Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:19 pm  

headhunter wrote:

Have you thought of staying outside Cardiff? I'm sure there are plenty of cheap rooms in places like Bristol and Swansea that are only about 45 minutes away on the train.

We stayed in Bristol for the last Magic Weekend. Good do, nice place for a wander on the Sunday.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:24 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

Think Cardiff was a poor choice for the opening games maybe a bit too ambitious.

I believe the Cardiff tourist board have paid the organisers/RFL/etc to take the opening ceremony to the city.

pmarrow wrote:

I also have decided to attend as many games as possible to try and do my bit for the competition. The game over here is on its booty and feel some sort of responsibility to help raise the profile by attending. Be good if everyone did this even attending the games nearby to your home.

Totally agree with this. Hoping to take a coach load to Old Trafford and as many as possible to the games at Headingley.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:32 pm  

mark_m wrote:

We would have liked to have gone the games in Cardiff but there is no accommodation at a reasonable value.

I got a double room at the Sky Plaza at Cardiff Airport for £32. Try Newport, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Llantwit Major, Llantrisant, Barry, Penarth etc as loads of places have accommodation cheaper than Cardiff City Centre. All (bar Llantwit Major) are 20-25 mins away on the train. I used to live in the area and the trains are good.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:51 pm  

Waiting for the squad to be announced before committing. Anyone know when this is scheduled for?

Looking at Cardiff Wembley & Old Trafford.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:57 pm  

BiffasBoys wrote:

Waiting for the squad to be announced before committing. Anyone know when this is scheduled for?

Looking at Cardiff Wembley & Old Trafford.

Do you mind me asking why this is? Not 'trolling' I just don't see why the squad would impact. England is England.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:49 pm  

I think for this tournament to be respected it needs to be well attended, if the public see full houses everywhere we are sure to see good crowds later on in the tournament.

Sally bolton said 40% of the target has being met with around 40% of the tickets sold being to people outside the mainlands. This suggests to me once again the RL public are not backing the sport. Which is a shame because surely the one common factor we have as supporters is to see our great sport reach dizzy heights ?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:24 am  

pmarrow wrote:

I think for this tournament to be respected it needs to be well attended, if the public see full houses everywhere we are sure to see good crowds later on in the tournament.

Sally bolton said 40% of the target has being met with around 40% of the tickets sold being to people outside the mainlands. This suggests to me once again the RL public are not backing the sport. Which is a shame because surely the one common factor we have as supporters is to see our great sport reach dizzy heights ?

As you can see by some of the moans on the Hull board, some people throw the toys out of the lean if the big games aren't in their backyard, but also moan that international RL isn't big enough.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:21 am  

richie166 wrote:

Do you mind me asking why this is? Not 'trolling' I just don't see why the squad would impact. England is England.

Blind loyalty doesn't come into the equation for me. I want to know that if I'm going to spend a lot of money on the World Cup that I'll see the very best squad picked to achieve something more than the usual disappointment.

As with the shirt, why not an announcement date for the squad to drum up some interest?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:39 am  

BiffasBoys wrote:

Blind loyalty doesn't come into the equation for me. I want to know that if I'm going to spend a lot of money on the World Cup that I'll see the very best squad picked to achieve something more than the usual disappointment.

Sounds like your excuse is ready to go come the squad announcement. The best England squad is down to personal opinion, and the only opinion that really matters is Steve McNamara's.

Out of curiosity, what would your ideal starting England 17 be?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:55 pm  

Anyone know if the 50% off voucher codes are still knocking about? Need to sort tickets for the games at Leigh and Salford along with the final...