Both the Stoke and Villa grounds have nothing around them in terms of pubs and restaurants. So a travel to and from the city centre would be needed. Never been to the Ricoh so don't know about Coventry. I thought Anfield was great yesterday and hope its there next season.

Nottingham would be a good shout IMO

I think Huddersfield is probably the best venue tbh

Home advantage to Huddersfield?

Unlike the Millenium, the Etihad and St James’; Anfield has got absolutely nothing going on around the ground or isn’t near/in the centre of its city.

It’s also still got a lot of restricted views even with the new stand (which took out many restricted views). The Anfield Road end (where Wire were last night) is where there are numerous white poles hold up the tier above, if you’re behind any of them you can see nothing of any game. Also at the back of that first tier in the Anfield Road end you can’t see the other end of the stadium and can see a letterbox view of the bit of the pitch you can see. Over in the Kop, if you’re at the back (where the Wigan fans were singing last night) you can’t see the sides of the pitch.

It’s a poor choice of venue for Magic.

Get it down in London next. Stamford Bridge would be an ideal capacity, it’s right in London n’all not some suburb with nothing going on.

To add insult to injury, there are major disruptions ,cancellations & alternative bus services affecting trains to Liverpool on the old Liverpool /Manchester line through Newton. The line also carries a lot of trans Pennine trains.

My biggest gripe is the access. I went by train yesterday. The guides said that Kirkdale was the closest station. still 25-30 minutes walk. I know buses were laid on but after the game, the queues were massive.
Thought the stadium was OK though.

Total attendance was 56,869. Coming in for plenty of flak on Twitter. Personally I got fed up of being told what hallowed turf and a prestigious arena they were playing in every five minutes. Enough with the Liverpool media love-in.

Rugby League voted with their feet and now SL has to work out why. Figure all the things people have already mentioned factor in.

56,869 is a good 1st year at Liverpool. Now people have been and worked out how to get there and back etc I think next year will see an increase in attendances.

On another note why do some RL supporters spend all the time criticising our game, its structure etc. Some must think it's cool & they're being hip. But they need to know it's not, it's just plain boring. If you dislike our game so much stop going. You won't be missed.

Very little interest from Liverpudlian public. There's too much going on there for locals to miss out on for an alien sport.

What you mean is RL supporters who enjoy the game and want it to be enjoyed by a wider audience, and think it could be organised better and promoted better so they criticise the administration of the game. If they stop going, the attendances are going to be even smaller than now, this is the whole problem. They will be missed as the game will shrink.