Quote: RhinoNeil "BOTH sides had empty seats. Leeds had a few very valid reasons, we've lost our previous 4 CC finals, we got embarrassed last season and we've not beaten any of the top 4 this season, that's why a lot of Leeds fans stayed away because the writing was very much on the wall.
What excuses did Wigan have? Current champions, flying in the league, best form of their SL history. Leeds and Wire both sold their allocation last season, Wigan should be embarrassed that they couldn't on their first new Wembley appearance.'"
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.
