Just over 10k there expecting.

Playing conditions could be a leveller aswell, i'm about 5 miles from Wrexham and the snow is coming down and sticking.

The terraced stand behind the posts can't be used for some reason so the sell out is 10,500.

A great effort mind.

Yeah thats what i heard, i think its called the kop, its either safety reasons or building work is going on i think.

Can't wait for tonight

Hope they get really stuck into them!

Does it really matter? I mean really?

Crusaders almost have a sell out for their first game of the season. It's fantastic news for them and it will make for a good spectacle in front of the sky cameras, but surprise surprise the consensus is "how on earth did they manage to do that" and then it's a rush to find out if tickets were done on the cheap just so people can belittle them as per usual.



I'd have expected that kind of attitude from a bitter Widnesian or a Leyther or some of the spamheads on the VT, but not a Warrington fan.

No don't get me wrong, I hope it becomes a success, maybe a better option than south wales, at least it's striking distance for us.

Spot on post. We should be commending the Crusaders for moving in the right direction after a disasterous first season in SL. Its great for the game that they've got 10,500 for their first home game. Long may it continue.

Great first night, but will they still be able to attract 10,000 or even half of that by September? If they can, then I'd say its been a success.

we'll take more

great stuff, hope it takes off in wrecsam big time.
nobby will do well . great coach imo.

Well so far, so good-Crusaders are giving it a good go and the crowd/stadium is looking the part for the cameras

i cant see no leeds fans

Surely you have heard them singing, 'We're Leeds thy knows, We're Leeds thy knows'..............I'll get me coat

can hear them cant see them, would like to know here they are sitatued to give me an idea when we play them don't look to be behind the posts, so must be on the side and i hate the side view

just announced the crowd as a sell out 10,334

great stuff by all involved at Crusaders

leeds look dissappointing, crusaders are tiring.

I think it was a success, good atmosphere at times with an outburst of Welsh community singing. Took Leeds and awful long time to remember how they can play but Crusaders were well coached and enthusiastic. I worry though in terms of their strike power, hard to see where their tries will come from.

I was impressed by the Crusaders.

The final score didn't tell the whole story. They were with Leeds up to the 60th minute, but then McGuire's long ranger just killed them.

I can see them winning more than 3 games this season and again maybe causing a shock or two.

Tickets were priced at £8 (mine was anyway). Plenty of neutrals there.

Well, first off I thought the Crusaders actually went well to be fair on the pitch, but I'm not so sure off the pitch.

Right before I sound like I'm one of the "haters" I really want them to do well, I've been calling for a club in North Wales for years. There was before Crusaders, no professional sport in the area, and a massive untapped rugby following.

But last nights left me with a bit wanting. First of all they put the prices up on the day, with no mention of this anywhere, which meant that there was no family tickets, and cost £20 adults and £10 kids, I think some teams may do this, but it would have been nice to know prior.

We were put in the Yale stand upper, which would appear to be where the away fans are put, and are we in for a nice surprise when we're there. The view from the top of that stand is horrific, there's a massive girder running the length of the stand, which is bang on eye level. Also when in the stand, we saw one steward the whole time we were in there, and the problem is there are 3 sections in the stand, all with the same seating numbering system, all without any signs at all, and as there's no stewards, so no one has any idea where to go.

This led to people getting frustrated, there were people kicking off about people being in "their" seats and there was a fight in there between Leeds fans and some Welshys, with again no stewards to do much about it.

And then there was little stuff like, the impossible chance of trying to get food or drink in the stand too, plus the club shop being closed after the game, I mean really come on, this is basic stuff!

I really hope that things are sorted out, and I appreciate that it was the first game there for the Crusaders, but....Lets be fair Wrexham FC until very recently we're a decent sized football club, Its all pretty basic stuff.

Great game, the score doesn't reflect it, crowd got behind the team, I'm really impressed and I unfairly critisised the Crusaders last week, but I take it all back after watching a good game of Rugby League, by the way the officials made a few mistakes which made the scoreline look better for Leeds. Keep it up.

You mustn't actually know any Widnesians then because we're far more concerned about our own clubs progress towards Super League. Sorry to disappoint you.

Wouldn't say it was a great game, a little more entertaining than i originally expected but not great..... All this talk of Celtic making the play-offs and upsetting the apple cart is complete guff, they got the basics right like few penalty's, few mistakes but apart from Micheal Witt they don't really have any class or inspiration in there team and still need someone to get over the whitewash as 5 drives and a kick just wont cut it.

Really?

Well I guess I must have imagined several Widnes fans posting on the VT after they were denied a place in Super League posting that they were sick to death of Rugby League and that they were going to give up Rugby as it's not worth it anymore.

But hey, Widnesians aren't bitter at all about being denied a place in the big time now, are they............

which obviously won't be affected by a successfull welsh side one little bit, will it?