It baffles me why Magic Weekend has moved forward a week .Checked the Man City website and there doesnt appear to be anything planned for the bank holiday weekend

Exactly.



Bit of forward planning many months ago and this wouldn't have happened.



Shows once again how incompetent the RFL are. Who on earth decided to hold it the same weekend as the FA Cup Final?



Whether City got there or not it is still crazy planning





Can't believe the people of Hull expect game times to be changed to accomodate us though. I'm sure we wouldn't be happy if it was Leeds or Wigan trying to change things?



I'll be watching rugby end of. By far the best sport.

One Direction concert I believe

Same thing I thought but the dates are 30th,31st may and June 1st

If City took circa 27k to the semi final does that mean they got outnumbered by a 3rd tier team?



Does that not signal enough of a message to Allam that the demand is simply not their for a Stadium extention. I am aware of load who went to the semi final as a one off day out ( no problem with that at all btw, )

Yes, Utd sold 35k....

I'm torn on the subject. On the one hand it makes for an unfair competition. On the other hand, having been to the etihad for the entire weekend a couple of years ago, it is a wonderful event and a great venue. I have been to grand finals and challenge cup finals, both with Hull playing and without, and as a day out, I much preferred the magic weekend.

Unsold tickets have nothing to do with it, Arsenal took 49,000 to their semi-final and also get 25,000 tickets.

33k

If Hull FC were playing Sheffield RLFC at wembley (average £50 a ticket) in the semi with all likelihood being that they will be in the final in a month do you think you'd get a big turn out? This was Sheff utd's final, they knew in all liklihood they weren't going any further and if they did it would be a historic win. All this was for City was a potential banana skin.

If City did kick on a level (highly unlikely) then the demand would probably increase and for the big games they would sell out 30K - £35K. Don't know the average gate this season but it must be around £23k - £24k if you take out the cup games.



Whoever it was saying they's struggle to sell 25k for the final is really kidding themselves.

I e-mailed the RFL to clarify why Magic Weekend is not taking place over the Bank holiday weekend.This is the reply is recieved from Rob Porteous











Thank you for your email below and I’d be delighted to clarify the reason why Magic Weekend is being played a week earlier this year.







Due to the Football World Cup taking place Manchester City’s season finishes a week earlier this year. As part of their pitch maintenance they used to remove the turf after their last game however since 2012 they’ve delayed this by a week in order for us to be able to play the Magic Weekend fixtures. It is for this reason that we’ve had to move the weekend not because of One Direction.







Kind regards



Rob

City got 32,500odd

Sheff United got a couple hundred less



It was reported in the HDM that city were trying to encourage fans to buy tickets for the semi final as they would have more difficulty getting final tickets, but some fans decided to take a chance