Quote rubber duckie="rubber duckie"We would, but given a choice between winning a challenge cup and a grand final, I’d always say the challenge cup.
It always meant everything to me as a kid.
I would have belly tingles a week before a knockout game, and would be so upset when we got knocked out, I be utterly gutted for about 2 weeks after.
I couldn’t eat properly for days before/on/after 1989!
So W71. I may be out on my own. Don’t get me wrong I’m desperate for a GF, but not at the expense of one of the best days of my life watching Wire at Wembley.
(Yes I know it’s Spurs)'"
Like it's footballing equivalent, the FA Cup, the Challenge Cup is a massively devalued competition now.
While the devaluing of the FA Cup is down to a number of things, main one for me being the semi finals being at Wembley, the Challenge Cup's problem is that it is no longer the icing on the cake at the end of a long season - it's just a 4 game knockout tournament crowbarred awkwardly into the season.
While the growth of the Grand Final has been mainly good for the game, it has also been to the detriment of the Challenge Cup - By promoting the play offs as the 'serious' business end of the season, its managed to make the Challenge Cup an almost minor thought is many sport's observers minds.
