: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:59 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

Good on ya Bertie lad.

Probably a bit harsh that mate on reflection, hence the edit being used. Mat normally posts reasonable stuff, so decided to retract my bold statement.

Re: Northern Rail Finals Day Heading For Sell Out : Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:12 pm  

Pepe wrote:

So it’s not actually sold out then, and tickets are being held back for sale until the amount of people who upgrade from the x9’s on Saturday is known. Then they’ll just release whatever is left over one the day of the game and fans will have to travel all the way to Blackpool and hope they can get a ticket in time.

Dunno why I was quoted in your original post.

From the release they seem pretty confident this will sell out, which suggests that they haven't held 2k back for the 9's tournament, as that would be a risk, and why would they post this.

A positive for you though is that there are still some on sale, so hopefully none of your fans should miss out.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:23 am  

Good news if it is a sell out. Fancy that, take two traditional RL teams and they manage to sell out a final. Im sure the RFL will come up with a stupid idea to stop this happening again.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:38 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Good news if it is a sell out. Fancy that, take two traditional RL teams and they manage to sell out a final. Im sure the RFL will come up with a stupid idea to stop this happening again.

Dont forget though that this year there is an extra incentive to winning the NRC that it did not previously have

Just as getting to the GF will in some ways be more important than actually winning it

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:23 am  

Bertie Magoo's PA wrote:

I am not prepared to let anyone off calling me a scouser.

That reminds me of an article a long time back in a Widnes Programme, I cannot remember who quoted it:

"When we win we are scouse lovers but when we lose we are the World Champions"

Thought I'd share that slice of nostalgic banter with you....

Re: Northern Rail Finals Day Heading For Sell Out : Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:45 pm  

Dave T wrote:

Dunno why I was quoted in your original post.

From the release they seem pretty confident this will sell out, which suggests that they haven't held 2k back for the 9's tournament, as that would be a risk, and why would they post this.

A positive for you though is that there are still some on sale, so hopefully none of your fans should miss out.

So, a week on Sunday at about 5:15pm, I'll be staring in wide eyed, open-mouthed wonderment at a packed out stadium that is bursting at the seems?

The RFL were turning down Widnes fans since the day after we won the Semi-Final, when they rang up for final tickets. They were saying they were sold out then!

Unless Barrow and Widnes fans have been buying up all the x9's tickets that were allocated to the other clubs, I would think it unlikely to be a total sellout.

We'll see

Re: Northern Rail Finals Day Heading For Sell Out : Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:03 pm  

Pepe wrote:

So, a week on Sunday at about 5:15pm, I'll be staring in wide eyed, open-mouthed wonderment at a packed out stadium that is bursting at the seems?

The RFL were turning down Widnes fans since the day after we won the Semi-Final, when they rang up for final tickets. They were saying they were sold out then!

Unless Barrow and Widnes fans have been buying up all the x9's tickets that were allocated to the other clubs, I would think it unlikely to be a total sellout.

We'll see

Can't disagree with that, I would expect a few empty seats, however if they have held 2k back, they would be mad to announce an expected sellout.

The fact that they say they have held tickets back for the four finalists of the nines suggests they have only held a few hundred back for that. Makes me think that they have got rid of most of the other tickets through partners and sponsors on top of Widnes and Barrow selling theirs.