Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 11:53 am  

Unlike the Millenium, the Etihad and St James’; Anfield has got absolutely nothing going on around the ground or isn’t near/in the centre of its city.

It’s also still got a lot of restricted views even with the new stand (which took out many restricted views). The Anfield Road end (where Wire were last night) is where there are numerous white poles hold up the tier above, if you’re behind any of them you can see nothing of any game. Also at the back of that first tier in the Anfield Road end you can’t see the other end of the stadium and can see a letterbox view of the bit of the pitch you can see. Over in the Kop, if you’re at the back (where the Wigan fans were singing last night) you can’t see the sides of the pitch.

It’s a poor choice of venue for Magic.

Get it down in London next. Stamford Bridge would be an ideal capacity, it’s right in London n’all not some suburb with nothing going on.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 12:14 pm  

To add insult to injury, there are major disruptions ,cancellations & alternative bus services affecting trains to Liverpool on the old Liverpool /Manchester line through Newton. The line also carries a lot of trans Pennine trains.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 5:08 pm  

My biggest gripe is the access. I went by train yesterday. The guides said that Kirkdale was the closest station. still 25-30 minutes walk. I know buses were laid on but after the game, the queues were massive.
Thought the stadium was OK though.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 7:34 pm  

Total attendance was 56,869. Coming in for plenty of flak on Twitter. Personally I got fed up of being told what hallowed turf and a prestigious arena they were playing in every five minutes. Enough with the Liverpool media love-in.

Rugby League voted with their feet and now SL has to work out why. Figure all the things people have already mentioned factor in.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 8:14 pm  

56,869 is a good 1st year at Liverpool. Now people have been and worked out how to get there and back etc I think next year will see an increase in attendances.

On another note why do some RL supporters spend all the time criticising our game, its structure etc. Some must think it's cool & they're being hip. But they need to know it's not, it's just plain boring. If you dislike our game so much stop going. You won't be missed.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 8:19 pm  

Very little interest from Liverpudlian public. There's too much going on there for locals to miss out on for an alien sport.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Sun May 26, 2019 8:37 pm  

Fatbelly wrote:

On another note why do some RL supporters spend all the time criticising our game, its structure etc. Some must think it's cool & they're being hip. But they need to know it's not, it's just plain boring. If you dislike our game so much stop going. You won't be missed.

What you mean is RL supporters who enjoy the game and want it to be enjoyed by a wider audience, and think it could be organised better and promoted better so they criticise the administration of the game. If they stop going, the attendances are going to be even smaller than now, this is the whole problem. They will be missed as the game will shrink.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Mon May 27, 2019 9:54 am  

One thing's for sure Anfield will WANT to have it back.

I was talking to a member of the catering staff who told me they took £260,000 on the bar on Saturday, £80,000 above budget and were calling local hotels for beer supplies by the time the Wire match took place ( by then I was offered canned beer only ). They simply could not believe this level of custom.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Mon May 27, 2019 10:12 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Very little interest from Liverpudlian public. There's too much going on there for locals to miss out on for an alien sport.

That may have something to do with the marketing, I never saw one poster or advertisement around the city,I walked up to the stadium from lime st station and saw nothing. One thing that did catch my attention was I saw some locals talking to Rugby fans asking what was going on at the stadium I had to laugh at that has it spoke volumes.

Re: Anfield Magic Attendance : Mon May 27, 2019 10:59 am  

I wish someone had told me about the magnetic thingy ma jig in the beer glasses before I rested it on my middle finger....