Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:48 am  

RhinoLaney wrote:

3,298 Tickets Sold.

Ouch!

is that from the leeds end or in total? If its the latter thats horrendous albeit predictable. It was madness making the best supported club in the comp travel across the m62 on a friday night

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:58 am  

rhino phil wrote:

is that from the leeds end or in total? If its the latter thats horrendous albeit predictable. It was madness making the best supported club in the comp travel across the m62 on a friday night

Leeds End!

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:34 am  

rhino phil wrote:

is that from the leeds end or in total? If its the latter thats horrendous albeit predictable. It was madness making the best supported club in the comp travel across the m62 on a friday night

It was always going to be a bad idea, bad choice of venue bad choice of night. Ruled me out straight away.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:02 am  

If Jon Wilkin ain't playing, tickets ain't selling. Fact.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:05 pm  

RhinoLaney wrote:

Like you say we will just have to get behind them a bit more!

The support we give the team is more crucial now than ever. The refs are under pressure at every play the ball, they have to make calls on offside, laying on, interference, standing square and probably a couple more things. If the Saints fans are screaming for penalties at every play the ball, we have to make just as much racket, the refs could easily decide the outcome of this game. It's too close for us to take it out of the officials hands, so we are gonna have to be every bit as vocal despite being outnumbered. Our support is top notch normally, I've no doubt it will be for this game as well. It's good we've got the side terrace despite probably not filling it. It will give us an advantage to spur the team on and also influence the weak officials.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:07 am  

What time is everyone arriving?

I've been recommended The White Hart, 56 Sankey St, Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington WA1 1SB as a decent Food Pub with some Real Ale.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:16 pm  

Can't complain about the choice a venue - it had to be either in Yorkshire or Lancashire. Which ever stadium had been chosen it was bound to favor one team more than the other.

It's the choice of day that is fekkin' stupid.

The Challenge Cup has been running for nearly 120 years and this is the first time in the competition's history that a semi has bee played on a Friday night... and there's a fekkin' good reason for that.

The RFL have the backbone of a jellyfish.

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:34 pm  

Fat Boy wrote:

Can't complain about the choice a venue - it had to be either in Yorkshire or Lancashire. Which ever stadium had been chosen it was bound to favor one team more than the other.

It's the choice of day that is fekkin' stupid.

The Challenge Cup has been running for nearly 120 years and this is the first time in the competition's history that a semi has bee played on a Friday night... and there's a fekkin' good reason for that.

The RFL have the backbone of a jellyfish.

I agree but we'd best get used to it as when Sky get the sole rights to the CC soon, they will no doubt have one semi on a Thursday night and the other on a Friday night

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:41 pm  

Currently the RL Challenge cup is one of those events that has to be shown on terrestrial tv.
But with the current govt. who knows what changes they will make to this list to appease their media friends?

Re: St Helens CC Semi Final Friday 8pm BBC2 : Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:05 pm  

Fat Boy wrote:

Can't complain about the choice a venue - it had to be either in Yorkshire or Lancashire. Which ever stadium had been chosen it was bound to favor one team more than the other.

It's the choice of day that is fekkin' stupid.

The Challenge Cup has been running for nearly 120 years and this is the first time in the competition's history that a semi has bee played on a Friday night... and there's a fekkin' good reason for that.

The RFL have the backbone of a jellyfish.

BINGO!