It was always wrong to go with a salary cap that was brought in to basically keep the 'have nots' happy. We must be the only sport that lets the clubs that bring the least to the table get their own way. I'm not saying we shouldn't have a cap but it should always have been worked on a percentage of a clubs income to encourage clubs to go out and work hard and bringing funds in to the clubs and the game.

We run the sport like a fussy primary school sports day at the minute where all the kids have to hold hands and cross the finish line together so none of the fat kids get upset.

The headline of this post is Semi tickets sales embarrassing???.

Let me add the following headline Wigan RLFC and the RL embarrassing.

I live in Atherton which is 3 miles from Leigh so I thought why not go down to Leigh instead of going to Wigan for a ticket.

Last Friday morning (26th July) I went down to the Leigh ticket office enquiring about a ticket and was informed that the person who could help me was in a meeting, I was advised to phone Wigan.
On Saturday morning I phoned Leigh and was told that as Leigh was only hosting the match all tickets for the match had to come from either Wigan, London or RL headquarters and that Leigh wasn't on the system to sell tickets.

The same day I sent an email to Wigan and the RL pointing out how stupid it was if supporters local to the stadium either being Wigan supporters, Leigh supporters or neutrals could not get a ticket from the venue.

I put this on the Leigh Forum and I admit a Leigh supporter friend of mine said he could get me a ticket, he even asked me which stand I wanted, I thanked him and declined is offer saying I would see what the outcome of my emails to Wigan and the RL would be.

On Wednesday this week after getting no answer off anyone I phoned Leigh and asked if the ticket problem had been resolved and lo and behold I was told that Leigh had been given a batch of tickets.
I jumped in the car and went down to Leigh and was told that the tickets had arrived out of the blue at 11.00am (Wednesday the 24th July). I was asked did I want behind the sticks or on the side, I said West stand.
I was told the only tickets available in the West stand was block B, so I bought one.

This afternoon I have been on the London board and they have a map of the seating on and guess what Block B according to the London board is part of the London allocation ( not that I am bothered).
And to cap off this tale I have had no reply to my emails to Wigan or the RL, PAR FOR THE COURSE.

From what I've heard from someone who knows the manager at Leigh Sports village, the other day we'd sold around the 2k mark. Not sure how many have gone since but I can't see it being many. SO it isn't looking great, And judging by the text messages I've had from Wigan RL today desperately trying to sell tickets I think that says everything you need to know. I've been shafted at work on a late shift so I can't make the game which I'm pretty dissapointed about.

It's not the most mouthwatering of fixtures, and likley to have a low following from London and I dread to think what it will look like on national tv if sales don't pick up. Times are hard and it's not cheap but it will be interesting to see how many people are in the queue Sunday morning for tickets should we get there.

Was only 6200 on for the quarter final at Wigan, so can't see the semi attracting much more. Poor show really.

The stadium should be full, people who don't attend don't have an excuse unless its for work or money issues.

Sadly, it won't be full. I would like to think it would be 7k+ at least.

I think the point of your post is the inability to buy a ticket from Leigh?
If it was Wire v Saints at Wigan, in pretty sure we wouldnt be selling tickets.

If we had a voucher system in place to give attendees priority for final tickets the attendance would be much higher.
See?.....voucher systems work.

Is it not the problem of the RFL for lack of marketing.

We all know RL is the Greatest Game and I refuse to believe that fans would not turn up to watch the biggest club in the world in a major cup semi final.

Maybe the RFL are not marketing enough so fans don't know the game is on?

How are people getting to Leigh?

The other day my mate and I were looking at getting a train from Manchester. There doesn't appear to even be a train station! Would just be easier to find a pub to watch it in.

You could get the train to Atherton then it's a 5-10 min bus journey into Leigh town centre, or there's the X34 bus from Manchester Piccadilly.

£26 is expensive? The dearest ticket for Latics semi final was £65 and then you had a £30 travel expense on top. Don't complain about prices because compared to other sports we have it easy. The fact is most rugby league fans would rather sit in the pub than actually go the game. That's why sky will always rule the roost.

Of course come Wembley should we get there they'll all be queing and demanding tickets as if they've never missed.

£65? You sure?
The rest of your post fair enough

I'm really embarrassed about the sales to be honest, it's going to look awful on tv. There's no real reason why we shouldn't sell out! It's only down the road for god sake! They'll all be there queuing on Sunday morning if we win. Knocks me sick.

Latics this, Latics that

Another point of my post was lack of courtesy shown be the Wigan club and the RL in answering my emails asking for information.