You won't need to queue at all. I'll be purchasing one online when it goes to general sale.

I don't even expect the match to completely sell out and strongly suspect any ticketless Wires on the day who want to go will be able to walk up and pay into the Huddersfield end.

We have 8000 season ticket holders, but not all of them are going to go, there will be quite a few who don't go to away games. Say Hudds send back 3000 then that is 8,600 for us which will be plenty I reckon. Another reason that they won't sell out is that the tickets for the seated stand in the centre are £26 for adults which is a rip off as well. I know that tickets for our North Stand are expensive but not a lot went to the Bradford game in the North Stand when it was that expensive.

We have this debate every time we have a big game. Tickets are always easy to come by unless you leave it until the very last minute and even then there's always someone with spares.

The crowds for semi finals can be artificially reduced though by being in these small grounds.

By limiting the initial allocation to season ticket holders getting 1 each it does lower the crowd. I understand why they do it, and agree with benefits to ST holders, but it does artificially limit the crowd.

In our group who went to Magic on Saturday, only half of them were season ticket holders. This now means that our group of 10/11 won't be able to go and get seats together for the semi final. My mum for example wouldn't go and not sit with my dad who is a season ticket holder.

By playing the semi finals in small grounds with low allocations it does limit the number of people who will attend.

Semi finals should be a party atmosphere where you can attend with your friends and family, and maybe seen as an attempt to convert a few lapsed or new fans, but I don't think it achieves this at the moment.

Sure we'll sell 6k or so and everybody will make out that the number is those who were interested, but the reality is that in different circumstances the potential Wire crowd is 10-12k, and that is proven.

Got to agree Dave. If we can take 5000+ to Manchester for a league game that we were very strong favourites for then surely we ought to have ambitions of being able to at least double that for an exciting semi final that could easily go either way and brings the reward of a place at Wembley rather than just 2 points. Your argument about the casual fans being put off is spot on.

One query on seated tickets - does anyone know if they are Reserved or Unreserved?

Believe they are reserved SEB.

If season ticket holders want to go the match with non season ticket holders they can either get standing tickets or wait for general sale and get seats together then.

It will NOT sell out before you get the opportunity to do this - FACT

I would disagree

You would be wrong then.

Can't argue with that, the capital letters are out.

Three of us ST holders are away that weekend...every little helps!

We need a poll on this, we don't have enough polls, Warrington needs more poles.



Will it sell out before Monday?

Yes
No

I'm going for not quite, but not many left.

Or even better, we could have;

Which day will it sell out?

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Come on someone do it cba.

*By sell out I mean our allocation of tickets.

posted wrong then lol

You do realise that we have well over 6000 season ticket holders? So what if all our season ticket holders want a ticket? Cant see many going back from the giants, we SHOULD sell 4500, hopefully more so dont bank on getting many of our leftovers

Yes but most people also realise what your travelling support is likely to be - so do you as well judging by the bet hedging capitals in the word "should".

Our travelling support is increasing,2000 to wakefield,1500 at hull,700 at hull kr,1000 at catalans,still not brilliant i agree, but this is a semi final,a big game, a one off a lot more people will go to a semi final than a regular league fixture, how ever many we sell im sure it will be a good game and a cracking atmosphere

yeah, but these tickets are full whack meast, so, ya know.

Behave, the price of a single ticket for this game is the price you pay for a season ticket at the Giants.

They were out and they were right - as the majority of us knew full well they would be.

Any season ticket holder who now wants seats together with non season ticket holders can now get them. Any season ticket holder who wants this but already jumped the gun and bought their own ticket before today, well tough.

any more info on how many tickets have been sold to date

Of course we knew there would be tickets left, there always is.

I'm not going to the match, it isn't really that relevant to me, but I want to see these semi finals played in a larger ground, treated like the big events they should be.

It's all well and good saying it's tough, but it is a non-satisfactory process for many fans, maybe not for you and your capital letters, but it is for many.

Just out of interest, why is the match "not relevant" to you ?

We're going to have to face the fact that the Challenge Cup isn't a relevent trophy anymore, as it is all a part of the evolution of the game. We should ask why don't we have the Regal trophy or the county cups and the answer is because people stopped caring about them

The Challenge cup isn't an open competition between any team in the country anymore. For example, Saints and Wigan won so many in a row during their pomps because of the 'easy' structure of the competition and the finals of recent years refelcts this. Ultimately, There is no gain in only winning 4 or 5 games (many against lower opposition)

I say we all boycott the cup until they replace it with a new league and playoff system, or better yet, force them to scrap it completely and focus soley on the Super League competition. They could even add more pseudo-interntational matches to the calender.

I'm hoping Dave meant that as he isn't going to the match (presumably something is making it not possible) then the stadium size is irrelevant to him personally, rather than the match is irrelevant. Dave?

Yes! Clumsy wording on my part!

I can't attend, so the ticketing and stadium arrangements are not relevant to me, but the match is very relevant!!!