boo hoo, like yed said email the club

i'm very sorry you missed two tries fgs

Considering there was also a big pile up on the motorway on the way there, that also added to the queues. But go ahead, make more digs. I'd like to see how many fans you'd keep if you'd been where we have.

Wasn't at the pub. Our coach only got there at 14:30 and we had to park in Matalan.

Castleford ?

Well if there was a pile up on the motorway, then fair do's.

No one likes an overachiever.

I totally disagree with this. I love being able to mingle with opposition fans in Rugby League. I'm going to miss 'changing ends' at half time when they knock down the last few real Rugby grounds tbh.

One thing for season ticket holders to take note of if you're considering the 'friend for a fiver' option. You must exchange the 'friend for a fiver' voucher for a ticket (even though there is nothing on the voucher saying you have to) at the ticket office, not by taking five pounds cash & your 'friend for a fiver' voucher to a turnstyle. I found it rather frustrating to find that you can pay cash at a turnstyle or present your season ticket (or previously purchased ticket) but cant take a 'friend' in without exchanging the said voucher at the ticket office.

Can you elaborate on the [iproblems[/i you encountered please fella?

Agreed. As far as Cas fans are concerned, getting to mingle with Warrington fans is as close as they'll get to moving in cultured society. They might even cut out the homophobic chanting after a while.

I meant with the huge delays. RE: other poster - I have no problems with mixing with the aways fans, that is perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of our game.

But there is no doubt that allowing Warrington and Cas fans to enter via the same turnstiles caused more problems than there should have been.

In hindsight, my earlier post made me sound a bit of a tool - apologies. I have no problem with fans sharing a stand; it's just frustrating when it causes additional delays (which could have been solved).

No wonder there were delays in getting in .... to be fair to the Warrington club they've had to cope with a crowd of 10,000 today (including free tickets to local schools) .... thats nearly capacity!

Ownage

did 3,000 get lost today then?

This wasnt the problem though. the problme was not enough turnstiles open. Im certain that come the St Helens game ALL the turnstiles will be open because expectation will dictate it will be sell-out

Why were only two open? Is that true? There are turnstyles at each side of the West Stand.

did someone choose to believe the BBC website attendance instead of someone who saw a pretty much full stadium and heard the announcement of the attendance as Ten thousand five hundred....?


my tip..............

read the sportinglife web site if looking for accurate reports on Rugby League

I was stuck in the queue also and I was there 10 mins before KO. Stewards absolutely useless, I suggested they let people in with tickets through the latecomers gate but that was obviously too "out of the box" for them.

I would like to thank that kind female Castleford fan who gave my daughter a free ticket.

Sportinglife has it as 7,577.

It would have saved a lot of queuing though. Maybe they should operate a system where one set of fans enter from one side and the others enter from the other.

Either way, it's over but to hear one of your fans complaining that it's been like that for the past 3/4 games is worrying.

Taken your advice oh wise one .... Sporting Life states an attendance of 7577!

Surely the BBC and Sporting Life can't be wrong .... or is it a case that your media bod provided the wrong info to the media? Anyway give you the benefit of the doubt ... there were 10,500 .... no lets pretend it was a capacity crowd .... surely it can't be so hard to count so few fans

Now are you sure the score was correct?

If all the people who seem sure there were only 7,500 there had turned-up the queues would have been an hour long not 20 minutes. See bottom of second paragraph: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... uotes.html Do people seriously think our attendance would have dropped by 3,000 over-night when we are 2nd in the table and in the semi of the challenge cup?

If all the people who seem sure there were only 7,500 there had turned-up the queues would have been an hour long not 20 minutes. See bottom of second paragraph: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... uotes.html Do people seriously think our attendance would have dropped by 3,000 over-night when we are 2nd in the table and in the semi of the challenge cup?

Mass queues, I've seen bigger queues at the NEXT sale.

and the one after that too