I don't think Warrington as a town has ever supported the team enough. St Helens has a smaller population than Warrington (I think anyway) and average crowds a couple of thousand higher than ours.

Yes, they usually have a better team than us and have won a lot more, but we've been there or thereabouts in the conversation for trophies since winning the Challenge Cup in 2009 and our attendances have only ever risen dramatically once and that was when we moved grounds.

It’s likely it’s a combination of all those points but also following sport is a fickle business. If your team is poor they stop going I saw this for myself when we we going through the I know what team I have Price era. Where I always use to be in the South stand a lot of familiar faces were disappearing and not coming back. This was another reason I was getting so annoyed with the KFP antics you want fans in the stadium you need a winning team or they just won’t turn up, gimmicks may get them in but you need to be winning to keep them coming. Well that’s my belief. And thanks for the comment I hope I can get back to games soon.

Best wishes karetaker. Hoping you’re better soon and able to get back to the matches.

Let’s hope we get the job done on Friday.

Absolutely. If someone wants to go and watch the Wire - whether they haven't been before, have only been infrequently, or have for whatever reason stopped going - then surely that's great? No need to give those folks a negative comment like 'coming out of the woodwork'. This season has been fun and exciting, however it finishes, and I hope it inspires lots more people to start attending.

Sorry to hear about your health issues, Karetaker - best wishes.

I don't really get the coming out of the woodwork jibes anyway. Of course more people want to go to a semi final than a regular season game! If the play offs followed the Challenge Cup format and had the semis at neutral venues, would the thousands going then be accused of coming out of the woodwork because they don't normally go to Hull KR away? Behave!

Anyway, has the match sold out yet? I didn't think any ground was big enough to hold the Rovers hordes.

No. Still got tickets on sale in two areas of the ground.

That carvell game was 15 years and a lower capacity ago.

Also fans hadn't got sick of repeat fixtures, and the game being well, any of the excuses used by fans today that don't go.

Of course there is. There's more chance of Saints winning the GF than Hull KR selling out. I hope we reduce their allocation next season at the HJ.

I’ve done my fair share of away games, the logistics of getting to Hull on a Friday night. Makes it’s difficult for me to attend, so it’s the next best thing, watch it on the telebox, whilst posting on here, during the game.

did we get an answer whether they do or dont? or do i need to start walking tonight(and coming up with a fake charity right now)

That would be the “save incontinent cats “charity, presumably.

The whole ground IS sold out apart from the recently erected temporary south stand which holds 1,000. There is a decent chance this will sell out also.

Last week v Leeds the new south stand sold out completely.

Warrington allocation is in the North stand. There are 5 sections A-E and usually the away team gets A and B which is 800 seats. Earlier in the season Warrington were only able to fill about half of this so maybe 400 at best. This time Warrington have got A-C which is 1,100 (100 empty for segregation) resulting in some Rovers season ticket holders having to move to the temporary South Stand.

It would be a risk to have Warrington fans among the temporary south stand which is also in the Craven 'Streat' food & drink area..Should that have happened and trouble were to break out I'm pretty sure Hull KR would have been held to account.

Rovers have been turning people away week after week this season but the away section of 800 is usually half empty or less. It's great that even with an extra allocation Wire will fill their allocation this time. The atmosphere at CP has been electric this season and with so many Wire fans that is only likely to increase.

For years Rovers have averaged between 7 and 8 thousand but these last 2 years there is a whole new generation of supporters and suddenly the ground is not big enough. The club is putting in an extension the the East Stand for 2025 which will help.

But most likely you will be back to 400 or so away supporters when you return to CP next year. Am I right or am I right?

Not picking a fight and it's great that Rovers will take 2,000 or more to your place. I seriously doubt that your club would want to do anything to reduce that number next season.

As for the game it's too close to call. If you should progress at our expense I'll be cheering you on in the final. Anyone but Wigan surely?

Personally have no problem with our allocation of tickets - it’s a fair amount based on the capacity.
It’s also nice that a game of RL has a scramble for tickets.