans and London are far away anyway, so the only people for whom Newcastle is genuinely closer are those from Hull. To be fair to them (both clubs) their fans are well used to travelling the length of the 62 and do it well, so I'm sure they'll be there.

I'm looking forward to it for the first time in a few years.

It appears most people east of the pennies like to make a weekend of it, so a move to Liverpool this year on the days of their Marathon which will make accommodation harder to find and more expensive, not to mention potential travel problems once you get there, a dodgy part of the city to hang around in...iconic stadium or not!


The choice isn't to spread the gospel of the game to a new area, more likely a chummy agreement from council and football club mates of Elstone & Barwick. As long as the W.W.S don't travel far that's ok then!

It appears most people east of the pennies like to make a weekend of it, so a move to Liverpool this year on the days of their Marathon which will make accommodation harder to find and more expensive, not to mention potential travel problems once you get there, a dodgy part of the city to hang around in...iconic stadium or not!


The choice isn't to spread the gospel of the game to a new area, more likely a chummy agreement from council and football club mates of Elstone & Barwick. As long as the W.W.S don't travel far that's ok then!