It was a bit more like a rush to me !

Saints stampede.

What was the difference from Knowlsey Road. Not a huge difference, I imagine.

Having said that, I expected a sell out.

That saints fan on the big screen was hilarious!

Answered my own question. 17,500 last year and 15,563 the year before for the regular season fixture.

As I posted on the now locked thread on the Saints site.

"We left the Widnes Tech College Car Park at 10 p.m (The news was had just come on the radio) and we were back in Billinge at 10:25 p.m.

Not much traffic coming through St. Helens.
The St. Helens stroll had been and gone."

It is true, "mini rogue" was with me and Mrs Rogue will verify our time of arrival. What made me laugh on that thread a post from Allez which went like this.

"Hi Brain (sic).

First time you got near a College at 75 eh? You evidently never attended before - 'The news was had just come on the radio'. Pardon?

Pathetic even by your pathetic standards. Keep at the puzzle books and (inaccurate) stats compilation in retirement - sad state of affairs when this is what old people resort to in their senior years. Government cutbacks biting and all that...."

What he or she doesn't realise is that I spent eight years at Widnes College back in the late 1960's early 1970's so I know my way in and out of the town.

If the Saints fans are so stupid to go up Kingsway to go back to St. Helens then that's their fault.
We were on the tech car park at 10 p.m. and in Billinge for 10:25 end of story.

To be honest though I prefer a better game from Saints. It makes the 'derby' more thrilling and entertaining. I hope they improve a bit.

It ought have been.

We had 3k in our end, which means only 8k Saints fans went that game. For a derby, and the chance to go top if you win it, that's pathetic.

Whoa hang on !

Weren't they limited by the Widnes ground capacity ?

They were. That would be an acceptable excuse if it was a sell-out.

Shocking from the saints fans.

I don't. I want to batter them.

Now that's what I like to hear, great performance tonight but we need to score more against that lot, everytime.

you only took 3 thousand , deary deary me , and for you lot to take the mick out of other supporters for walking out early really made me laugh . POT KETTLE .

I suppose it's disgraceful that we only sold 3000 tickets after being given 3000 then?

Brilliant post, very funny. Poor old Saints eh? The bad years of the mid noughties are a distant memory now. Normal service has been resumed.

Which of the other 3 stands did the scousers fill??? Idiot

ok but neither does Wi and Wa cheerio

It beat the 10,556 at KR in 1997 which is the lowest at any derby that I have attended.

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Could you not see all those empty seats in the home stand when you watched part of the game down in the local pub?

At least your hero Eddie the Hemmings didn't see fit to mention that, just like Elvis, a lot of you had left the building. At least when some of our crowd go home early there are still enough of us left to make a big enough crowd for a lot of other teams to envy

As long as we keep dusting them i couldn't care less if they improve or not.

There where also WIGAN fans down the side at both try lines.

although 2 got moved quickly out of the North when we scored the 1st try

assuming for scouser baiting

I can't remember who told me about that now but was amused to hear it!

That really was funny I think must of use were booing (not Sam by the way) should have left in that end the dancing was worth the entrance fee alone...

We actually bought more. Many bought directly from St.Helens, myself included, as they were on sale before we even got our allocation and a lot didn't want to miss out.