Leyther_Matt

Wigan, last home game of regular season in 2023

New training range due?

Most likely non-attending season pass (urgh) holders which is exactly why they’ve created the exchange tbf. It’s built in to the Ticketmaster platform at an extra cost so only worth turning on when it’ll make some dough.

I think I once made an accurate post so I’m undoubtedly considered overqualified.

I watch football home and away every week and I’ve seen far more ‘actual’ trouble (ie scrapping rather than just gesturing and ‘hold me back’) at RL games than I have football. It’s an absolute myth that these things are created because of football fans on a day off.

2023 Challenge Cup Final for obvious reasons Fev 40-60 Sheffield for sheer ridiculousness Joey Johns’ debut for Warrington was a tremendous occasion to attend as a neutral

I’d consider even that to be ambitious at the minute.

Must admit it did sound familiar. Even the bit about Fev being Toulouse’s opponents. Which begs the question as to why it wasn’t announced months ago, but I guess we all know the answer to that one.

Only if it means I start getting to get free meals in restaurants

My social media reach knows no bounds. It is of course worth pointing that all I did was screenshot the post from @ATLANTISMAN who of course is more well connected in French RL than the rest of us put together!

Yes absolutely or it would defeat much of the object of being a double header

Fairly sure the original Millennium Magic had much tighter gaps (and possibly the same at Murrayfield) because they used the neighbouring rugby union pitches for the warm ups

Have you nicked my tweet??

England being a curtain raiser for Fev would be absolutely peak rugby league.

Lack of train crew?

The day is only as good as you make it. We had an absolute belter. Apart from the moment we walked in to the ground to the moment we left. Dire. Mind you, watching Bolton there was a similarly depressing experience. The atmosphere didn’t need to be like that but the initial attempts from the RFL to nurture an England supporters club just fell completely flat. We did have a good day in the players lounge that day, though! My main memory of the 2001 game at the Reebok is that it was one of the first games I actually remember leaving early. We were halfway up the steps to KFC when we heard the crowd must up a cheer for Leon Pryce’s try late on.

After the Leigh game on Saturday, a few of us were discussing having a weekend in Cork in November. One lad questioned whether we should hang on booking until we know more about the England games. Fair to say he was significantly outvoted. I barely missed an England game 2008-2020 but the apathy is contagious. And entirely self-inflicted.

In fairness it wasn’t too dissimilar for the FA Cup semi final draw the other week!

Presumably they didn’t want Hull having a Sunday-Friday turnaround when Hull KR have a much bigger gap. World away from the spell in the Championship where Sunday-Thursday was the norm and there was even the odd occasion of Sunday-Thursday-Sunday.

I know of at least one Giants fan who was there with a penchant for all things Catalans. Dare say you know him! (Insert joke here about all Huddersfield fans knowing each other because there are so few etc)

It’s higher than Halifax’s average if memory serves me right, and an 1,800 all-pay gate obviously turns over much more than a 1,500 gate with season tickets. If that’s grounds for it being a waste of time then I must be lost as I had a cracking afternoon despite the fairly one-sided scoreline.

1,811 at Halifax v Catalans

Cheers Rob, knew it had been announced but couldn’t remember what it was. Would fairly safely predict that it’s Leigh’s biggest gate at an equivalent stage for donkey’s years. Presumably Craig Hall is eaglerly awaiting Fev’s share.

Missed the attendance being announced at Leigh game but certainly 4,000+ with c200 Fev fans. Absolutely unheard of in the modern era tbh. Particularly when it was £20 for season tickets and £25 general sale so arguably not a reduced price compared to what we were paying in the Championship. On the field, I think Fev, Batley and Sheffield have shown that there should be a much greater exposure of Super League v Non-SL ties

None because of the aforementioned EFL football clash Mind you, I’m quite happy that Stevenage v Bolton is on the Friday as that leaves me free to attend Salford v Leigh. My mate is fuming as he’s a Wigan season ticket holder so had to make a choice between the two.