Thats the thing you don't have to beat the best sides at Wembley. Ok Wire beat Leeds last year but before that they only had to get passed a poor Wigan side and beat Hudds. Saints have had massive games against the likes of Quins in the final FFS.



The BBC do a half d job promoting it and just because it's an old trophy doesn't mean it's still relevant today. The fact the championship teams simply can’t provide decent opposition these days really deflates the whole comp imo. It’s just like having a set of SL playoffs but with everyone in there.

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I never had the opportunity to see Wigan lift the Cup in previous years. I've already got my ticket for the Challenge Cup final and to see Wigan there would be special.

Gutted about this. If we'd drawn Barrow away it would have been a better day out and the Ultras would have been able to put a big display on.

So am I but I’m also realistic in thinking that it’s been a while since a team won the double and I’d rather really concentrate on back to back titles this year before I start wanting to win the cup.'"

Was the draw seeded, only 1 all SL tie, is it still the " hot" and " cold "?

No, never has been.

Saints have never played Quins in the final. You can only play whats infront of you though.....

BBC do a pretty bad job but it's still live on their for everyone to see, I want them all to see Wigan win.

We can do the double, we have a strong enough squad.

I can't believe you are even having this debate, you are a Wigan fan, lets see Wigan win every game we play.'"

I went to all our great Wembley finals and it was very special and something I will never forget.

I personally would love us to get to the new wembley and lift the cup again.

In fact each year we book our summer holidays around avoiding the CC final date just so we can be sure we will be there if we make it.

First thought that went through my mind as well, in fact I felt like Kevin Keegan with his famous rant of I would have loved that!

Regardless of the relative merits of the two trophies, Wembley always feels more of a special occasion to me than Old Trafford, somehow.

The magic of the CC is what makes it special. I've only ever been to Wembley once as a kid and we lost to Sheffield. And like many other kids it inspired me, I wanted to play for Wigan in a cup final and win. It's not a surprise that we have a generation of young lads playing for us with incredible talents because it is likely that they felt the same way when they were young. Without our past successes at physically lifting trophies at such historic places we wouldn't have such an abundance of good quality young players.

Wigan at Wembley goes hand in hand. I want to experience going to Wembley and Wigan winning the cup and I'm surprised that there's people who would rather win the hubcap than win the Challenge Cup.

good draw for us. It could be a good blend of youth and experience that takes to the field. I will certainly be there

having been to every challenge cup since 1986 bar one in 1999. i would rather have the challenge cup final than super league grand final

lets hope wigan get their its great weekend in the south east having the team that you support at wembley rather than 2 netural teams

hmm, would of prefereed to get a team we could beat, then play you when we get all the money, and no season tickets get in etc,
but both of my teams playing, should be a good game, hopefully we can fill the north stand and see what we can do,
hope you lot can get a good crowd and make it a good atmosphere, hopefully there is a bit of noise made from both ends, cause realisticly the result isnt why im there, its just a day out
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