It probably will break SL attendance record, so it should with all the marketing we are throwing at it, but it`s still just a regular fixture to me. The atmosphere when Cas come to Headingley is no different to any other Weekly fixture, and the atmosphere at Cas is rubbish in the away end. Not a patch on the old Leeds Bradford games, but that`s in the past now, and i doubt we will ever see it in the form it was again.

25004??

That's a big ask. Especially at Elland Rd. Awful place. Great if you manage it.

I`m sure they will beat it TBH, it`s a one of at Elland RD, i know of a lot of mutual spectators going (Not sure why), there seems to be a lot of marketing surrounding this game, our supporters im sure will show up in there usual numbers, and Cas seemed to bring a good following to most away days last season, i expect the crowd to be above 25k.

With the building work going on at Headingley, this is an excellent idea and something quite innovative.
It would be a hell of an achievement to persuade 25,000 folk to go. Good luck to them.

I'm not sure how you would measure the success, but wouldn't it have been an idea to offer a limited number of reduced tickets to Leeds United season ticket holders? Surely a potential new recruit at a discount price would be better than a potentially empty seat?

There was an allocation of tickets offered to Leeds United members and season ticket holders. Not sure how many or whether there was a discount involved, but it was promoted directly to them.

What a pointless post Jean, get with the times is all I can say. Stop living in the past.

Yeah, miss this derby.

More than this particular fixture though, I miss the Bulls in both Sooper Dooper League & Championship generally.

As Bulls Boy 2011 alluded to up thread, the games between Leigh & Bulls over 2 years were great events. There was a real rivalry on the pitch, fiercely fought games & to a great extent the fans of both clubs developed a mutual camaraderie & respect.

Even though I now visit this site infrequently, I still like to 'call in' on the Bulls page say hi, catch up on what's happening & wish them well.

If franchising should ever return *beyond the French & N.A expansion* then I would hope for the eventual inclusion of Bradford.

oh absolutely, nothing quite shouts derby game passion like the accoustic equivellent of a butterfly f@rting in an oli drum that was any crowd noise at Odsal.

Wheldon Road may be on its last legs but the the average neutral will agree there is more atmosphere down the lane than in a 100 x AJ Bells or Galpharms.

I miss it.

The sooner Leeds Rhinos are relegated down to meet them again the better!

As daft as it sounds the two best atmosphere's I have witnessed live in the past 6-7 years was the 20k crowd against Leeds in 2012 at Odsal as we honestly thought we were going to die a death and it was an emotional time. And 2015 Championship opener at Leigh. Especially after we raced into a 24-6 lead or something at halftime.

Loved the games against Leigh and we hit each other at the right time in terms of us on the way down and you on the way up so we faced each other as equals. Plus that draw at Odsal in 2016 was unreal as was the Summer Bash.

But back to the original post, yes I do miss them. We've had 7 home games since 1996 against them above 20,000 people and quite a few in the 18,000-19,000. And all were fantastic events and occasions. The Headingley games were better attended like and personally I loved the us against them part of it.

To be honest as a Leeds fan the Bulls rivalry was somewhat trumped up. Pre-SL they were to a degree just another local derby. The Cas one has always had more of an edge to it - partly because games at Wheldon Rd always seem(ed) to descend into intense nailbiters in the '80s and '90s with the whole place going nuts. Before we started winning trophies the Premiership quarter final there in '91 comfortably made it into my top 10 list of favourite games.

And I haven't mentioned 'Unslet who are the real enemy.

I do miss Bradford, of course - and a couple of 15k+ crowds would always be welcome. But those peak years (say the 15 years after the '96 CC semi) were a relatively brief moment in time rather than a longstanding tradition. The two Cardiff games, the two Grand Finals and the Harris saga really created a feeling between the two clubs. But unlike some other teams I really do find the Bulls difficult to really dislike.