Cheers Wishy!
Our support increases year by year at Wigan, they'll have to let us go behind the posts again soon!

Dont like behind the sticks at Wigan. Last time i was there i went to catch a Wigan conversion that was heading my way and ended up fracturing my finger lol.

This is now a sky game 18.45 ko sunday 15th august

I'm glad we dont go behind the posts - cant do with having to watch Rugby from behind the goals, and we used to at Wigan for the 1st few seasons

Its too save money on stewards,bar staff etc but even some small clubs we have to open the north stand due to the fans being not-so-friendly

Yes i know about costs, I mean when Castleford came and there were less than 200 we still had to cater for them and steward them and due to the safety certificate had to have full compliment of stewards and it had nothing to do with safety fears.

I'm only saying this because while we see our own away following growing ever so slightly they'll still be people on here saying that we travel poor and it'll be even worse as it's on Sky so the trolls will be worse, as Wigan couldn't be bothered to open the away stand! And I can also see us shoved right into the corner of the East stand due to the importance of the game as it's reserved seating in that stand and Wigan will have folk coming out of the woodwork! It's currently 40% full!

So Wigan should lose money to cater for a handful of Huddersfield supporters out of principle and so that there support looks good on tele?

Don't be daft.

If you don't like the view from the East stand corner then the South stand behind the sticks in unreserved.

I'm only trying to point out that due to the importance of the game there maybe quite a few home supporters. Also a handful?? What do you call a handful? You maybe right and we may not take that many given the new time but then again you've opened up the North stand for a handful of Wakefield supporters!! You must pay your staff a lot more than ours as we would open the south stand for a 100 supporters. And I know for a fact we are taking at least a hundred as theres at least 3 coaches making the trip over also many of these will not have thought to get their tickets prior to going. Yeah not thousands like others but still impressive for us!! Me and my son are making our first trip to Wigan!

The ticket office will have arranged a section for the Huddersfield supporters in the East Stand, don't worry. If you are not happy with the seats, just wait until the game kicks off and sit in another unoccupied seat. Simple.

We base the predicition of how many away supporters will attend on reputation. To be fair to Wakefield, they have travelled in good numbers before hence the North stand was open this year. Unfortunately they brought less than expected this year and that will be taken into consideration next season.

I'd class a couple of hundred as a handful and tends to be the usual figure that Huddersfield bring every year. Considering the stand hold nearly 5000, a couple of hundred clearly doesn't warrent spending the money to operate the stand and the employees to man it. It would be a complete waste of money. Fustration of not having your own, designated stand and looking bad on TV should be directed towards your own supporters who don't bother to show up rather than Wigan as the club can't be blamed for not wishing to spend money for a pointless operation even if Huddersfield do theirselves.

I hope you enjoy your first trip to Wigan.

I can see what they are saying tho! Why have we moved them into the Boston when Wakefield, Cas, Salford and maybe even Bratfort bring the same amount and could easily be accomodated in the Boston stand!!

It's nothing personal towards Huddersfield as Castleford, Wakefield, Salford and Bradford have always brought decent numbers to the DW before this year, obviously enough for the club to think it's right to open the stand for each this season. Unfortunately, they've brought poor following this year meaning we've probably lost out financially hence the decision to have a stand open for them next year will be taken into consideration.

FWIW, Huddersfield have traditionally brought less than each of those clubs through out the years.