I don't think it was the cost that put Wigan fans off coming. It was the fact they were playing their youth team. Obviously to us playing Wigan is one of the highlights of the season, whether it's a friendly game or not. To Wigan fans who have a long SL season ahead, a friendly against a championship team probably wouldn't be high on their priorites.
I thought it was a great game, with lots of skill and flair shown on both sides. I have no idea what happened for the first 15 minutes of the second half. It was like Leigh Easts under 7's had stayed on the pitch! But on the whole a great day out, and to my mind worth every penny.

Even Easts under 7's would have struggled, without the ball.

As for the Wigan turn-out, I thought it was good. There were a lot of them 'mingling' (as it always should be) in the West Stand.

Yesterday was not a bad attendance & had Chelsea v United match not conflicted with our game then we could of seen more attending possibly.

Over 2000 Leythers yesterday which was better than last season.

Liam Kay Ryan Brierley and Mick Govin in our side and who knows ?
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After the game I again was astonished how many asked me what the score was though and I don't mean those who did go

Genuine question and one that I have often thought about is does the Att figure given out include everyone in corporate & TD club or just the ones who physically go through a turnstile ??

Conned yet againy Wigan],paying £16.to watch their reserves play.

Should - and I believe does - include everyone including Corporate and Touchdown.

Alan,
I thought one of the tactics in rugby was to tackle the opposition to get the ball off them eventually...not just wait for them to get bored with scring tries. But, hey, for the rest of the game, Leigh looked good, so let's not detract from that and put it down to a temporary blip which hopefully will be sorted out before the real games start

From the North Stand there didn't appear to be any Wigan fans in the West Stand. They must have been very quiet. South stand obvioulsy had a few, but again they were quiet.

Definitely lots of Wigan fans in the West. The reason they were quiet is that they, like the Leythers in the West, are the more refined type of customer. Again, just like we West Stand Leythers, they were far too busy eating their prawn butties, (or pies in their case) and it is considered very poor manners to speak, let alone shout with your mouth full!

Dunno - I'm not THAT refined!

I agree it was a strong skilful side with plenty of power & pace and gave Leigh a real good workout that 15 min spell just after half time will do Leigh a world of good in the coming months

2,988 is OK. I was surprised to see this was the attendance, only thought half that would bother. I didn't go, and I don't really know anyone who even considered going. They are only warm up games and will all be forgotten about by the time Leigh and Batley run out on to the pitch on 16th Feb.
As for expecting a full strength Wigan side? When do they ever send a full team in this annual pre-season match?

Agreed.

I was initially disappointed at Wigan's youthful selection. However, as it turned out their selection was spot-on to make a good contest out of it, and I too feel that both sides would have benefitted more as a result. Leigh were certainly given plenty to think about, and Wigan's future looks to be still in good hands.