Does it really matter. Obviously if there are still tickets available (although from what I heard the RFL have just a handfull left) anybody who wanted one will have got one. It means a cracking atmosphere in a (virtually) full stadium. Lets hope the game lives up to the standard of the last cup game played at the HJ

Got to admit, I was surprised even a few isolated tickets were left yesterday, but I think you will find it will be full on the day and a cracking atmosphere will be had by all there.

I was sure that Saints were originally supposed to be only getting half the North Stand and the full West Stand with Wigan getting a larger allocation of tickets, because they had considerably more season ticket holders than us. I am aware Saints fans will now also occupy 2 / 3 blocks in the East Stand as well, so I think there will now be only a small difference in fans on the day.

To those with short memories, we had the same fuss about the Halton Stadium not being big enough the other year when Warrington and Wigan were in the semis, I fairly sure that there were hundreds of tickets left for that game...

As for fan bases, Warrington have come a long way from your 4500 crowds at Wilderspool and that should be applauded, but you are still a huge way behind Wigan’s home crowds and your crowds are usually lower than Saints crowds, this year you may have larger crowds, but any posters over the age of 11 years old, should at least acknowledge our low crowds are due to playing away at Widnes, I am fairly sure next year playing back in St Helens, we will again have bigger home crowds, saying that I do not think Saints or Warrington will match Wigan’s home fan base in the near future.

Both teams had around 200 tickets left around 3pm ish this afternoon.

Yes

FAIL

Can you please tell me more about our misfiring attack, does Smith still need to get more involved.

Nope all sorted now you put 60 on a none existent Bradford team

No it didnt.. It was pure genius....

We put 24 on Josh Charnley, but he's an England shoe-in.

Your right we've scored 908 points all against rubbish teams

Weren't you fetching some stats to show the best winger in SL. Can't do any worse, throw him in ...

Erm yeah, he can do worse as we with our gash attack walked 24 points over, under & through him.

we scored a few at wigan athletics ground earlier in the season on charnley.

he is deffo a weak link to be attacked... no matter how good he is ball in hand.

Neither side has sold out their allocation of tickets. As at Wednesday evening, Saints had 200 left (having received an extra allocation), which is pretty good for a club that seems intent on not marketing itself at all whatsoever in any shape or form. I'm working temporarily in Warrington at the moment and there are bits about the Wolves all over the place, even on the doors to my floor at the council offices. Wigan put posters up around town and have pubs advertising their games. Walk around St Helens and there isn't a damn thing about the club anywhere. In fact, there's more Liverpool, Everton and Man Utd stuff on show than Saints. But that is the fault of the Saints club and personally I think it is their total lack of marketing this season which has seen our attendances at Widnes so low. If the club can't be bothered drumming up enthusiasm for their own players, how can the town be expected to feel enthusiasm for them? All those Challenge Cup finals and Grand Finals and not a poster ever found its way on to a billboard in St Helens.

Sure, we have some bone idle fans who prefer to dress up in their outdated Saints shirts and watch the game in the pub. They infuriate me. But mostly the responsibility for poor crowds is down to the club who, apart from updating their website and posting on Twitter/Facebook do sod all to drum up any enthusiasm for the team around the town. Oh, sorry, they put five players on five buses, thanks to their sponsors.

Personally I think if Warrington had to play out of Widnes for a season there would be very little difference in attendances because Warrington know how to market their product and put effort into doing so. Saints don't. So they get the turnout they deserve.

But we still did quite well when compared to Wigan who, in spite of boasting the biggest crowds in Superleague, still didn't manage to sell out their allocation.