Aye, we missed quite a few of them the first day, but as pie, burger and hot dog would have been the popular ones you can understand it.

I got sunburnt and had a whale of a time, but yeah 3rd derby and make it a 4 pointer

By the same token, in the current climate, there are a lot of fans who generally would not have bothered if it had been the only option was to stay for the whole weekend.

The last train back to York from Edinburgh was at 8pm on Sunday night, so enough for me to see the Leeds game, lave and stroll back to Haymarket in plenty of time. Given Leeds first two appearances at MM were the last game of the night, it meant either a long coach trip back or not bothering.

I remember back in the 90s, when RL Internations were starting to be played at Wembley again, about the RFL and various RL Magazines laying on special charter trains to Wembley ... How about the same again ? I was lucky enough to get get cheap tickets (£23 return), but I am sure there is someone who could do something comparable and make some form of return on it ?

The problem with the derby games was the fact the they were played during the Magic Weekend, but for a Leeds fan last season we played Bradford twice during regular rounds and again as the 'extra' fixture as part of the league structure. With MM on top, frankly everyone was getting sick of the sight of Bradford. Maybe this was the reason for the change ?

Is there room for an 8th game, perhaps between Scotland (most of who's players play for NL sides and maybe an NL select team too ?). Make it a blank weekend for most of the NL (although Gateshead Vs Doncaster was a good idea for the Friday night) and move those fixtures to a cup weekend somewhere else in the calendar ?

Having visited Cas on a number of occasions, and knowing there isn't that much to do, I think you should introduce this to the village, it will go down a storm. You could even invite your cousins from the nearby village of Fev to join in. Such fun to be had.

You could even take it to the ski slope, have a winter event. Lets face it once Cas are relegated through the lack of a decent stadium, you're all going to need something to do on a sunday.

I forgot you were a Leeds supporter and your club trips cost a bleedin' fortune, didn't other clubs have reasonable coach trips for day fans? Quins supporters arrange the odd away coach and it runs at about £25 for most away games.

Aside from the usual coach journeys for away games, the tendency at Leeds these days is to advertise most trips as "corporate" events rather than supporter ones.

The trip to Perpignan for instance, is a "corporate" trip and (IIRC) costs upwards of £500+VAT (the club effectively charter a plane from Jet2 and try to get 'supporters' to cover the cost of both their ticket and the ticket of one of the players).

I imagine that a weekend in Edinburgh booked through the Hetherington Travel Co would have been sold in a similar way.

what and caravan park is the elite of all stadiums

Sat 5 yards from the clowns in amongst Loiner, Cods, Trinity and Tiger families, they were loud and drunk, so what!

Great weekend, great atmoshere, great fans all round

Sure that wasn't Bentham getting thrown down the hill

They were having fun, when asked to tone it down a bit they said sorry and calmed down, jeeze do people want fans to sit in their seat with a miserable look on their boat?

I wasn't having a go at the clowns if you read it

That's if you're daft enough to pay the club prices ... Which I am not.

I also don't live in Leeds, so I have the additional expense of getting to Leeds to rendezvous with trips / or not have a couple of pints whilst I am at the game bacuse I'll have to drive home afterwards. Whilst I am not making that an excuse, I knew of a coach trip with the Leeds Supporters Club that was going for around the same price that I spent on the train. However, with dodgy knees and the thought of sitting jammed up on a coach seat for the best part of 4 hours, compared to the train where I could get up for a stroll / coffee or general move around when I wanted, I know what I'd prefer.

I'm trying to make constructive enhancements to the weekend ... A special train from Lancashire and Yorkshire, reasonably priced for the day and for the weekend and departing at a reasonable time after the last game (say 45 minutes after the last game from Haymarket) could be well-supported.

We're away in Catalan in a month and many people are having to cut their cloth to suit these days and given that my weekend there last year cost around £200, something comparable with a Magic Weekend cost, personally I'd chose France.

If people want to go and spend a couple of hundred pounds on tickets and accomodation in Scotland for MW, then I've no problem with that. Indeed, several of my mates did so, however there are still fans who are not generally 'supporting' the games by not being present. All I am doing is suggesting why those people don't come and possible soloutions to make it attractive for them to attend next time.