FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > World Club Challenge |
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Board Member | 14970 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2002 | 22 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
2244_1299706258.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_2244.jpg |
|
| I've got to agree with Dico on this one, I simply don't see where these thousands of neutrals are going to come from to watch Wigan.
Leeds' average crowd in 2004 was roughly similar to Wigan's this season. The 2005 WCC got a crowd of 37,208 with large marketing efforts and with a large corporate effort from Leeds on the back of Leeds first championship for 30 odd years and in a flourishing economy. Where are the extra 20,000 people going to come from to support Wigan?
It's not a question of thinking big, it's a question of thinking realistically. Wembley or OT would be embarrassing for the sport since even 50K in those grounds look bad. In this context holding it at Anfield and getting close to filling it IS thinking big. I would be amazed if the crowd was well over 30,000.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 5539 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2005 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2013 | Oct 2013 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
last post on RLFANS goodbye
Thu May 26, 2011 8:46 am: |
|
| they got well over 30,000 for the manly game at central park.so that figure is achievable again
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Board Member | 14970 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2002 | 22 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
2244_1299706258.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_2244.jpg |
|
| Quote: manly4ever "they got well over 30,000 for the manly game at central park.so that figure is achievable again'"
That was over 20 years ago, that season Wigan also got over 30,000 for a tour match v Australia and GB got over 50,000 v Australia. Things have changed, people watch the game in a different way hence relatively good regular SL crowds but relatively poor Challenge Cup and Playoff crowds.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Chairman | 33727 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2002 | 23 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
May 2022 | May 2022 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
1034_1335734906.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_1034.jpg |
|
| As it is, I think Wigan have earned the right to play it at their home ground if the Aussies don't want to play ball, and I don't see any reason why it can't be close to a sell-out. I know it's not a patch on the Old Trafford & Wembley ideas, but they were never really going to work anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 9426 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jan 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
42169_1366443727.jpg Chorlton RL wrote- "Jonny, for me you hold the mantle of most sensible poster on the VT"
...............................................................................................................................................
Yed wrote: "He's like a Kevin Penny on steroids except he's good too"
...............................................................................................................................................
"What? What have I said now?" - Starbug 2013
...............................................................................................................................................:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_42169.jpg |
|
| Quote: Dico "Im a Warrington fan and ill be there if the pricings right.
But you ask the majority of saints wire widnes leigh et al fans to attend? no chance kid, no chance ESPECIALLY if you hire old trafford and charge £25+ a ticket'"
I'll be there, i'm a Leigh fan. But as a Rugby League fan, this will be a game not to miss.
Is there any way Wiggin could sell out the 25k, then if they need to sell any more ticket, put up temporary stands in the corners to get the capacity up?
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 12958 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2007 | 18 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2011 | Jul 2011 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: CGD "Until next year when you change teams or maybe sports again.'"
mate winners are grinners.
thanks for mick weyman, we wouldnt have won the title without him.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 4389 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
May 2009 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2019 | Dec 2010 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
45452.jpg [i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in,
You take your Brownie out,
You put your Bennett in,
And you make it to the 8,
You do the Oki Chokie,
And you get knocked out,
Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t]
[quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!!
Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg |
|
| Quote: BigRob "That was over 20 years ago, that season Wigan also got over 30,000 for a tour match v Australia and GB got over 50,000 v Australia. Things have changed, people watch the game in a different way hence relatively good regular SL crowds but relatively poor Challenge Cup and Playoff crowds.'"
he's right you know
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 5539 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2005 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2013 | Oct 2013 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
last post on RLFANS goodbye
Thu May 26, 2011 8:46 am: |
|
| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "he's right you know'"
Barry, are you Albert Rosenfield?
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 4389 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
May 2009 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2019 | Dec 2010 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
45452.jpg [i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in,
You take your Brownie out,
You put your Bennett in,
And you make it to the 8,
You do the Oki Chokie,
And you get knocked out,
Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t]
[quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
[quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t]
NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!!
Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg |
|
| Quote: manly4ever "Barry, are you Albert Rosenfield?
No.
I'm far better looking
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 5539 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2005 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2013 | Oct 2013 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
last post on RLFANS goodbye
Thu May 26, 2011 8:46 am: |
|
| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "No.
I'm far better looking'"
lol that must be bad then..........
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 576 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2010 | 14 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2012 | Oct 2012 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Seems a few Dragons supporter's are heading over. Hopefully keeping the seat warm for Manly supporter's
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 95 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2009 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Feb 2011 | Feb 2011 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| there is no way to acheive a crowd of 50,000 plus thats pie in the sky,the actual population of the town of wigan is around 90,000 according to wikipedia,the manly game in 87 was the first of its kind and caught the whole of the rugby leauge supporting communitys imagination,the game should be at the dw stadium and a full house would be attracted,the only alternative i can see in the local area is holding it at goodison with a capacity of around 38,000 but even this is optomistic.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 6268 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2005 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Go for Anfield and some neutrals will come! There just wont be 20,000 of them
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 1822 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2007 | 17 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2016 | May 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
34025_1447092002.png THE ONLY WAY TO GET SMARTER IS BY PLAYING A SMARTER OPPONENT
How you expect to run with the wolves come night when you spend all day sparring with the puppies?:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_34025.png |
|
| Anfield. Get St Helens fans to get on board to support St George Illawarra Dragons. Get Wigan fans hyped up for an England vs Aus clash, Wigan vs St Helens clash and Wigan vs St George Illawarra Dragons clash.
If you can't get up for that then you really aren't a proper Saints or Wigan fan.
DW too small, aim to fill Anfield, a stadium that Wigan have won the World Club Challenge in before. (yet another angle)
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 143 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Aug 2010 | 14 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2015 | Oct 2014 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Thinks its odds on that it be at Reebok.
|
|
|
|
|
|