Wigan took over 30k. Leeds took just over 20k. Why blame Wigan when they clearly took more?

Because no-one can stand the fact Wigan have won ANOTHER Challenge Cup.

Agree 100%. To take 30,000 to a Challenge Cup Final is outstanding IMO, I bet that's not been bettered by any club in the last 30 years, whereas 20,000 isn't great for a club in as big a city as Leeds (Hull took 25,000 in 2005 IIRC, and Hull is only 1/3 the the population of Leeds).

As a matter of interest, where do you get these figures from?

Leeds End.









Very poor.

didn't notice so many spaces when watching on tv.

RL in this country is in (slight) decline for me. 78,000+ is a decent attendance, due to various factors the sport can't really expect to sell out Wembley every year anymore

Hopefully we can pull 40-50k for the double header later this year, i will be going with 5 others but i am pessimistic about a big crowd and we might only get 30-40k which would be embarrassing.

As has been mentioned, the Club Wembley idea is appalling. It should have been limited to the guaranteed sell out games (so, football) and maybe given CW members a 'limited time' priority booking to secure their seat for all other events.

Having the middle tier half empty, irrespective of how many fans both clubs take, looks awful.

Wigan sold more tickets than they were allocated by the RFL, ergo, also sold their allocation a la the 2010 finalists.

Leeds did not.

Wigan is a relatively small town compared to the sprawling metropolis City of Leeds.

Wigan have a Premiership football team where over 17,000 attended some two hours before Saturday's CC Final KO. Leeds does not have a premiership football team as a distraction.

The NW sport loving population have the added distraction of 6 other Premiership teams where people choose to spend their hard earned.

Leeds/Yorkshire do not have such distractions.

Finally, the official train provided by the club did not arrive, as planned, and reports are already filtering through of a number of ticket holders who simply did not make it to the game.

IMO the main factor in our failure to sell our, i.e. Leeds', allocation was down to being written off in all the media. That didn't put of most of our regular fans, many of whom predicted a close game, but it doubtless put off many of the additional 15k casuals who are needed if a side is to sell all their tickets. Conversely, demand at Wigan might actually have been inflated at the prospect of an easy win.

.... great argument. Leeds Utd get no fans amirite?!

OMG are you for real

How many were at Elland Road on Saturday?

I'd love to know where posters think another 35,000 people would've fit on Saturday...