A sunday game may have encouraged more away fans, as you normally play on sundays, but the majority of the crowd will be home fans and as Leyther Matt and I both pointed out on your board last week Wigan fans don't like sunday games. They are poorly attended compared to friday games and the atmosphere is greatly diminished. Our support like and attend friday night games, we play on fridays as a fan poll chose that day and we are accustomed to playing (and attending) on friday night. A sunday game would have drawn a smaller and less enthusiastic crowd.

Seeing that up until last year when tickets at this stage were free (£0) to all ST holders, who make up the majority of the fanbase and most of them couldn't be bothered to turn up when they didn't have to pay anything, I fail to see your logic in thinking that if they had to pay slightly less for this week's game that it would attract the sort of crowd we don't normally see until the semi finals.

Some people will find any excuse not to attend even one that does not make sense. If some fans want to say that they don't want to watch what will (likely) be a one sided game then fair enough. The price argument though is a total nonsense.

To be fair I will attend regardless of price but I always bring a few mates when I can get them in cheaper via a scrum ticket, cup games, offers etc so I do see the logic

Chin up you're playing we'll. think you will keep it close after our dip in form

i disagree in part.......using ticket stubs as vouchers to give priority for later round tickets might be an incentive for more people to turn up.
As a non ST holder i have this moan annualy...i attend all cup games home and away then struggle to get tickets for finals and semis cos the stay at home ST holders feel they should have priority for them, which dumps the likes of me at the back of the queue with the once a year supporters

Not this again!




Which cup game in the last 3 years did you struggle to get a ticket for considering none of them were sold out?
Without going into it AGAIN there are more problems with a system like this than there are positives.

As for the once a year season ticket holders, I'm not sure how attending 13 matches and contributing to your club in doing so is any worse than attending 3 potential cup games?

So you think more people would go to tonight's game if it gave them a higher priority of getting a ticket for a semi-final / final?

Sorry, but I think you've invented a problem that doesn't exist.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever failed to get a ticket for a semi-final or a final?

For semi finals you may have to wait a few days and may have to queue to buy your ticket when you do, but you will presently get a ticket if you try to as we currently do not sell our full allocation. That is one reason why SFs are now held at the HJ and Widnes and not at the Etihad and the Reebok as they may have been had attendances stayed as high as they were. It may become an issue if demand increases and we stay at smaller grounds for those games meaning allocations sell out. Presently it doesn't happen and so is not really an issue. The same applies to playoff games.

I have posted this next bit twice this week now and have done so in previous years as well, as have many, many others...please read it.

Tickets for the Challenge Cup Final (and the GF) are on sale directly from the RFL from the start of the season. You can buy one at any time from then up until the Final taking place. If you prefer to wait until after Wigan win a SF to decide to go you can still buy tickets then (of any price band) directly from the RFL online or by phone. If you do it online the site even shows you which teams fans are at which end of the stadium so you can buy one in the Wigan half of Wembley. No waiting behind anyone at all for priority, no queueing for hours at a ticket office and you still get a ticket that will arrive in plenty of time ahead of the Final. You will also still be amongst Wigan fans at the Final.

Unless you don't try to buy one you should not be able to miss out on getting a Final ticket. There is absolutely no need for a change in the cup ticket priority system.

I am a ST holder who would get priority to queue at the ticket office but there is no need to. Nobody needs priority for Final tickets, clubs just do it to reward ST holders for providing the club with guaranteed income per game.

6889 to see a "close" game (well, closer than HKR got!). Hope it was worth the £14/£16 you paid to go and see a non-contest folks.

It was a pretty decent game, in fact, and not as one-sided as the scoreline suggests. I don't regret going, anyway!

I've never been as bored in all my life, but still glad I went.