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tonight's attendance
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 11:33 pm
by loyalbelfast
As the crow flies Hull to Doncaster time of & distance 56 min (46.5 mi) via A63 and M62 then from Wigan to Doncaster equals 1 h 38 min (81.7 mi) via M62
Can one imagine a top 4 team in the Premier League taking that sort of support to an FA cup semi based on what their normal home attendance normally is - why did thousands of us not travel to the game ?
It looked all so wrong on TV , packed Hull ends of the ground with a few sections(if even that?) filled only by us! We are Wigan for goodness sake - something is not right here with that support?!!
My excuse for not being there to those who will accept it was 1) just returned from my summer hols & 2) was keeping money to fly over to London next month
A&L (just like Belfast!)
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 11:40 pm
by butt monkey
loyalbelfast wrote:As the crow flies Hull to Doncaster time of & distance 56 min (46.5 mi) via A63 and M62 then from Wigan to Doncaster equals 1 h 38 min (81.7 mi) via M62
Can one imagine a top 4 team in the Premier League taking that sort of support to an FA cup semi based on what their normal home attendance normally is - why did thousands of us not travel to the game ?
It looked all so wrong on TV , packed Hull ends of the ground with a few sections(if even that?) filled only by us! We are Wigan for goodness sake - something is not right here with that support?!!
My excuse for not being there to those who will accept it was 1) just returned from my summer hols & 2) was keeping money to fly over to London next month
A&L (just like Belfast!)
Fans wont pay top dollar to watch the rubbish we have been serving up this season
Previous years the side has been littered with World class players, not so sure that is the case now, too many not good enough, too many journeymen and too many failed mercenaries who came back to the club for one reason or another. The game is terribly dull and substandard so why pay more to suffer the dentist chair treatment?
Fans are not mugs and will not put up with the travel, the expense and all the shyte that goes with it from the rugby league in order to say "I was there" when it was on telly cheap and easy
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:40 am
by cpwigan
Football would not play an FA Cup Semi Final on a Friday evening. Sad but they broke me estimate! I thought they might not break the 10K barrier.
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:02 am
by josie andrews
loyalbelfast wrote:
As the crow flies**Hull to Doncaster time of & distance 56 min (46.5 mi) via A63 and M62 then from Wigan to Doncaster equals 1 h 38 min (81.7 mi) via M62
**Thats a straight bloody line FFS!!! you show me one motorway in England that runs in a straight line without any deviance!
It's 97 miles from my house, eventually via the M6 via East Lancs via M60 via M62 via A1M via M18 via A6182, that's not accounting for any roadworks, single lane traffic, speed restrictions, rush hour, & inclement weather over Saddleworth moors!! (Which there was again)!
We are Wigan for goodness sake - something is not right here with that support?!!
Yes, YOU weren't there & as BM said, it's a Friday night, it's on TV (& it's in bloody Yorkshire! )
So, as I said before, do not have the audacity to call those SUPPORTERS who made the effort to get there & SUPPORT our players
My excuse for not being there to those who will accept it was 1) just returned from my summer hols & 2) was keeping money to fly over to London next month
That is no excuse, so don't come that! Some one I know landed in London this afternoon returning from holiday & still made the journey, they drove direct!!
Lots of people are on/still on a holiday, you were home, you could have made an effort, but like some people who don't go to these games, you have the temerity to say, you were saving your money for London/Wembley!!
A&L (just like Belfast!)
I hope that doesn't stand for "Ancient & Loyal" because that's a misnomer for a start ????
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:10 am
by josie andrews
butt monkey wrote:loyalbelfast wrote:As the crow flies Hull to Doncaster time of & distance 56 min (46.5 mi) via A63 and M62 then from Wigan to Doncaster equals 1 h 38 min (81.7 mi) via M62
Can one imagine a top 4 team in the Premier League taking that sort of support to an FA cup semi based on what their normal home attendance normally is - why did thousands of us not travel to the game ?
It looked all so wrong on TV , packed Hull ends of the ground with a few sections(if even that?) filled only by us! We are Wigan for goodness sake - something is not right here with that support?!!
My excuse for not being there to those who will accept it was 1) just returned from my summer hols & 2) was keeping money to fly over to London next month
A&L (just like Belfast!)
Fans wont pay top dollar to watch the rubbish we have been serving up this season
Previous years the side has been littered with World class players, not so sure that is the case now, too many not good enough, too many journeymen and too many failed mercenaries who came back to the club for one reason or another. The game is terribly dull and substandard so why pay more to suffer the dentist chair treatment?
Fans are not mugs and will not put up with the travel, the expense and all the shyte that goes with it from the rugby league in order to say "I was there" when it was on telly cheap and easy
So you are calling those fans who went "mugs"?
I can always say "I was there" no matter which competition, where, when, or who we play! There will come a time when I am unable to go thru ill health, but until that day comes I will support & follow my team.
(I used to make a round trip of 763 miles when I lived in Aberdeen for home games when they were played on a Saturday or Sunday!) And that wasn't as the crow flies either ????
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:42 am
by EDINBURGH-WARRIOR
6 hours on a motorway (and another 6 today no doubt) my choice i know , but the turn out of Wigan fans last night was to be honest embarrassing.
Regards , EW
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:22 am
by Caboosegg
I went, got home at 12am and in work from 7am today.
it was a challenge cup semi final,
however that times posted are incorrect they ignore the giant 50 zone/rush hour traffic, i managed to get there in 2 hours, however some people it was taking over 3 hours due to traffic/ route they went.
was a disappointing crowd, more annoying was the lack of walk around from the players afterwards for the fans who had made the effort to go.
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:43 am
by fozzieskem
Got in the door at about 1.10am blamed the dog for the defeat,he accepted his part in Wigans downfall as did my budgies.
What a nasty journey that was,how the hell was that dump considered for that game and they wonder why very Wigan fans made the journey over..
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:19 am
by cpwigan
The RFL are happy! They could not give a stuff about Wigan or their fans. Everything weighted in favour of Hull DELIBERATELY!
Re: tonight's attendance
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:32 am
by Kittwazzer
josie andrews wrote:loyalbelfast wrote:
As the crow flies**Hull to Doncaster time of & distance 56 min (46.5 mi) via A63 and M62 then from Wigan to Doncaster equals 1 h 38 min (81.7 mi) via M62
**Thats a straight bloody line FFS!!! you show me one motorway in England that runs in a straight line without any deviance!
It's 97 miles from my house, eventually via the M6 via East Lancs via M60 via M62 via A1M via M18 via A6182, that's not accounting for any roadworks, single lane traffic, speed restrictions, rush hour, & inclement weather over Saddleworth moors!! (Which there was again)!
We are Wigan for goodness sake - something is not right here with that support?!!
Yes, YOU weren't there & as BM said, it's a Friday night, it's on TV (& it's in bloody Yorkshire! )
So, as I said before, do not have the audacity to call those SUPPORTERS who made the effort to get there & SUPPORT our players
My excuse for not being there to those who will accept it was 1) just returned from my summer hols & 2) was keeping money to fly over to London next month
That is no excuse, so don't come that! Some one I know landed in London this afternoon returning from holiday & still made the journey, they drove direct!!
Lots of people are on/still on a holiday, you were home, you could have made an effort, but like some people who don't go to these games, you have the temerity to say, you were saving your money for London/Wembley!!
A&L (just like Belfast!)
I hope that doesn't stand for "Ancient & Loyal" because that's a misnomer for a start ????
Well that's him towd!
