Not sure where in Manchester you are but the X34 bus takes about 45 minutes M/cr to Leigh, and the 26 about an hour and a quarter. 10/15 minute walk from bus station to LSV.

Leigh IS NOT a hard place to get to, the semi is approx 8 weeks away and shame on you who would rather watch wendy ball than the game we all claim to love. The tickets for the England game at Leigh we're only a tenner and its a 5 min walk to the stadium from the bus station. Theres about 20 pubs with the footie game on in Liegh aswell as the hotel at the ground,Id rather miss 20 mins of the overpaid and under worked game or watch the highlights than miss the chance of watching the real game. But we all have choices and thats what makes the world go round,as long as you enjoy the game (whatever 1 you watch) is all that counts.

I'd say slightly less than that unless you call in at the several pubs you'll pass , I've not googled it but walked it on several occasions, come out of bus station walk past the front of the Goose pub, and over the Bridge, take your second street on your right Etherstone Street, and just keep going as you reach the end you'll see the stadium over on your left, Leigh East is on your right if your thirsty again as its a good five minutes since you passed the last pub.

Why Wigan? When England played Australia in the 4 nations at Wigan withgood priced tickets it was no where near full. Leigh has more pubs close to the ground and the town is a 5 min walk from the ground.LSV is a great stadium to host this game and is close to a sell out. This is not having a go but if you had been to Leigh you wouldnt be wanting it at Wigan

23,122 and they wernt cheap tickets, so I dont see your point. However I do think its right to play this game at Leigh, aiming for 10,000 is about right imo

Fair enough I see your point, I'm not the best to comment on Leigh having never been to the village.

Part of me though would like to see Rugby League grow into a sport that is capable of attracting at least 20,000 to a game like this, football or no football.

I might go if I'm at a loose end on Saturday evening but I probably won't. Hope that helps.

any news links on how many tickets have been sold, been very quiet

its a shame it clashes with sl games on this weekend also. should of bin no sl games this week. absolute joke.
we all know we gonna batter the frogs , so whats the point of it, 3 of our best players missing , gonna cost us 2 points, can see it coming, joke.

Never a truer word spoken

Went to get my ticket from The LSV on Monday, he said that they have sold 600 tickets through the stadium and 6,000+ on the internet.

Leigh is easy to get to from Wazza, the 19 & 28A both run right through the night so you can stay about for the football.

I have watched two atches at the stadium and it is a quality ground.

20 odd thousand at wigan is a good crowd but the away end and the side the players come out of was no where near full.Not having a pop just saying that it would look even worse at a bigger ground. Its a shame its on the same day as all the rest but Leigh is the ideal place to stay and watch the wendy ball game,loads of places so get ya asses to the game

Don't let me be the only person in Leigh with a Warrington shirt on =D