Agbrigg Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 54 minutes ago, faithfulbyname said: Definitely more than 30k! Yes I think you are right called it a bit early and looks better now bars have emptied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said: The Challenge Cup Final with Catalans was one of the lower attended finals of recent years. I can well imagine that there are plenty of RL fans who won’t go to finals involving Catalans “on principle”. I think there might be a bit of that too, which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said: The Challenge Cup Final with Catalans was one of the lower attended finals of recent years. I can well imagine that there are plenty of RL fans who won’t go to finals involving Catalans “on principle”. Any "fan" that does that is a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 minute ago, dkw said: Any "fan" that does that is a moron. There's more-on here than you might think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said: The Challenge Cup Final with Catalans was one of the lower attended finals of recent years. I can well imagine that there are plenty of RL fans who won’t go to finals involving Catalans “on principle”. I suspect there is very little of that. In reality though, we knew this was going to be a low crowd, that doesn't necessarily make it one for neutrals to rush out to. Ultimately, if we are going to have an international presence in the league, things like this will happen. We need to just crack on, make it the best we can and keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Crowd is not as bad as many expected. 50k I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Wasn't that long ago we had 75k for the World Cup final at Old Trafford between Aus/NZ, which seems a bit unbelievable these days. Hopefully we'll get back to those numbers at some point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Won't go on principle? What principle is that? I Thought this is the Super League Europe Grand Final - not Super League M62 District League Grand Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Rowan said: Won't go on principle? What principle is that? I Thought this is the Super League Europe Grand Final - not Super League M62 District League Grand Final. It's a principle that is made up (always barring a few nutters). Nobody is doing this, in fact there will be a lot of Northerners there cheering on Catalans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 45177 With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Rover Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rowan said: Won't go on principle? What principle is that? I Thought this is the Super League Europe Grand Final - not Super League M62 District League Grand Final. On Facebook there are a lot of people of the “English teams for English leagues” school of thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Just now, Liverpool Rover said: On Facebook there are a lot of people of the “English teams for English leagues” school of thought. Even though its Super League Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Rover Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 27 minutes ago, Spidey said: Even though its Super League Europe I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, bratman said: Wasn't that long ago we had 75k for the World Cup final at Old Trafford between Aus/NZ, which seems a bit unbelievable these days. Hopefully we'll get back to those numbers at some point! This is a really odd comparison to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Damien said: This is a really odd comparison to make. Oh well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Well I’ve just been and yeah the crowd was low but the atmosphere was banging inside and outside the ground, and it was a cracking game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Agbrigg said: Looks a poor gate, less than 30k I suspect. People may point finger st les cats but I think covid has affected peoples habits towards large events of all types Less than 30k, you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev p Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Agbrigg said: Looks a poor gate, less than 30k I suspect. People may point finger st les cats but I think covid has affected peoples habits towards large events of all types quoting covid is a poor excuse, other sports have had very good attendances, its not just RL covid affects. from what i saw, the upper tiers were empty. prob about 45k tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henson Park Old Firm Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 maybe its time to play the GF at St James Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring back GB Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, kev p said: quoting covid is a poor excuse, other sports have had very good attendances, its not just RL covid affects. from what i saw, the upper tiers were empty. prob about 45k tops Was announced as 45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I was there and announced at 45k. It looked right from where I was sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Bedford Roughyed said: 45177 The highest attendance of any Rugby League game in Europe in 2021. It’s easy to say it’s lower than some previous Grand Finals, but that’s still some achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Alchemist Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Great crowd in the circumstances, really good atmosphere and a good game to watch, sometimes you people amaze me, crowd is what I expected given that catalans were in the final, the empty spaces would have been filled with most english team to the usual level, but Catalans bought a lot more to the final if not in seat numbers. Expansion is needed, and tonight did the game no harm whatsoever Even though our utter, unquestioned dominance in the sport has ended, all Wiganers believe that we are really just indulgently letting the other teams win for a while in order to make it more interesting. Stuart Maconie, Cider with Roadies "cause people often talk about being scared of change but for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same cause the game is never won by standing in any one place for too long" Nick Cave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Finchy Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 45k is better than the 39k from the NRL grand final in a less covid ridden country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Good game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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