If you intend to make it impossible for me to get to see any more home games please tell me before I pay for a season ticket. I am sure that taking one of the most important games of the season to London will bring in huge crowds and kick start rugby league in the capital, but between you and Sky you seem to be determined to make watching games in Wigan very difficult.
I am not against playing on the road but I am against paying for a season ticket only to be told, at a later date, that so many games have been moved that it would have been cheaper to buy individual tickets. Please put the cheque for the difference in the post because allowing me to claim back tickets for another game is a waste of time. There will not be many people clamouring to use them. I have never had a year where I can commit to so few games and like for a lot of people money is tight. A sason ticket was a way of saving money on my hobby. I feel cheated by the club.

What's happened?

I'm sure if they do decide to play a home game in London you'll receive a refund.

And I don't see how the fixtures are so bad?

11 home games, 8 of which are on the usual Friday night.
Catalan on a Sunday which it has been for years.
2 Thursday games where you can claim back your ticket value anyway.

Which fixture are they moving?

Quote: Orrell Lad "Which fixture are they moving?'" It's not even confirmed yet, this whole thread is hypothetical haha. And it might not even be Wigan. www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel ... are_btn_tw

Quote: Orrell Lad "Which fixture are they moving?'" It's not even confirmed yet, this whole thread is hypothetical haha. And it might not even be Wigan. www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel ... are_btn_tw

13 home games in 2014, 14 or 15 in 2015 so taking one to London won't decrease the number of season ticket games.

The number of games there were in 2014 is totally irrelevant. People will have bought the season ticket for 2015 based on how many home games were advertised as taking place in 2015, so one less is one less than advertised.

Didn't the club advertise months ago that the potential 'extra' 15th home game would likely be on the road?

The thing is.....they did tell you before you bought your season ticket. Here it is....



That's been on the website since October. Not sure about season ticket literature that was posted out mind you.

People are potentially getting more games on their ST regardless of this 'on the road' game.

I really don't see an issue, in fact I think it's a great move if we market it right.

Firstly, we haven't qualified for a 15th home game yet! We need to finish the 23 rounds in places 1-4 (or 9-10) to do so. Any 15th game will only be marketed from late July onward. This may prove impossible to arrange at short notice in any case depending on the quality of the opposition, availability of grounds etc.

Secondly, Surely we've all paid for 14 home games. Therefore for any hypothetical 15th game the club are free to market it how they like? If it happens it may be a good opportunity for the club to spread the gospel according to League.

I genuinely cannot wait for this. I love the London games. They're also a lot easier (and cheaper) for me to get to. I will have to miss the Thursday night home games so this will go a little way towards making up for that.

No it isn't Wigan have said all along that if they have four home games in the playoffs then one may be moved as an on the road game.
The 15th home game was always a "free" game for season ticket holders. Suppose we play Hull, the average gate over the last 8 years is around 13K. Anything above 3.5K PAYING customers is a bonus (allowing for 9.5K season ticket holders). I know it's not that simple as there would be ground hire, advertising etc to cater for but I believe the RFL would also help with some of the expenditure particularly as they are considering taking one of the Test matches v NZ down there.

I may be unique in this but the fixtures have done me no favours this year workwise. I looked at which games I could go to and realised that a season ticket would not really benefit or disadvantage me. The problem is that in his interview Ian Lenegan does not talk about the twenty fifth game, only about one big game being on the road. Unless Wigan Today misquoted him this suggests that it could be some other game. If that is the case then we as fans are making decisions with severely bounded knowledge. Transparency would have been appreciated.

if you look at Bilkos post on the previous page it clearly states that this on the road game will only take place as the 15th game so if Wigan don't make the top four it won't happen anyway.