Take the bike helmet and book a session at the velodrome right next door to the ground...

Don't see the point of it at all, if it's going to be in the heartlands. Might as well get rid off it and have 26 weekly rounds. Most of the fans are probably going to home after their game, or turn up solely for their game, so there's still going to be plenty of empty seats anyway. Pandering to the flatcappers.

Tend to agree with Pinky.

Really disappointed that it's not going to be in Cardiff and after all, Manchester has the Grand Final (I was completely underwhelmed by the lack of atmosphere in the pubs round Manchester on Grand Final day. Not a patch on Cardiff during the Magic weekend.)

Doubt that I will bother going.

Give up Dan. Its usually a banker win for London- Dont miss out.

The only one we have lost we had in the bag with 5 to go.

You need to find the right pubs for the GF, its after the game where everyone clears off that Manc loses out.
Would be nice to have the event somewhere else, even doing the GF every year gets a bit much in terms of big party night out in a city.

Add that city of manc isnt that great a host venue for something like MM - it being neither in the heart of the town (cardifff) or have adequate on-site provisions (Murrayfield).

Seating wise there isnt a bad place in the ground but when you are going to be there for hours and hours you want more than a good seat.

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.



I believe it's called "business".

This weekend, I have need to visit London. We are staying in our usual hotel in the Twickenham area.
I can usually get it for anything between £99-£139. This weekend it's more, due to a game being played.
Also, the parking, usually free, is an eye watering £35 for the Saturday (fortunately this time we're on the train).




So you're all for expansion, as long as the local businesses don't inconvenience or insult you by trying to run a business?

Stamford Bridge Magic, heard it here first

Complete rubbish. Since when was Manchester a hotbed of Rugby League? Or is your definition of an expansion area somewhere that is far away from where flat cappers live, somewhere they can't make a day trip out of?

How so? The point of the Magic Weekend was to take the game to a new area. Now as Manchester already has the Grand Final, how is that a new area? Also given it's ridiculously close to the vast majority of clubs in the league, I don't see how they're going to want to stay overnight and watch all the games? It's taking away the meaning of the event and it's just like a regular fixture, given most fans will turn up for their game. So there's really no point of it then, especially as you get a larger crowd for a regular season round, then you do for the Magic Weekend round. I've been to the COMS and well it's in the middle of nowhere, unlike Cardiff, which is so close to the centre and the loads of pubs, so I can't see how it's better.

Manhester is a day out for most of the northern supporters yes, but not a weekend, though that doesn't mean to say some won't make a weekend of it, who knows, some fans may actually enjoy the weekend? Who has been to magic weekend and heard the fans there calling for it to be binned? Not me.

I'm looking forward to a long weekend with my mates up in manchester with lots of rugby league involved as well. And I've booked into the city centre premier inn for the 2/3/4 June just on he of chance they put it on the special long bank holiday weekend we are having for her majesties 60th year in charge

After the GF most fans all head back to wherever they came from, same will happen after MW at the COMS. The party atmosphere in Cardiff and Edinburgh was amazing.

Shame.

The Grand Final isn't an expansion event, Old Trafford is the biggest stadium in the coutry apart from Wembley, therefore it is used as our final. Who cares if people aren't going to stay overnight? Why is the number of pubs near the ground relevant? I thought people went to these events to watch Rugby League, and fans will be feasting on that, not getting lashed on Mild in the nearest Holts pub?

Like I said, the COMS is a taxi ride away, go with some mates and create a party atmosphere of your own, its never stopped me in Manchester.

Everything is an expansion event.

Old Trafford is a great place for the GF.

You ever been to a festive or to Magic weekend? people staying over makes a big diffference, MW is basically an RL festival.

Pubs near the ground - its a party atmosphere, sameway they have bars at a festival.

COMS is a taxi away, but people will spread out across the city - like they do at Wembley

<sigh>

You really have lost the plot lately.

...unlike you, who's an old hand at it

jokes aside, every time any team steps on the field it's an expansion event.

Classic Wire Wigan games last year are as important to the growth of RL and 1500 rattling around the Stoop on Sky is as bad

Lister, you need to define Manchester.

Salford, Swindon, Rochdale, Oldham..........
Even Wigan is policed by GM.

Swindon??? I think your logic Wilts a bit there! and you missed Leigh.

nb Greater Manchester only exists as a passenger transport area now. Salfordians never accepted they were part of Manchester!

Booked my Hotel.

On reflection seems to make a lot of sense most fans will go to see their team on the day. Richer and/or not local club fans will book a hotel, but that won't overload Manchester Hotels into silly prices. Seems a lot of rooms about at a good price today (you needed to second guess the date to get a cheap deal at Cardiff or Edinburgh)

Piccadilly Gardens will be buzzing Saturday night. See you there.

Salford are proud of being a City! going to be interesting to see if they pick any new supporters up at their new ground which is so close to the Trafford Centre and good transport connections.

perversely, the new ground will not seen by many in the Manchester area as being in Salford and will attract a few Trafford shoppers. They have a big chance to build a new following but they should be beware of Sale as cuckoos in the nest. Look what happened to Stockport County.

Oops.

Obviously that was meant to be Swinton, SORRY Mr Hughes.

Yes it may have been time to have become Manchester Reds! Yes I do not trust the owner of Sale RUFC, when Salford Chairman wanted him to be involved he was not interested but as you say he will wait and then just walk in and want to take over! NO!

Which is a small town in Wigan, which in intself is a small town in Manchester.

I was actually hoping that the magic Weekend would have been held in Nottingham which has 2 stadiums capable of holding the event and both just a short travelling distance from the City Centre.

It would also give all those with a northern mining heritage a chance to shout "SCAB" at the locals!!!





Edgeley Park was originally a RL ground. County went in as tenants in 1902 when they became a Football League side. However, Stockport RL went bust in 1905. In the Early noughties Stockport County almost went bust and as part of the survival plan the ground was sold to the holding comapny of Sale Sharks, Chesire Sports.


Stockport County shafted themselves not the other way round as some would have believe.

Really-He inquired about sharing Warringtons ground which hasnt come to fruition.

So thats Northerners wanting rid of London 'cause we moan and RU taking over a brand new rugby League ground that isnt built yet-
Forgotten to take the Prozac today have you-Watch out there is a big shadow behind you