Re: Warrington (h) : Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:13 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Very strange the South stand situation. Absolutely loads left yesterday and now none whatsoever. My mates sit in the South Stand, so I logged on to get a ticket this morning and they’d all gone. I’ll just watch it on the tv now instead, which is a shame that the club missed out on income.

Sorry to hear that. Will be interesting to see how full it is tomorrow.

Re: Warrington (h) : Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:28 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Sorry to hear that. Will be interesting to see how full it is tomorrow.

In different circumstances I’d have been more disappointed. Go on holiday in a couple of days, so gives me a bit of time to sort some stuff out. Usually I’d have probably gone and sat on my own in the East stand. I’m guessing maybe the tickets have gone to amateur clubs to sell but you’d think they’d keep a few back. There’s no way they’ve gone from what they had yesterday, to it now showing as sold out just on standard sales.

Re: Warrington (h) : Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:16 pm  

Don't you like sitting on the side, NK?

Re: Warrington (h) : Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:36 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Don't you like sitting on the side, NK?

Don’t mind but it’s bit dull sitting on my jack, waiving at my pals in the South Stand.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:11 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Is the South Stand sold out? I really don't think we should be in a situation where £30 is the only price for adult match tickets. Be a long time till we get a packed East Stand in front of the cameras at that price.

Last week the South Stand 'sold out' an hour prior to kick off. Physical bums on seats were about 60% at best. I can understand some season ticket holders not making the game due to summer holidays but its very strange.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:14 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Don’t mind but it’s bit dull sitting on my jack, waiving at my pals in the South Stand.

This was me last week, wasn't going to say anything but now it's been brought up. I don't mind giving the club an extra fiver but what I do mind is being blagged.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:28 am  

MattyB wrote:

This was me last week, wasn't going to say anything but now it's been brought up. I don't mind giving the club an extra fiver but what I do mind is being blagged.

Hasn’t realised it was an issue before now. Had it been the usual 2 mates in the South with season tickets but me, my dad and another mate paying in, the 3 of us would’ve had no issue going in the east/west but it’s my situation that will cost them. My dad and mate are on holiday, so it’s sit on my own or don’t bother. As it’s on tv I’d rather not bother and will watch at home with family and a few beers. I’ve gone in the Fan bar before most games as well, so they’re down a ticket and a couple of rounds in there and for what I’m not too sure. If it’s a tactic to try and fill the easy stand up a bit, that’s poor form but I genuinely have no idea what the deal is.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:17 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

In different circumstances I’d have been more disappointed. Go on holiday in a couple of days, so gives me a bit of time to sort some stuff out. Usually I’d have probably gone and sat on my own in the East stand. I’m guessing maybe the tickets have gone to amateur clubs to sell but you’d think they’d keep a few back. There’s no way they’ve gone from what they had yesterday, to it now showing as sold out just on standard sales.

It is a strange one this, because if it really was sold out a few days in advance you would have expected a social media post from wigan as they have done for the couple of other times it "sold out" in advance this season.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 7:29 am  

BoredWiganer wrote:

It is a strange one this, because if it really was sold out a few days in advance you would have expected a social media post from wigan as they have done for the couple of other times it "sold out" in advance this season.

I think we should be discussing the elephant in the room when it comes to attendances. They gave it out as just over 11k last week when in reality it was clear there was no more than 7.5k sat in the stadium. That's a massive difference, now if the club have 3k-3.5k who have paid for their season ticket and for whatever reason they are not attending then that's one thing. I don't think the club are making it up but I do think they possibly handed out a couple of thousand cheap kids season tickets at the start of the season when they promoted the rugby sessions and these kids are just not turning up. It's quite worrying, actual attendances are the lowest I've seen since we've been at the DW.

When was the last time anyone was there and thought, wow... this is a decent crowd (ie. over 15k physically in the stadium), definitely pre-covid. Early 2019?

Edit - Just looked back, Good Friday 2019 we got 22k, we also got 21k against the Sydney Roosters early 2019. Other than that it was 12k against Wire.

Re: Warrington (h) : Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:50 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

In different circumstances I’d have been more disappointed. Go on holiday in a couple of days, so gives me a bit of time to sort some stuff out. Usually I’d have probably gone and sat on my own in the East stand. I’m guessing maybe the tickets have gone to amateur clubs to sell but you’d think they’d keep a few back. There’s no way they’ve gone from what they had yesterday, to it now showing as sold out just on standard sales.

Bizarrely there are now two south stand tickets available on the ticketing website.