Do you in all honesty believe that this game would `ve achieved a 16K sell out?.........

No but it's obvious we can sell more than 9k so why stop???Basically so far we have just sold a little more than our average crowd I'd expect us to at least sell 3.5k and fax the same. Disappointing that the Rfl have capped this crowd at 9k

Is it the RFL or the Blackpool club/authorities that has 'capped the crowd'?

Not too sure it`s the RFL who have set the limit on the crowd, maybe Blackpool are doing refurbs to increase their capacity. If we achieve 9k this year won`t that be a record?

That was my take on it Fred.

all we can do as clubs is sell out our allocations! if people are locked out its the RFL that look daft, i for one would quite enjoy seeing them redfaced again.

10 days left and not many left by all accounts! gonna be awesome!

Not sure but I'd also be amazed if that temp stand holds 7k so the Rfl maths are as the franchise system!!

It is a tough one, I can fully understand the RFL expecting 9,000 to be a realistic target so if BFC told them that there was a crowd limit they probably thought it would be ample as over 9,000 hasn't been reached since Cas played Hull KR.

The down side is its looking increasingly likely that the record gate for this fixture could have been broken and both Leigh , Halifax (and the RFL) could have made a few quid more !
The week before usually sees a big surge for games such as this (underlined by the fact Leigh have started selling merchandise, people are talking about it etc, etc.).
Without looking in the ground I've no idea what work is going on , however AFAIK the work is in our stand (Jimmy Armfield South) and the South side of the East stand as they are 'filling in the corners'.
I presume there must be other work ongoing as otherwise they would surely have sold any further tickets in sections of the East stand nearer the North side of the ground.
The temp East stand is not what many people think, indeed it was fit for Premier league football so is a lot better than the last time we visited Bloomfield rd !

Just bought 4, so late, thanks to my mate being on bl00dy holiday, and not knowing if him and his nephew are going or not. So the 'crapper' seats for us - still, better than us not being there.

Once again, I question the reasoning behind taking the game to Blackpool. Last time we were there, in the final, the stadium looked like a bombed out site in Beirut - a wonderful national advert for RL! If the capacity is restricted to 9,000, why take a major (in our league) final there in the first place?

Should have been played at LSV!

Look at the sponsors. They advertise a day out in Blackpool all over the rail network. I'm happy with Blackpool, it's a break from the norm and if it's good enough for Man Utd, Arsenal and all the other wendyball billionaires it's good enough for two little Rugby League towns from the north.

Blackpool all the way for me Alan,shame about the limited att but it should be great day/weekend for everyone.

If the att is back to normal soon i would also take the grand final there.

Totally agree, Blackpool despite all its tackiness makes it feel like an occasion, any other venue and people would just turn up for the game.

Don't remember them limiting the attendance to 9,000 when any of those teams played there though.

It's a hole take it to Morecambe instead not that I have a vested interest or anything it being only 10 mins from Chatteau mettalica to Morecambes new ground

Why is it a 9,000 capacity anyway when the only closed stand holds 5,000 in a 16,000 capacity stadium?

Think the blocks immediately next to the East Stand are closed as well (plus there will be seats not used for wherever the big screen is).

It's all bull. Loads of tickets left at the RFL. Attendance will be around 7500 with lots of gaps dotted around the stadium. You'll still be able to get tickets on the day at the Blackpool ticket office.

Totally out of our control as fans , at least Sky can't blame us or fax for a lower attendance , when it will be down to whatever availability the ground has chosen , still won't look too fantabulous on Sky with the gaps . Us leythers will have to brighten the place up a bit

Agree with you John, i am really looking forward to Blackpool as well mate.

No, but they did play all of their only premiership season with a temporary stand, which is the stand being redeveloped. And why would they with guaranteed sell outs and big profit margins mid season? What do you want them to do, wait until after the NRC final to redevelop their own ground?



Blocks X & W arn't open either.

HOW DARE YOU ?BLACKPOOL IS THE PROMISED LAND.

can we promise it to someone else then?

Fred to me Blackpool is Pure Gold , ilove the place , cant get enough of it , im staying at the Cliffs for the Final , but Ribby Hall ,is Superb , believe me .

Ian I love anywhere by the seaside just messing about in fact if I could get the price for my house that it was worth 2 years ago I'd have been living in Fleetwood now