Thank you for your detailed response.

To complete my Saddened Census, were you born in Cheshire/Cheshire, or Lancashire/Cheshire? By that I mean using the old fashioned River Mersey as the great divide. If you are Cheshire/Cheshire south of the river then why Saints? If you were north of the river then why no affinity with Lancashire, is it an age thing?

Leeds official website has just announced that they have less than 700 tickets left from there allocation. looks like leeds fans are turning out in good numbers.

Leeds situation is slightly different perhaps in the sense that after so many Challenge Cup Final defeats since they last won it in '99 - a period during which they have won every other trophy multiple times - many won't want to miss the one they finally win.

Similar story to us taking thousands to our last few games at Knowsley Road with no one wanting to miss "the one".

As it turned out, we never did win at Knowsley Road in the Super League era, and hopefully Leeds won't be breaking their own "hoodoo" next Saturday.

You never know when your last final may be, unless you really can't make it i can't see the attitude of 'well i'll go the next one'

That's because you're interested in Wire all the time rather than just final time, and I imagine everyone else who posts on here is as well.

Plenty of people aren't though, as Wembley "support" which was more than double our average home attendance has proved more than once already.

If they don't have the same passion then they probably won't have the same "it's absolutely unmissable" attitude either.

2010 was a family day out for us. In 2009 and 2012 both myself and our eldest daughter will be attending. My wife and youngest wanted to do the 2010 final for the experience but they are not what some might call proper supporters. I was there in 1990 and then came home and watched the replay. I was so miffed at the fact that the commentators were so bad (even comments like "Wigan are beginning to celebrate" when in fact it was the Wire you could hear) that I said there and then, "If Warrington go, I'm going. If not, I dont care"