I know City season ticket holders could get tickets for £20.

it was a great weekend, but that was mainly due to the weather, if the rfl keep it at the etihad for the next 3 years, there will be no guarentee the weather will be the same, possibly worse once the bank holiday gets moved back a week, won't be much fun sat all day in pouring rain without decent cover and will no doubt effect the crowds, that was one plus point about cardiff, regardless of the weather, the millenium stadium kept you dry!

I understand that this years Magic may not have been the success the RFL are making out, compare attendance with the last one held in May and not one at the start of the season with the bad weather we had.

Makes interesting reading...

As the champions league final is on 25th May in 2013 doesnt that mean the EPL will finish on the 17th so does that mean we are looking at a July Magic Weekend next year?



I said before the event that if the crowd is lower then 70k then we should see it as a disappointment. 63k is not a great success in my eyes.

Had a great day at the magic weekend in the Sunday despite the result, I have one complaint why can't the RFL get into their heads, if you want people in the ground you do t have all them activities going on outside during games and you certainly dont have big screens showing the games. Get the people inside.

How do you work that one out?

well i was glad for the big screen. watched the leeds vs bradford game in the sun!

activities are good for the kids and should be kept. What I couldn't believe was seeing tons of people @ the stobart trucks zone.

If it as @ the Eithad it has to be after the EPL season has finished. They not gonna do it same weekend as CL final so I was just guessing it would be in July.

1. There is a bloody long time between the middle of May and July.
2. Man City only allowed us to use the pitch because it was being ripped up the next day.
3. If they are replacing the pitch again they will want to do it way before July.

my bad

I meant June.

Are you suggesting that the weather is sentient and deliberately makes itself worse if it knows there is a bank holiday?

For what it's worth, the weather has been really nice on that weekend in Manchester for 5 years. It's the one weekend I can speak with certainty about as it was a mate's daughter's 5th Birthday on Saturday, and every year I've had to go to help out at a party at a local cricket club and then we've ended up basking in the sun afterwards.

if this is to be a stand alone event, there needs to be something extra special about it. derby's, as much as everyone wants to see a close game don't always add up to that. the fairest way i can see is that if competition points are available, then you have to play your nearest rivals in the table. so 1st should play 2nd. 13th play 14th etc. however this is the add on game, its a stand alone, its a special event and therefore should have something extra up for grabs. if you are playing the nearest rivals in the table, how about an extra point which will really make every game worth winning.

Every game to be worth 10 "magic" points.

normal points for win-lose-draw but magic tries worth 8, magic goals worth 4, magic drop-goals worth 2 and gaz hock worth nothing