Anyone in club Wembley know if you can wear your colours? I'm assuming you can? Think it's just football where you can't?

Yes you can

Anyone know who's doing the pre-match entertainment this year?

Ken Dodd, David Copperfield (remember him in '82 or '83?), Hear Say or Jerry St Clair from the Phoenix Club?

Come and get your black bin bags.....

@TheChallengeCup

#ChallengeCup

Phil Bentham to officiate @Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Final

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thank god for that, he's being by far the best ref this season, I just hope that they don't have Hicks as the VR as he's absolutely hopeless.

....video referee, James Child.

Box Number one Ticked!
Best by far and common sense wins!

RFL Director Roger Draper has said they expect the attendance on Saturday to be around 65,000 although there won't necessarily be fewer there than in recent years as previously Club Wembley seats were counted regardless of whether or not they were occupied.

Hull FC have sold 16,000 tickets and Wigan 8,000. Draper said that in total they expect there to be 20,000 Hull FC fans in the stadium.

Am I right in thinking there are about 17000 club Wembley seats,if so the actual attendance was around 60000 last year?Give or take a couple of thousand that were actually sat in there..

Looks like the Wigan Walk has started already!

Pretty sure we have a good record of wins with him officiating, going back to Peter Sharpe era????
I'm more than happy with him.

That's correct - 15,000 Club Wembley seats but only around 10% would usually be taken up for the Challenge Cup Final. This year Club Wembley has more or less sold out.

The RFL also took the wise decision to concentrate Upper Tier sales on the side opposite the TV cameras.

We've had him seven times this season and won six including Wigan home and away and the Cup QF and SF.

Over the three previous seasons we've won five and lost five with him in charge. He also reffered the 2013 Cup final.

He's probably the most "honest" referee there is, I doubt he'll hand much upstairs unless necessary, I hope he doesn't prove me wrong.

Simple fact is a one off game is there for any team to win or loose, keep the discipline and stick to the plan. Wigan are a good side, they're not to be feared like the Wigan of old, but they have quality across the team. BUT, so do we.

Am really looking forward to the game, hope we all have a great day/weekend and the best team wins. (And, as much as I don't want it to be, but if it's Wigan then so be it)

Nah, if wigan play better , but we still manage to win , I'd take it!

Good point!

Spot on. Pressure/shackles off after last year, the final's an entirely different occasion now. Forecast's OK, hope we all have an enjoyable weekend.

Isn't it amazing how most of us feel differently this year, I can't wait to get there for the occasion, for the atmosphere and to see us outnumber the opposition 2 to 1 as we win the battle of the terraces singing at least. In other words I'm relishing the experience, which is a first, I enjoyed the semi before during and after like never before and I'm intent on enjoying the game win or lose, last year freed me of a lot of pressure which grew as loss after loss mounted up, now we are the holders and what a difference a year makes eh?

they've got an amateur competition winner doing the anthem, good to see the RFL saving the pennies!

What concerns me, though, is the attitude amongst supporters that "well, if we lose at least we won last year". Last year was amazing but it's in the history books now. We need to have as much desparation as we did twelve months ago, so do the players.

I could never enjoy a final "win or lose". I've seen us lose too many finals over the last 40 years. I want that Wembley record to even up.

Completely agree. Last year was amazing and those lads will go down in our clubs history, but Saturday's game and the trophies to be contested in the future will determine whether their write up in the history books is confined to a few pages or a full chapter.

As a fan it feels odd to go to Wembley with the monkey off our back, I'm much less anxious this time around.

I feel much more relaxed this time, going Rovers enjoy the build up more, still want to win it as much as last year.

Bookies have Wigan favourites which is a surprise

What is the exact record out of interest?