Serious question for you ((if)) Wigan were demoted the other year and then the SL closed shop with you on the outside, would you honestly have the same thought process

I still blame Mathers

Relegation or not, Wigan would still have been granted a franchise so would not have been left on the outside anyway. Nevertheless I would have expected them to have bounced back like Cas did the following season, given the difference in quality between SL and NL1.

There is some useful information on the Barrow website for you Wigan fans, regarding travel, parking, pubs etc... worth having a look.

Here's the link.

[urlhttp://www.barrowrlfc.com/barrow_rugby_home.as[/url

Cheers for that! It's also in the Evening Mail today saying Wigan should be getting another allocation of tickets later this week, just waiting on the council to give a capacity figure to determine how many more you get.

Heres a direct link for the message to Wigan fans from Barrow RL Vice Chairman ...

[urlhttp://www.barrowrlfc.com/barrow_rugby_newsdetails.asp?newsID=348[/url

Oh, and 5,000 tickets shifted so far.

Here's a sneaky question.

If there's already 5,000 tickets been sold, how come Wigan only got 1,000?

By my maths we should already have had 1,500 under the 30% ruling.

iv not got a ticket yet for this game but its not looking good reading wots being said in the barrow press tonight saying they may give wigan 50 or 300 tickets surley they have broke RFL rules if the capacity is 6000 they should give wigan 1800.

I'm sure the RFL are well aware of what is happening ticket-wise for the match. I know the directors knew of the 30% rule when Wigan were pulled out of the hat.

I haven't seen this RFL 'rule' in writing, but for anyone that has, are there any exemptions ?

Iv just been reading/browsing the RFL operational rules and couldnt find anything on ticket allocation in cup ties the pages on the RFL site are very long winded if anybody else wants a look. So the ticket allocation we got mite be all were going to get but maybe a few more but will outstrip demand.

Anybody who was on the waiting list heard from the club yet?

Dont believe much in Barrows daily ticker, It wants mentioned my wife and her sister are twins and there's 7yrs between them!!
On a serious note, I hope Wigan do get allocated more tickets and see there's more to rugby than the SL and have a good day out.

TBF - I think most of us know that there's "more to rugby than SL" already.

One of my favourite matches was in the Challenge Cup at the JJB against Halton Simms Cross (sp?)

They went 2-0 with a penalty at the start of the match, and I think just about everyone who had a camera or camera-phone took a picture.

The CC throws out some great matches, and I really hope that I can get up to Barrow for this one (depends on getting my tickets - 41 people in the queue in front of me).

Provided I do - I'm really looking forward to visiting a "real RL ground" (read run-down, delapidated, etc).
They are my favourites, as they remind me of Central Park (just like Saints, Cas, Wakefield, etc.).

Can't wait mate. Hope to see you up there

Apparently there are 500 Wigan fans on the waiting list, so if you're number 42 then you're in with a shout I reckon.

Hope you have a great day out - we are a pretty friendly bunch and fairly knowledgable about our great game. I hope you don't take defeat too badly and just enjoy the fact that you'll be part of a historic day

You are a optimistic little soul barrow boy

As a Barrow fan, I have to be



Good times are just around the corner though. The town is buzzing about RL again, after 20 years of waiting (and not just because of the Wigan game).

Not seen any info about Coach travel to the Barrow game, is anybody going by Coach or is everyone driving there?

Only if it's free. And for season ticket holders only, too.

Not unless you get a new stadium.

I am going by Train

I am going by coach,see direct eta website for the phone number, hes quite cheap too

It's in hand, and we'll own it.

The first part's good news, the second part's probably untrue and largely irrelevant.

...And then you'll wake up.