Laughable attendance from the best supported team in the league, no hiding from it. Neutral venue was questioned by Parliamentary committee due to being a WN postcode but it turns out most of the Loyal 18 were on the Par 3 or in the boozers of Wigan.

Lowest semi final crowd in the Wembley era.

Ancient and Loyal?

As far as excuses go, this one really is the bottom of the barrel. Half of Wiggins supporters could get to Leigh easier that Wigan and a fair size chunk of them could walk it

To be fair to Huddersfield they took a very good following to Warrington in the quarter final

As I've just said on the other thread: let's say the semi had been against Saints at the Halliwell Jones. Wigan take 6,000 and Saints take 6,000 and suddenly we're all fairly happy there's a 12,000 crowd on in a CC semi-final. 12-13,000 is fairly average for a CC semi.

And that's a conservative hypothetical example. When given a higher quality of opposition and the prospect of a closer game, more would probably choose to go. London were never going to win today, everyone knew that and it showed.

Get a grip. When one side brings next to no-one, the attendance will be poor.

But don't let that get in the way of both those brain cells enjoying a rant.

Travelled my 100 mile round trip, enjoyed the clinical performance but not the atmosphere.
No banter, no singing, no edge, it was bizarre.
Even if we had filled the stadium, the atmosphere would still have been poor.
The Cas and Bradford games at the DW had a great edge and there weren't that many of them.

Here's some stars for you:-
2011- Wigan v St.helens- Warrington - 12700
Average of 6350 per club
Leeds v Castleford- Doncaster- 13158
Average of 6500 per club
2012-
Leeds v Wigan- Huddersfield- 12800
Average of 6400 per club
Huddersfield v Warrington- Salford- 9500
Average of 4750 per club
Are people getting the trend? Clubs tend to take between 4000 and 6000 to a semi final. Wigan today took 6000 London took 100. One teams support is consistent with the trends!

Go away
You aren't allowed to counter well thought out arguments with facts.

Regarding the neutrality of the venue. In 1986 Leeds played 2 Challenge Cup semis (inc. a replay) at Elland Road.

I really do wish some of our fans would get their chip off their shoulder and not be so sensitive. Fans I meet in general like what we are doing and wish us well on here it seems the opppsite is true because of the attitude certain people adopt and trying to get kudos for our gates from the semi final attendance is baffling and way off the mark
Compare like by like by all means but pathetic points scoring in a game we can not win is just a waste of time but sadly par for the course.

Cant believe this thread was even started. Hudd fan going on about attendance?

It was a walkover game with a derby before it and Wembley to pay for. I mean, what were people expecting?

Could understand if ppl were asking about London fans for what was the biggest game of the season, but amount of Wigan fans?

Get a grip.

Very sad to see how complacent RL fans have become about one of the greatest RL comps in the world.

When I think back to the excitement of the semis I attended in the 80's it remains some of my fondest memories. Actually knowing you were going to Wembley was almost as good as being there on the day. Maybe the lopsided nature of games these days or the fact it's the same teams winning everything each year is the cause more than what time of year it is played? Very sad for the great game and the great occasion that should be the challenge cup.

for us, yes it was very good, but of course not really mentioned much, however had we only taken a few hundred we would have been jumped on straight away being called disgraceful etc, to be fair our away support has been pretty decent all year when compared to other clubs.
in fact only 4 teams have brought over 1000 to ours this year, so crowds are definitely down, but only one club gets ripped for it.
the original post I think was irony, but some people clearly don't get irony.