I was under the impression that the "magic weekend" was to publicise the game in non rugby areas. However Liverpool has had numerous attempts in the past and all have failed utterly.Geoff "Fletchers men", Liverpool stanley,,liverpool city, who moved to Runcorn, Huyton, Liverpool rugby union club eventually moved to S t helens because of lack of interest. I do not think that Lancashire Cricket team have a fixture there now. Liverpool is a 100% football town. possibly coventry could be a venue,having a flourishing rugby league set up and a rugby union team so rugby is not completely foreign

There's a transporter bridge in Hartlepool?

Not any more. The lads from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet moved it to Arizona.

As i understand it, & one in Warrington & one in Newport.

I think you mean Middlesbrough. There's definitely not one in Hartlepool.

I see ,wrong town.

We might not have the best transporter bridge locally, but we've got the greatest canal boat lift.

The one over on Tyneside is used for bungie jumping now.

The warrington weekender concert same weekend as magic

Quote ="Wires71"Looks on the cards. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... c-weekend/ I must admit I do not know what the aim of the RFL is now for this event. I thought it was to host a festival of RL in disparate non RL geographical areas with a view to expansion. Plus why do we need a 54,000 seater stadium for a 35,000 event?'" Now confirmed.

Quote ="Wires71"Looks on the cards. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... c-weekend/ I must admit I do not know what the aim of the RFL is now for this event. I thought it was to host a festival of RL in disparate non RL geographical areas with a view to expansion. Plus why do we need a 54,000 seater stadium for a 35,000 event?'" Now confirmed.

I don’t know what that is so I’m assuming it doesn’t figure large in the national consciousness.

Well, its the neighbourhood weekender music festival that was held for the first time this year in Victoria park. Promoted by by one Simon Moran, i think the date has been in place since june.

It's a Music festival held at Victoria Park, Warrington. Headlined last year by Noel Gallagher, The Courteeners, Jake Bugg, The Pidgeon Detectives, Kodaline and The blossoms.

Headlined this year by Richard Ashcroft, George Ezra, The Vaccines, The Charlatans, Gerry Cinnamon and Primal Scream.

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It's kind of a big deal

Quite unique.
SJM saw the potential for an indie music festival whereas most others are pop and dance and DJ events.

Got some big plaudits this year. I can see this becoming a massive festival.

Might be big deal in Warrington, but I don’t understand it’s relevance to MW, wouldn’t the clash exist wherever it was played?

Seems like typical short-sighted decision (presumably Anfield/LFC bid the most) by the RFL. If you want to put it in RL heartland do it properly and put somewhere like Leeds or even back at the Council House (City) - that way it is easy for most fans to get to and you make no attempt to really grow the audience.

If you want to take a risk and try to grow the audience then why not London - perfect timing with Broncos being promoted back to SL - lots of ex-pat Aussies/Kiwis etc but needs a lot of promotion.

The move alone has generated a large amount of publicity. Liverpool has excellent transport links and can attract new fans. I know of a number of football fans who attended the Test match at Anfield as their first rl match. Building on that awareness makes sense.

Let's just hope the Northern Rail disputes are settled before the event or getting to Liverpool could be difficult for many fans.

I went last year and spoke to people from all over the country.

Doesn't Wembley clash with the Reading festival?

CC Final clashes with creamfields, that definitely impacts Warrington's ticket sales.

This

I’m sure that virtual any reasonable date will clash with something somewhere. In which case it becomes a question of where your priorities lie. Sometimes choices have to be made.

Very true, but there sometimes its a bit different when it's right on the bloody doorstep, in which this case it is.

You've obviously got too many interests, you should get out less.