Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:32 am  

moto748 wrote:

This, certainly.

I assume any Wigan fans who came by train would have come into Euston? Don't know how it was from there, but I usually enter London via Paddington, and although it looked a bit of a mission on paper (needing tube + bus), in fact it really wasn't a problem getting to, and I got home quicker than I did from the CCF.

I saw a few there there in Wire, Giants, Saints shirts, etc. Presumably expatriate Londoners cheering on the Catalans?

London Gatwick to the ground took 50 minutes using rail - tube - rail , no problem at all . Only took that long because there was no direct train to the ground on Saturday because of engineering works .


Cracking day out all round .

Regards , EW

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:36 am  

moto748 wrote:

Speaking of "if I'd paid for it", many thanks to the Wigan fan who gave me a spare complimentary ticket as I walked up The Den ticket office ready to buy one.

Made a good start to the afternoon.

And yeah, Williams' pass! The lad really has got a touch of class, hasn't he?

I gave a spare ticket to a chap in the ticket office line . Dont know if it was you though sir .

Regards , EW

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:47 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Williams pass to Bowen for his first (fantastically taken) try was worth the admission money (well If we'd paid any) alone!

Maturing at a rate of knots is Williams.

I paid for mine NK and it most certainly was worth the admission fee alone


Regards , EW

PS , I only had to pay because my daughter (who lives in London) claimed my free season ticket one . Note to myself don't leave things lying about like food and complimentary Wigan tickets when the kids are around .

Regards again , EW

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:55 am  

Cruncher wrote:

Now there's a surprise.

100l lines and an hour on the naughty step Cruncher (lol)


Regards , EW

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:09 am  

DaveO wrote:

I am suspicious of these figures. If Wigan is such a draw where have they been when we used to play London Broncos? Likewise the 2K of neutral but already RL fans. Where have they been hiding?

Clearly those who went had a good day out - as you do when you go to Wembley but had we got there this year how many would have wanted to make a second trip in so short a time?

If a regular league fixture is relocated next season as implied elsewhere I can only seeing it be Les Cats again as there is absolutely nothing to be gained from Leeds/Saints/Wire or any other team's point of view from agreeing to play in London. Just more cost for them and their fans and for what? To aid Wigan and its goal of attracting sponsors.


OK....they really are going to do that!

So are you suggesting that Wigan took more fans to London than they do to Saints or Warrington?

Think before you type.

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:13 am  

moto748 wrote:

This, certainly.

I assume any Wigan fans who came by train would have come into Euston? Don't know how it was from there, but I usually enter London via Paddington, and although it looked a bit of a mission on paper (needing tube + bus), in fact it really wasn't a problem getting to, and I got home quicker than I did from the CCF.

I saw a few there there in Wire, Giants, Saints shirts, etc. Presumably expatriate Londoners cheering on the Catalans?

I got the train from Wigan into Euston from there it was Northern Line to London Bridge then over ground to South Bermondsey(one stop) then a 10 minute walk to the ground.

There are better locations in London we could have held the game but I enjoyed the trip and found the stewards etc. very helpful

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:31 am  

There were 10 sat next to me who were new to watching a live game. They were either impressed or upset by the impact of some of the collisions !

In front there were 4 milwall fans.

On the train in from East Croydon a number of passengers I saw who were not obvious RL fans turned up at the game, so just on my limited view I saw a pretty good percentage on non traditional attendees.

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:40 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

So are you suggesting that Wigan took more fans to London than they do to Saints or Warrington?

Think before you type.

Hardly comparable really is it, when a large proportion of Wigan fans didn't need to pay for their ticket and a good number of them also got free travel. For a lot of people it was cheaper than going to Saints or Warrington. What would the attendance have been if everyone had to pay for a ticket and make their own way down there?

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:38 pm  

Edinburgh Warrior wrote:

I gave a spare ticket to a chap in the ticket office line . Dont know if it was you though sir .

Regards , EW

Was he a handsome looking fella in a leather biker jacket and Wigan top?

Re: 19 for London : Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:48 pm  

Handsome . I wasn't me then lol

Regards , EW