Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:19 pm  

Regardless of the relative merits of the two trophies, Wembley always feels more of a special occasion to me than Old Trafford, somehow.

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:23 pm  

The magic of the CC is what makes it special. I've only ever been to Wembley once as a kid and we lost to Sheffield. And like many other kids it inspired me, I wanted to play for Wigan in a cup final and win. It's not a surprise that we have a generation of young lads playing for us with incredible talents because it is likely that they felt the same way when they were young. Without our past successes at physically lifting trophies at such historic places we wouldn't have such an abundance of good quality young players.

Wigan at Wembley goes hand in hand. I want to experience going to Wembley and Wigan winning the cup and I'm surprised that there's people who would rather win the hubcap than win the Challenge Cup.

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:41 pm  

good draw for us. It could be a good blend of youth and experience that takes to the field. I will certainly be there

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:26 pm  

having been to every challenge cup since 1986 bar one in 1999. i would rather have the challenge cup final than super league grand final

lets hope wigan get their its great weekend in the south east having the team that you support at wembley rather than 2 netural teams

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:05 pm  

hmm, would of prefereed to get a team we could beat, then play you when we get all the money, and no season tickets get in etc,
but both of my teams playing, should be a good game, hopefully we can fill the north stand and see what we can do,
hope you lot can get a good crowd and make it a good atmosphere, hopefully there is a bit of noise made from both ends, cause realisticly the result isnt why im there, its just a day out
All the best:)

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:04 pm  

barrowtilidie wrote:

hmm, would of prefereed to get a team we could beat, then play you when we get all the money, and no season tickets get in etc,
but both of my teams playing, should be a good game, hopefully we can fill the north stand and see what we can do,
hope you lot can get a good crowd and make it a good atmosphere, hopefully there is a bit of noise made from both ends, cause realisticly the result isnt why im there, its just a day out
All the best:)

How many do you reckon Barrow will bring?

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:19 pm  

We'll bring a couple of thousand I would expect (depending on how we play from now to the match). Maybe even more.
We made up half of the crowd when we played Saints in the QF at Knowsley Road last season.

The daft thing is that in football, an away draw against a top division side is a 'dream draw'. However, we'll probably make very little from this tie as most of the crowd will get in for free. Most of the gate receipts we will get a share of will be from the travelling Barrow fans !

Only in Rugby League ..........

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:44 pm  

i reckon 3 1/2 thousand,
and imo, giving tickets to season ticket holders is good, we wouldnt get a big crowd there if it didnt happen imo.

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:45 pm  

Getting a big crowd (that doesn't pay to get in) doesn't pay the bills though.

Re: Challenge Cup Draw: Barrow (Home) - THIS THREAD ONLY : Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:03 pm  

Geoff wrote:

Regardless of the relative merits of the two trophies, Wembley always feels more of a special occasion to me than Old Trafford, somehow.

I think it's an age thing at the moment. I think younger fans are dismissing the cup somewhat simply because we've have ZERO big cup ties at home since we moved in 2000. Still think thats remarkable considering we've generally always got to at least the Quarter Final Draw since we moved. I'm desperate for a Leeds, Saints or Wire at home in the cup but still it eludes us.