Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:18 pm  

Wonder how many tickets we get allocated? Would be good to take a large following down and as a bonus getting to watch a couple of different teams in the curtain raiser before the main event will hopefully encourage a few more to go that maybe would not have if we had the usual suspects in the final.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:40 pm  

So because of the soon to be scrapped via play we host Fev at home on the Monday night and then 5 days later on the Saturday Batley at Wembley.
Grix will just say it is what it is taking one game at a time and anything can happen in terms of results.
With Eagles this week we’ll need all our squad for a crucial defining phase of the season.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:17 pm  

faxcar wrote:

So because of the soon to be scrapped via play we host Fev at home on the Monday night and then 5 days later on the Saturday Batley at Wembley.
Grix will just say it is what it is taking one game at a time and anything can happen in terms of results.
With Eagles this week we’ll need all our squad for a crucial defining phase of the season.

Hopefully there is some way they can change that Fev game, its an awful game to have before Wembley with the short turnaround but at least Batley should in theory at least have a tough game against Bradford and won't be able to rest players either.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:28 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Wonder how many tickets we get allocated? Would be good to take a large following down and as a bonus getting to watch a couple of different teams in the curtain raiser before the main event will hopefully encourage a few more to go that maybe would not have if we had the usual suspects in the final.

I saw somewhere an initial 2000 but would expect 8/10000 at least.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:39 pm  

At the risk of upsetting punters on here why not enquire of the RFL if we can bring in a few DR for the Fev game.
Say about 14 , a nice round number!
Some fringe and cup-tied players to make up the squad.
That would give the team a week off.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:53 pm  

cowfax wrote:

At the risk of upsetting punters on here why not enquire of the RFL if we can bring in a few DR for the Fev game.
Say about 14 , a nice round number!
Some fringe and cup-tied players to make up the squad.
That would give the mean a week off.

Great idea-what you say Huddshay....there's a time and a place for everything...

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:27 pm  

I am just weighing up if to go down with the family for the weekend or do the dreaded there and back on the day.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:33 pm  

Beaujangles wrote:

Great idea-what you say Huddshay....there's a time and a place for everything... :D

I'll go along with that. There's allus an exception to the rule! Lol!

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:47 pm  

I’ve just been thinking what a great achievement it is for Leigh, HKR and Batley to be going Wembley and then realised Fax are well.
I know it’s not the Challenge Cup for Fax but when the draw was made away at Fev although I felt we had chance I thought it was a slim one and that was it in the cup comps for another year so to be there at all is as great for us as it is for the others to win it would be fantastic all things considered after the year we’re having.

Re: Wembley!!! : Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:33 pm  

Listenup94 wrote:

The 1895 cup final was definitely televised has I remember watching it , but last year it was before the cc final . Sure it was bbc red button as I was moaning about the female commentary.

You’re right, I apologise. It was on BBC Red Button and the BBC Sports web site.