The number still has to be confirmed yet.

It is a strong rumour that the rugby league club have outsold the football club for season tickets though which is good whatever way you look at it.

stupid RFL bloody making the game a laughing stock.

when will they learn expansion never works

Just like there's room for two Hull clubs, there should be room for Widnes too.

I used to think the Cougars had a rightful place, but don't know after all your nasty comments over the years!

Fair play to you Sir - that is some dedication

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Wrexham FC are in the Blue Square conference and last time I checked the table they were about 15th. They are rubbish. If what you say is true (there might always be a first time) I wouldn't be that surprised if the Crusaders are attracting more interest than one of the worst football teams in the country. The people of north wales are desperate to find a team that might start winning something.

If only Leeds had relocated there instead of Celtic

According to Cru these figures have yet to be verified, however, if they are anything like then what this does prove is that the way the RFL have gone about expansion in the past does not work.

However, the more conservative, steady away extending the heartlands borders in small steps, building on the latent support for the game just outside the heartlands (advocated by a number of us "flatcappers"icon_wink.gif clearly does.

The conclusion we can draw is that given the right location a fan base for a new SL club can be created virtually overnight. Lets not forget, in Wrexham there has not been years of RFL financed coaching in schools or promotion from the club. This has been a low cost, high return excercise, which should put the nail in the coffin of the ludicrous approach of planting teams in non RL areas and hoping it all works out.

Hopefully a few hundred of those new fans will also travel, at least into Lancashire putting real extra money into the clubs in that area, a massive positive for the game as a whole.

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Martyn Sadler has the latest on Fridays game. www.totalrl.com/index.php?s=c444 ... pic=196281

Quote ="The Doghead"Martyn Sadler has the latest on Fridays game. www.totalrl.com/index.php?s=c444 ... pic=196281'" only 800 tickets left with 3 days to go, is brilliant. I doubt any other team in the league will acheive this for the first game, especially if its televised.

Quote ="The Doghead"Martyn Sadler has the latest on Fridays game. www.totalrl.com/index.php?s=c444 ... pic=196281'" only 800 tickets left with 3 days to go, is brilliant. I doubt any other team in the league will acheive this for the first game, especially if its televised.

Isn't the capacity at the Racecourse Ground something like 15,000?
Have they sold over 14k tickets? :O

True.

There were 17,800 at Paris v Sheffield.

I see your point, but what I am impressed with particularly is the quoted (unverified) sales of season tickets in excess of 1600. That is pretty amazing given the circumstances.

1,600 season ticket holders would be good and, assuming they are anything like full price sales, would be a promising sign for the future.

There's a lot of positives to work with at Wrexham.

Definately so much better than having the club based in South Wales.

At least one positive about Wrexham is that it's ALMOST in England and therefore not so far to travel

Newport's less than 20 miles from England. Hardly a trek is it petal?

An excellent figure, hopefully they will like what they see.

Currently 10,500 - apparently the uncovered end is closed 'pending redevelopement'.

But it's about 160 miles from Warrington which is probably about the nearest other club to it.

Think its about 30 miles from Warrington to Wrexham

Pfff - Belle Vue is and has always been 'pending redevelopment' but you don't see Wakey closing parts of it...

But then why were they based in the South in the first place then?

The RFL just assumed that because South Walians love their Rugby Union they would all suddenly love league as well. And they didn't. So now they are trying it out on the people of North Wales assuming that because football is the most popular sport in north Wales (and Wrexham have got a s*it team)they might be able to tempt people round to following RL instead. Which they might. For a short time.

Anyone who lives around Wrexham who likes RL will already be a fan of one of the local SL sides ie Warrington, St Helens. That doesnt automatically mean they will follow the Crusaders just because they are Welsh. Because in fact....they arent Welsh! The coaching staff are all English and most of the squad are Australian.