I have some great pics that I will put up later on after me and the legend that is Odsal Oddball went on a stalking spree.

I only made the Saturday and had a great time. Boo shucks to the idiot Wakefield fan who thought it would be a good idea to launch a full pint at us when Bradford scored a try. Bloody idiot.

Another highlight was the food, much better than normal. I lived on chips & curry sauce, it was so cold out of the sun that by the time you got back to your seat it had congealed into a strange gelatinous mass with stone cold chips underneath. Tasted great though.

But there were two extra sets of supporters attending this year. 14 teams as opposed to 12.

That tends to be forgotten, when reading stats for attendances all year. Well that's how I've seen it all season so far

Not exactly.

It is fair to assume that the people who were there following the Celtic Crusaders this year, may have been suitably interested to go and watch the Magic Weekends in the last couple of years when it was on their own doorstep.

nice, did the condensation from the plastic box sit on top of the curry sauce too?

My pics from the weekend on [url=http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2356380&id=61402542&l=500fbcfd27facebook[/url.

Bloody loved it!

Going to have to fly up for next year - sounds to have been a right laugh / sad I missed it.

Get the Penzance Edinburgh train you lightweight. It's only about 11 hours.

Looked into that already. Trains range from 9hrs 14 mins to 20hrs 6 mins - and take your pick on the number of changes



. . . . . . although . .. . there would be a bar/drinks

I got the Penzance Edinburgh train on the way up, & the return as well. Went like a dream. You would have the advantage of an empty train at your end at least. Also you will be quite merry when the drunk Scottish squaddies get on with their 'music'.

A bit?? You had to stop for a rest halfway up!

Having been to both Cardiff and Edinburgh I think Cardiff slightly edges it for me, purely because of the stadium location, which made for a better atmosphere in the pubs around the stadium, however I did like the concourse of Murrayfield, even though it was fecking freezing when the sun went in.

Overall a thoroughly superb weekend. Definitely doing it again next year.

Didn't go but had the shock of my life when the commentary said Macca had been suffering with flu all week. Does anyone else think he should have been tested for swine flu before entering a stadium packed with thousands of people? I'm not that keen with the idea of our team being infected either but on a positive note at least he would have to drop Platt then.

Erm, he did!

I;m not sure if it was only a one off

I bumped into Mystic Eddie at the weekend..

Did he have his own personal rain storm going off above his head?

Clumsy get..

When did they put a roof on Wembley?

When they redeveloped it

Nope, they can't close the roof. The pitch will always be uncovered.

From memory the new 6,350 tonne roof covers an area of over 45,000 square metres (11 acres), 4 acres (16,000 m2) of which are movable and rise to 52 m (170 ft) above the pitch. With a span of 317 m (1040 ft), the arch is the longest single span roof structure in the world and is 134 m (440 ft) above the level of the external concourse, and is designed not to cast a shadow on the pitch. Contrary to popular belief, the stadium's roof is not fully retractable, meaning it cannot cover the playing surface in inclement weather.

No, meaning nothing at all. 'Retracting ' means drawing back, i.e. opening. What they meant to say was it does not fully close, and so cannot cover . . . etc.

whatever


It's never going to be at Wembley anyway.


I just think that at this time of year it's just as likely to be heavy rain as sunshine and if you are unlucky you can have a pitch which cannot be played on for more than two or three matches in one weekend.

If you're ok with that risk then there are plenty of other stadia around.

Well, you live and learn