In fairness to Cas they'll probably have about 60% of their entire population in the ground on Saturday. Leeds on the other hand will have less then 5% of theirs in attendance.

The only people left in Cas will be the burglars!

Im sure i read somewhere the other day that both clubs received 9000 initially and both requested more and were sent 3000 extra.

Cas have just a few left and Leeds have sold out.

That being said, there are less than 700 left this morning in the whole ground and it will only be the 2nd sell out in GF history.

90 tickets left at Cas. Confirmed this morning.

The only people left in Cas will be those with the electronic tags on their ankle's, the burglars will be in Wakey and Ponty looking for richer pickings.

Ponty maybe. Not Wakey. Only nice places in Wakey is Sandal and around QEGS

Anyone know if the MUFC railway station will be open for the grand final? Northern Rail website has been saying "We will have further updates if the station will be open for this event shortly'... It's now Thursday!

Get the train to Victoria or Piccadilly in the city and then jump on the tram, which drops you off just down the road at the cricket ground.

Only nice bit of Cas is the road out

Taxi from the South end of Deansgate is a good option, they line up at the side of Knott Bar. 5 min wait usually and less than a tenner to drop off in sight of OT.

According to this
Direct rail services will operate to and from Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly from West Yorkshire.'"

I don't know where this claim has come from about it being only the second GF to sell out (if it does)? My memory might be incorrect, but I'm sure the Bulls were half of three successive sell-outs in the mid-Noughties; vs Wigan in 03, vs Leeds in 04, and vs Leeds in 05.
Although, that was with the smaller capacity of 65,000, so unless they mean it's only the second sell-out since the capacity was increased

Yes you are correct i do think it was meant as in 2015 was the only sell out at the current capacity.

On that subject just been announced old trafford to be expanded to 88k capacity in the not too distant future. Cant see too many finals hitting that mark.

Correct.

65,537 vs. Wigan in 2003
65,547 vs. Leeds in 2004
65,728 vs. Leeds in 2005

Also sold out the 2001 and 2002 GF's although the capacity then was roughly 61,000 as a temporary figure until the West Stand's second tier was opened and increased the capacity to 65,000.

Better still get the Eccles bound tram and get off at Salford Quays where you can physically see OT.

We've been to all the Grand Finals and it was only last year that we decided to head to Chorlton pre match instead in the City Centre. There's some good bars round there and you're then on a tram coming from the other way in to Manchester, so it's nice and quiet.

The trams and the roads out of the centre are usually rammed (although I guess the City centre may not be quite as busy with fans as usual with it being an all Yorkshire tie as opposed to Wigan/Wire or Wigan/Saints).