Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:45 pm  

Ah well. We nearly did it. 14 -14,500? Not bad in a cost of living crisis. And good to see that the home sides of the ground are full.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:14 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Ah well. We nearly did it. 14 -14,500? Not bad in a cost of living crisis. And good to see that the home sides of the ground are full.

Difficult to judge how many fans might just rock up without a ticket and pay at the gate. Risky to leave it so late, but some might do that.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:35 pm  

Wigan should be filling that West Stand...really surprised they aren't.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:00 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

Difficult to judge how many fans might just rock up without a ticket and pay at the gate. Risky to leave it so late, but some might do that.

My memory of that 2011 season was that they send back a load of tickets. The rest of the ground was sold out. I and other Wires bought those tickets. Then it sold out and there’s was about 150 Wigan fans who turned up to pay at the gate, refused entry. Sold out paper signs

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:22 pm  

3 sides full, and the 4th open as pay on the gate.
It still could be a sell out but I've read on several sites that the number of tickets returned from Wigan was less than a thousand.
Doesn't mean it's true of course (and I also posted that there was at least one person saying they'd sold their full allocation - which was patently wrong).
A near full stadium supporting the Wire is worth a couple of points to the team. We're up already.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:53 pm  

And the rain as eased off now, makes it more enjoyable.

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Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:52 am  

15,026. A virtual sell out ! Brilliant.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:07 am  

Yes a great achievement. I'm sure the club are happy of the money and are glad they ignored all the Wigan bellends on social media who said 'why are you trying to make a big thing of this it's not a real rival-reh'.

Re: Wigan match a sell out ? : Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:41 pm  

just_browny wrote:

Yes a great achievement. I'm sure the club are happy of the money and are glad they ignored all the Wigan bellends on social media who said 'why are you trying to make a big thing of this it's not a real rival-reh'.

Yet they celebrated like they had won the World Cup