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| How on earth have you only sold 4,500 for Saturday?
3,000 tickets left according to your official site with 2,150 already bought up from Wigan fans.
I know Cup sales are always slack compared to league games but thats embarrassing considering it's all ticket.
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| Quote ="Bilko"How on earth have you only sold 4,500 for Saturday?
3,000 tickets left according to your official site with 2,150 already bought up from Wigan fans.
I know Cup sales are always slack compared to league games but thats embarrassing considering it's all ticket.'"
Sold double what you guys have
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| Win a few more Grand Finals and maybe you might stop entering into c*ck-measuring contests over who sells the most tickets.
Must be tough being a Wiganer these days, when all you have is memories and ticket sales to fall back on.
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| Quote ="Andy Gilder"Win a few more Grand Finals and maybe you might stop entering into c*ck-measuring contests over who sells the most tickets.
Must be tough being a Wiganer these days, when all you have is memories and ticket sales to fall back on.'"
It wasn't even a dig, I've been here a long time on these forums and I've never been "a troll" so don't be giving me all that kind of cr*p. I'm just shocked that only 29% of your average attendance is bothering so far to get a ticket for what looks like being a huge game.
Perhaps Leeds will now have realised the prices were a rip off!
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| Maybe they've got different definitions of what is and isn't a "huge" game to you?
It's the quarter final of a competition that has slipped down the pecking order for fans to such an extent that the only way the governing body can get decent crowds for the early rounds is to make it free admission.
Leeds fans have gorged themselves on Grand Final successes, it's hard to find the appetite for snacks like this one when you're used to banquets at Old Trafford.
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| Quote ="Andy Gilder"Maybe they've got different definitions of what is and isn't a "huge" game to you?
It's the quarter final of a competition that has slipped down the pecking order for fans to such an extent that the only way the governing body can get decent crowds for the early rounds is to make it free admission.
Leeds fans have gorged themselves on Grand Final successes, it's hard to find the appetite for snacks like this one when you're used to banquets at Old Trafford.'"
So an admission of glory hunting then. I'd have thought you'd have been well up for the cup considering you'd not won that since 1999. Sad times for the Challenge Cup. Maybe time to axe it.
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| Quote ="Bilko"So an admission of glory hunting then. I'd have thought you'd have been well up for the cup considering you'd not won that since 1999. Sad times for the Challenge Cup. Maybe time to axe it.'"
No glory hunting. It comes to us
I won't be there on Saturday either.
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| Quote ="Bilko"Sad times for the Challenge Cup. Maybe time to axe it.'"
Only live club games on terrestrial TV and, regardless of apathy in earlier rounds, the Final still generates more press coverage for the sport than any other game.
We'd be crazy to ditch it.
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| Quote ="Bilko"So an admission of glory hunting then. '"
Not from me, I've been a Leeds fan since the mid 70s so I can appreciate the good times even more having suffered through some pretty lean ones.
Maybe once upon a time Wigan at home in the Cup would have been enough to drag me out of the house. Sadly neither Wigan nor the Cup are as big a draw as they once were, so not this time.
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| Looks like I will be paying on the gate if I decide to go
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| Quote ="LFCRhino"Looks like I will be paying on the gate if I decide to go
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There is no pay on the gate, even if tickets go unsold. Thats mainly why I'm surprised at the low sales but seems the Cup is on no interest in Leeds so thats fair enough. I understand now.
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| Quote ="Bilko"There is no pay on the gate, even if tickets go unsold. Thats mainly why I'm surprised at the low sales but seems the Cup is on no interest in Leeds so thats fair enough. I understand now.'"
Quote Fans can also purchase tickets from the Ticket Office at Headingley Carnegie Stadium on the day of the game, subject to availability.'"
Not so much on the gate, but they can pay on the day.
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| Quote ="Bilko"There is no pay on the gate, even if tickets go unsold.'"
Well thats silly then, I didnt buy a ticket due to lack of funds at the time, and now I have spent what I had thinking it would have sold out and I wouldnt be able to get a ticket
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| Wakefield the following week is a far more important game. Cant get excited about the MM cup any more since the advent of the GF, its nothing more thans a nice day out in london.
A run beyond this round would also interfere with the build up to the play offs and hopefully OT. Id like to see Leeds use the MM in the same way PL clubs use the League cup to blood youngsters.
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| Quote ="FearTheVee"We'd be crazy to ditch it.'"
Quote ="morpeth rhino"Wakefield the following week is a far more important game. Cant get excited about the MM cup any more since the advent of the GF, its nothing more thans a nice day out in london.'"
Maybe the system needs to be reformed, Personally i would love for the CC to stay in its current format but it isnt working. It obviously does not generate interest anymore, as attendances have been dropping for a while. It could be time to ditch the lower league clubs to have less rounds.
The games could be double headers I.e Bradford v Wakefield+Leeds v Cas at the Galpharm with tickets at £10-15
This would make room in the calendar for extra games such as the much touted England vs Australian Tourists game or Lancs vs Yorkshire
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| this is a big match, weather is only wigan and only leeds at only the qf of only the challenge cup,
if only we had more games only this big (sigh)
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| Quote ="shyloc"this is a big match, weather is only wigan and only leeds at only the qf of only the challenge cup,
if only we had more games only this big (sigh)'"
Damo..........is that you?
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| no i'm new here, wigan supporter obviously
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| Quote ="shyloc"no i'm new here, wigan supporter obviously'"
Why do you feel the need to say 'only' every 2 words or so?
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| That is shocking if its the case. We should be getting more than that. So I guess all the fair weather fans aren't turning up. The only excuse I can think is that when they announced there was only 10000 tickets people couldnt be bothered making an effort to get any
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| Quote ="shyloc"no i'm new here, wigan supporter obviously'"
Just a joke mate
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| Think I will stand in the South Stand, seeing as there will be hardly any of you men in there
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| Quote ="shambawangy"Maybe the system needs to be reformed, Personally i would love for the CC to stay in its current format but it isnt working. It obviously does not generate interest anymore, as attendances have been dropping for a while. It could be time to ditch the lower league clubs to have less rounds.
The games could be double headers I.e Bradford v Wakefield+Leeds v Cas at the Galpharm with tickets at £10-15
This would make room in the calendar for extra games such as the much touted England vs Australian Tourists game or Lancs vs Yorkshire'"
Quite simply, people don't go because they have to pay for tickets, which most don't week on week. It's exactly the same with the FA Cup.
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| How well publised is the " All Ticket" event. Not all fans log on to this site nor will they the clubs site.
As far as all ticket goes bad weather = no cricket which in turn = pay on the day.
We had more than 4500 for Blackpool, so oh mighty of wigan work that one out
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