Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:45 pm  

no one seems to have east stand yet but id guess wigan would end up with it

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:46 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I put that to Saints on Twitter after being told the allocations would be about the same but as yet no reply!

So have I! @spn245 by the way

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:49 pm  

Guerrier wrote:

As it should be.

A semi final between the game's 2 biggest clubs, in a 13,000 seater stadium should be an easy sell out for both clubs.

If anything it's nowhere near ambitious enough. I mean the fact of the matter is that the semi final venue is SMALLER than both the DW and the new Saints stadium, which is a tad embarrassing.

But I suppose it depended on whether you can arrange a bigger venue at short notice, especially given that venue would invariably be a football stadium. It makes even less business sense given that only a Wigan & St Helens semi would have any chance of filling (or almost filling) a larger venue, and the actual chances of that fixture being drawn, would be quite slim.

Still we can dream - Anfield or CoM stadium would have been nice, but probably a bit unrealistic.

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:20 pm  

As I told you yesterday.

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Game at HJ. and tickets apportioned as per average attendances.
6,449 at Widnes today and I understand from a Saints supporting friend that something like 2K were from HKR.

So for the HJ, 9K to Wigan and 4K to Saints, that seems reasonable to me.

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:34 pm  

I have an answer from Saints

"The RFL have a section of seats also - but Wigan have a slightly bigger allocation due to more season ticket holders"

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:35 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

As I told you yesterday.
Blah blah more tripe blah blah

For gods sake change the record man. Saints average attendance this year is around half the capacity of the HJ. Allocation should be split. End of

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:40 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

As I told you yesterday.

Considering Wigan is 3-4 times the size of St Helens you should get a better av attendence?

It must crawl you that little St Helens is the most succesfull superleague side

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:54 pm  

TheJudge wrote:

For gods sake change the record man. Saints average attendance this year is around half the capacity of the HJ. Allocation should be split. End of

And Wigan's is about the whole capacity of the HJ, so by your reasoning, Wigan should get all the tickets.

Would you be saying the allocation should be split equally if you were playing, say, Harlequins or Catalans in the semi final?

Mind you, in that case, Edge Hall Road's capacity would suffice for the game, wouldn't it?

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:21 pm  

Furthermore Saints have said we've been allocated LESS than the number of Season Ticket holders we have.
IMO I think we've only been given what we normally have for an away game at the HJ, The West Stand and first block of the North Stand.

Re: It is DEFINITELY the HJ : Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:22 pm  

Mr. Messy wrote:

I have an answer from Saints

"The RFL have a section of seats also - but Wigan have a slightly bigger allocation due to more season ticket holders"

That seems fair enough! they keep telling us how well the game is doing, 13,000! I remember as a young kid on Central Park closer to 40,000 and packed that tight, it just shows how in some ways we have gone backwards!