Quite right. It's not as if people don't get hammered for the Challenge Cup either, all this late kick off stuff is misleading, people just start drinking even earlier in the day.

Not trying to kid anybody, I found the atmosphere like a pre season friendly and walked away last year not bothered.
The atmosphere at the Challenge Cup was far more intense.
I have said many times if we could win only one trophy each year, give me the Challenge cup every time. Couldn't be bothered with the Mickey Mouse Cup. Probably a generation thing, having supported over 50 years, but cannot buy in to all this Sky hype .

really? why did i see fans from other clubs -->not involved in the final causing trouble in and around the old trafford? how can they be tense? ed yup,tense?!imo there has to be more than tension as too why the g/f has a more *horrilble* type atmosphere when being compaired that of wembley and ,to a point,magic weekend.might just be a was in the wrong part of o/t at the wrong tlme,but i for one did not enjoy the day,even if we won i would have felt the same.

totally agree mate...better atmosphere at wembley and yes i have been there watching wire lose and still enjoyed the occasion...much better than manchester and watching ugly incidents and people urinating in those daft outdoor toilets...

If you've supported 50 years, the first 10 of those would have witnessed the 'champions' being the team which won it via the playoffs. Of your 50 years supporting, 26 of those have seen the champions being the team which won via the playoffs.

So which 'generation' are we talking about?

Totally different situation. In those days teams didn't play everybody home or away. In fact the year we finished top 1972/73, Leeds finished 2nd and if my memory serves me correctly we didn't play Leeds that year. There was no other way to decide the "Champions" and in those days there were more trophies to be had and the same emphasis wasn't placed on it.

If the Grand Final, as some are suggesting was fabricated by Sky and a thoroughly enjoyable experience, there would be a noticeable drop in the number of Leeds fans attending over the last few years. But no, they keep going back for more.

Just to add that according to the rugby league tickets website, the winners of the Wire-Hudds game will be given the East stand - not the West stand as posted earlier in this thread by somebody.

Wembley for me. Don't get me wrong a trip to Old Trafford is better than going to Castleford. At the end of the day only two teams get there so let's just hope were one of them.

+1 I still value the GF, but give me Wembley anyday. That's the traditional showpiece and the one I want every year. Each to their own I guess.

It was the SL's twitter account ...... so if they are now saying 'East', there'll be quite a few fans (from all 4 teams) miffed if they've ordered tickets in the corners thinking they'll be near the bulk of their own fans.

The rugbyleaguetickets website does indeed say our semi winners will have the East Stand and Wigan or Leeds will have the Stretford End. That seems strange as Leeds have been in the East every year and I think Wigan were there in 2010, while we where in the Stretford last year, so it's weird that they've swapped it round from what seemed natural.

Tickets at both ends are now on sale on the RFL website too.

I was in the East Stand upper tier last night, and although it was very high up where I was on row 32, the view was great from the front of that tier and tickets up there are a tenner cheaper than the lower so I think that's what I'll be buying online tonight if we get through.

Plus, you'll able to throw your flare further from there.

Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?

Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?

Quote ="BogBrushHead"Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?'" I saw the site that said East stand. I'm pretty sure it was that page, so they may have changed it now. A guy on the Superleague twitter account linked the page that said about the East Stand. If you follow the link now, it says West stand. It would have been nice of the RFL to clear up the confusion.

Quote ="BogBrushHead"Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?'" I saw the site that said East stand. I'm pretty sure it was that page, so they may have changed it now. A guy on the Superleague twitter account linked the page that said about the East Stand. If you follow the link now, it says West stand. It would have been nice of the RFL to clear up the confusion.

Wigan fans who bought tickets early expecting to be in that end watch out

Maybe it's their way of getting the fans to mingle

Quote ="BogBrushHead"Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?'" That's the site I looked at this morning and it said East so they've changed it.

Quote ="BogBrushHead"Don't know what website you're looking at but this one definitely says Wire/Hudds are getting WEST stand. https://www.eticketing.co.uk/rle/detail ... emref=9442 It's also got kickoff as 6pm .... that's same as last year, isn't it?'" That's the site I looked at this morning and it said East so they've changed it.

Yep, it's definitely been updated.

Had Warrington or Huddersfield in the East earlier today but have now switched it around so that a Leeds vs Warrington (for example!!) final would be the same as last year.

Row 1 of the upper tier is on sale online now for £20 a go. The best view in any massive ground is from the front of the second tier in my opinion so I'm sorely tempted to buy now but after getting burned two years ago I can't make the same mistake again!

It's all well and good saying "We'll go anyway and that's the best end to be at because we'll want Huddersfield to beat Wigan or Leeds". We said that two years ago knowing we'd want Leeds to beat Wigan or Saints who were contesting the other semi. Unfortunately after experiencing the gut wrenching feeling of semi defeat the last thing we wanted to do a week later was sit there surrounded by our previous week's victors thinking about what might have been and we sold our tickets at a loss. Lesson learned the hard way, but those tickets are tempting!

Got them

Got mine block n2407 website is extremely busy.

Anyone know what end we've got at the WCC?

Im in the south near the 'away' fans, don't care, im there.

Got mine, lower tied behind sticks. Tried to get slightly higher but was told they are for corporate. Wonder how many or those went last night