1987 Manly game was regular attendance prices.

Typical RFL getting greedy again.

And you as a wire fan are still talking about Wigan. Enjoy supporting the aussies, you never know one day you may be lucky enough to be in our position supporting your own team in the WCC

I don't personally give a whether there's 10k/20k or a Sellout the most important thing is Were in it!
When the Wolfs get there and decide to take it to a Big Stadium to attract the 30k they will take then good luck to em!

Awww Wire a WCC... Maybe one day...Maybe one day...



"Their a lovely little club Warrington but their not Wigan"...

Wrong.

How many did we take to Old Trafford for the GF? Many more than it would take to fill the DW. How much did people pay for their tickets then? More than they need to for the WCC, add in the neutrals that will be there and the fact we still haven't sold out (we may do but I doubt it) is really poor.

Leeds couldn't even play it at their own ground and yet still turned up more than we are. The fact Leeds is a city has nothing to do with it - their average attendance in those years wasn't a million miles away from we are. It's just an easy excuse to use the fact people can't sit where they usually do because it's dearer. There's still plenty of the cheapest seat left that are still a bargain for such an important game.

In this country.

Im not sure about the lovely but id agree with the little

Still wrong.







Keep going.

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/fe ... -challenge "Thierry Alibert will become the first Frenchman to referee a World Club Challenge, which could be almost as much of an advantage as the expected capacity crowd for Wigan as they will be more familiar with his idiosyncrasies." This has got to be a joke???

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/fe ... -challenge "Thierry Alibert will become the first Frenchman to referee a World Club Challenge, which could be almost as much of an advantage as the expected capacity crowd for Wigan as they will be more familiar with his idiosyncrasies." This has got to be a joke???

Which the Thierry Alibert appointment or the expected capacity crowd?

I've wiped 1992 from my memory because we lost - it didn't happen.

17,460

To be fair, I think they will fly out as the week goes on. As I keep saying Wiganers are traditionally slow purchasers of tickets. Many prefer to pay week by week as they get paid.....expect a massive boost in sales Thurs/Fri.

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Just seen the Alibert thread, cant believe it though ...

I blame the RFL - everyone else does.

Lets hope so - compared to previous recent games the RFL have bent over backwards to not only allow us to play it at home but also give Wigan fans the opportunity to sit in "their" seats - admittedly at a premium, but we don't play to be World Champions every week.

Theres no saying that the vast majority of our season ticket holders havent bought their ticket. No idea if thats true, but just a thought

One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.

One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.

Quote ="MattyB"One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.'" At the 5 live radio show the other week i seem to remember Lenegan saying to us that 20000 had been sold?

Quote ="MattyB"One thing that is pretty concerning is that we have not yet seen a statement in from either the club or the RFL that we broke sales of 20,000. This is despite us being told that 15,000 had been sold way back on Jan 21st: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news The only thing we have had was that the game was heading for a complete sell out and that the South & West had sold out on 17th Feb. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news (As of tonight the South showing 146 tickets available and West showing 369 available, struggling to undertsand that one??). Wigan still have 2,534 left to sell tonight. I do think that the RFL still have some tickets held back, not sure how many though...???? If they don't we have sold 22,500ish.'" At the 5 live radio show the other week i seem to remember Lenegan saying to us that 20000 had been sold?

Relief. Not like the club to at least put a statement out like they did at 15k.

I would guess 25/30k?
You say that's "Really Poor" I say lets take a little look a touch further back?

1991 2 October Wigan 21-4 Penrith Panthers Anfield, Liverpool 20,152
1992 31 October Brisbane Broncos 22-8 Wigan Central Park, Wigan 17,460
2000 22 January Melbourne Storm 44-6 St Helens JJB Stadium, Wigan 13,394
2001 26 January St Helens 20-18 Brisbane Broncos Reebok Stadium, Bolton 16,041
2002 25 January Bradford Bulls 41-26 Newcastle Knights Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield 21,113
2003 14 February Sydney Roosters 38-0 St Helens Reebok Stadium, Bolton 19,807
2004 13 February Bradford Bulls 22-4 Penrith Panthers Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield 18,962
2005 4 February Leeds Rhinos 39-32 Bulldogs Elland Road, Leeds 37,028
2006 3 February Bradford Bulls 30-10 Wests Tigers Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield 19,207
2007 23 February St Helens 18-14 Brisbane Broncos Reebok Stadium, Bolton 23,247

So I don't reckon 20k + will be Really Poor IMO and I'm guessing in may other peoples, especially as you pointed out yourself, your criticising it has "P155 Poor" before we even know how many people actually attend?

As for the Leeds being a City not having to do anything with it, then I reckon a City with say 5x as many people who are from that place may actually attract a a bigger number (Maybe not in % terms but that's a credit to Wiganners) of casual attendees than say Wigan which is far smaller?

Whichever way you look at it, we should be selling out for a game as big as this....

We took nearly 40k to OT at the same prices.

Yeah ok

Thats a fantastic reply, if you disagree then say so. Do you disagree? Are you happy with just an average derby crowd for the biggest game for 24 years honestly?