I guess because we're used to going there, unlike many other teams, we're more familiar with the layout...and know where the best places are to celebrate reaching the final...unlike many other teams.

There might have been 50,000 tickets sold (or distributed free) but as the entire upper tier was closed, and there was still plenty of empty seats in the lower tier and Club Wembley, there wasn't 50,000 people in the ground.

We paid £10 for top tier tickets - four individual bookings so seated separately too - and upon entering the ground we were given four tickets together in the lower tier that I think were worth £50 each. Far happier with that than I was with Wires' performance.

Historically you have more losses than wins though so I should imagine celebrating reaching the final is good if you accept being second best.

On top of this defeat it's embarrassing for Warrington to involved in a Challenge Cup final with it's lowest attendance for so long.

It just goes to show that Wire are not a big draw for the neutrals.

Shit final.

Uninspiring and boring.

Our game is now a mockery.

King Snowy !

Its not good but it's better than not being there at all. I'm sure you'll agree.

Good final. Looked better on tv than recent years by not using top deck and catalans colours looked good.

Wembley I can just about handle, but I'd rather Wires never play in another Grand Final ever again than get there and lose again.

Ah, the not so faint smell of B.S !!!

£10 tickets, £15 tickets, free tickets & Club Wembley "not automatically added on" joke, do you actually believe your own B.S ?

All of the upper tier closed, hardly a soul in Club Wembley, lower 2 tiers only approx two thirds full, cameras having to pan close ups to create the illusion of lot's of Les Cats fans *just as they did at Summer Bash with TW*, 50k announced attendance some of which were probably not even in attendance ....

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Aren’t you a Widnes fan and your on about Warrington been embarrassed oh the irony

KO

Regards

King James

50,000 is roughly the capacity of the lower tier and Club Wembley. Given the visible number of empty seats in both of them I would guess there was around 35,000 in the ground. I said the same for our final V Hull two years ago too. The crowd for that was obviously bigger than today, and the upper tier was open (I was in it) but the attendance announced was far higher than the number of people in the ground because there was visibly thousands of empty seats.

Wembley holds 90, courtesy of a quick Google just over 39,000 seats are in the top level. TV showed the lower levels to be busy but not full, real attendance was probably 40-45,000. That is no reflection on either Warrington or Catalans. The authorities have inadvertently undermined the attraction for neutrals with the Grand Final and Magic weekend.

It may be that the time has come to move the Final from Wembley. Eastlands, Anfield or The Olympic Stadium would all provide a better atmosphere.

Congratulations to Catalans though who will not give a hoot about the crowd.

I understand why people think that, and obviously given their proximity to Warrington there would have been a bigger crowd and better atmosphere if the game today was at Eastlands or Anfield, but not all finals will be as poorly attended as that one. Wembley weekend might not be what it once was, but once you accept that and permanently downgrade it to a smaller ground in the north you take the first step on the slippery slope towards the Challenge Cup being scrapped altogether I think.

The RFL will though, it's quite expensive to hire Wembley, are you aware of this ?