Bit more than I was expecting but will be there as usual. All adds up when you've got 3 away firendlies close together as well, where you've got the travel costs and beer costs on top of ticket price. Suppose you don't have to drink but what would be the point in going

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Think it will be a poor crowd which is a shame for such a good servant to the club. Crap night to have it and crap opposition who won't bring any fans or inspire home fans to help boost the gate/the funds but suppose it's better than nothing!

That does include a free hard hat though...

I doubt it will be a poor crowd as after buying my ticket i went on to see what the next best available was and saw LL in East Stand (back row) and Row V in West (back row being CC) so basically its a near sellout in terms of the two stands id think.

The East and West are unreserved so that will probably only show a generic seating plan with all the STH seats showing up as sold.

It's unreserved seating so the seat numbers don't have any relevance for this game, nor will there be a seat number printed on the tickets. Fair to say it isn't anywhere near a sellout(!) at the moment.

I know it's early days, but any idea of numbers?

Far too early to get a realistic idea of the crowd to be honest, especially as pay on the day won't be an issue with it being unreserved seating.

Andy Farrell v Hull 2002: 5589
Denis Betts v Widnes 2003: 3043
Kris Radlinski v Huddersfield 2006: 5503

Thats the kind of figures you can expect.

The figures highlight the need to have other fund raising functions througout the year, the monies raised in these sort of fixtures does not do the players and their chosen charities justice. I had a chat with Eorl Crabtree just as his testimonial year was finishing and he said that it had been a struggle and some events did not generate the expected amounts.