The words 'planning' and 'RFL' don't come hand in hand but I do wonder whether the small allocation initially given to Wigan was to drive other Wigan fans into the lower tier of the East stand which they know will be sp.

Yes as you'd expect - there are seats all over the place now. How many fans won't return for a ticket after being unable to get one on Sunday?

It’s absolutely that I reckon. Do we know if tickets ever went on sale for the quadrant between the West and North stands? I’ve never seen any on sale on the RFL site and I don’t know if Wigan had any. It’ll be interesting to see on the night the Wigan end. All these issues and I’m sure sections in our end will be empty.

I've bought a ticket now (thanks Nicky), but I still don't know where it is, of course. System is a shambles, and Wigan fans have been treated very poorly. I was really tempted to wait until the last minute, when betcha there will be good seats going cheap, but for the sake of my peace of mind, I thought I'd better make sure of a ticket now.

I was so fed up, I had half a mind not to bother, and just spend a tenner or whatever on a NowTV pass, and watch in the comfort of my own home, but then I thought, don't cut off your nose to spite your face, it'll be a great occasion, Ian Lenagan leading the team out for the last time.

Aye, don’t miss it, regardless of the hassle. If we lift that trophy at 8pm, it’ll all be worth it.

Longer term, something really needs to give at the RFL. It’s one cock up after another. This approach of trying to force people in to sections of stadium, to give a good tv impression needs to stop. It’s getting on people nerves and many casual fans just won’t bother. Wigan I can give a bit more slack. I think the Latics administration hurt our ticketing operation and that’s something that’s understandable but does need sorting.

£40 tickets have now shown up on the Wigan site, with the blocks noted as pretty much every block behind the sticks at our end. Where have they been before? nobody knows!

A shambles from start to finish.

I just bought a £40 from warriors site. Doesn't say where though. Hopefully it's behind the sticks in the west stand. Can't wait! Great atmosphere for the Semi, let's hope for same and same result

60,000 tickets sold so far I have heard

Wigan we’re always going to sell a decent amount with it being 5 years since the last Old Trafford appearance but If that’s true it’s shocked me a bit, I thought the final attendance would be in the 50’s at best, if it can push in the high 60’s that would be amazing considering Catalans are in the final, Saints-Leeds was only 60k last year.

Don't be spreading positivity around here, it'll never catch on!

I mean, remember how the semi final was going to be "Embarrassing" for the club, just like last years semi against Leeds, and it ended up with both semi finals being the higher attendance and Wigan fans more than doubling and in The Leeds game nearly trebling the away following?

We need more unfounded doom mongering

Not only great news for this season if it’s true but hopefully a nudge towards the future. If we can get that for a Catalans final, then hopefully next year and beyond can start to see nigh on full houses again.

That's an amazing figure against catalan if true. I though it might be around the 50,000 mark but anything higher than 60 would be a real positive for the sport.

Yeah, I think a Saints final would have obviously got a bigger total attendance but also a larger Wigan crowd, it was certainly the opposition I wanted to play.
There certainly feels like a feel good atmosphere around the club going forward, I think they’ve missed a trick not offering new early bird season ticket holders the chance to buy at the renewal price, I think that really could have got a boost in season ticket sales.

I don't think the chairmen lead them out in the Grand Final. I think that is just for the Challenge Cup.

Boo, hiss, spit.

And no one is allowed in the Railway Club, it'll be shut for the weekend. None of those bloody RL fans.

Hopefully a lot of none neutral neutral's will be there to cheer on Catalans, that should help the atmosphere

Ticket bought! W3103 Row 8! Can't wait

You don't have to print the tickets out do you? Can the barcode just be scanned from your phone?

printed mine, better safe than sorry, on Wigan's site it does say all tickets are physical

Just read says on ticket if scanning from phone make sure brightness is 100%

Sure there was none this low when I booked tickets on Saturday which is a bummer as low down on this tier the view is really good considering they’re £30 tickets, towards the top you are with the gods, really makes me question how well it’s sold, the stadium plan looks like it will be a decent attendance but it may just be because tickets have been held back from sale.

One popped up on its own. There where about 10 or so a bit further back. Glad I got one a bit further down. Almost behind the sticks too

https://map.3ddigitalvenue.com/manutd

https://map.3ddigitalvenue.com/manutd

I'd be amazed if that many tickets have been sold - if the crowd is around 55k come gameday then that would be a good result. New available areas seem to regularly pop up on the RFL site despite them previously being greyed out as unavailable.