Quote: Les Norton "Most of you hate the Grand Final because you've yet to win it. You're not kidding anybody.
The reason the atmosphere is tensor than the Challenge Cup is because it means so much more to actually win it.'"
Exactly.
As for there being more trouble last year than in the past, I can only think the ban on drinking at your seat led to people trying to neck as much as possible in a short space of time.
Like Mr Cat I got to Manchester in the morning and had plenty to drink enjoying the atmosphere in the pubs, the tension/excitement when we got there was something else so obviously the agony afterwards was a killer.
Shame that people can't handle their drink, but that is the case when you go to any major public event.