Correct.

Wouldnt mind an old Newton-esque flat pass to Feka on the try line. Im sure if he hit it at pace he'd leave a "looney tunes" style hole in the defensive line.... More so if Bitcon, Maguire and Wane have their way with the new preseason routine!

3rd game of season at Warrington and then 16th July at your place.

That'll be a biggy.

If both sides go in with abit of form that could be a fantastic game.

So has our fixture list not leaked out yet?


Celtic Crusaders as the first game is a disappointment in terms of trying to attract a big crowd. I would have liked a team with a big away support - Warrington or Hull KR being ideal.

Still it could be marketed well as Brian Noble v Michael MaGuire. I would have some really cheap family deal offers for the North stand and invite some of the amateur clubs down.

Bingo!

The way I see it, if this game had been mid-season we would have struggled to get a decent crowd. With it being the first game of the season many people will turn up for that very reason.

I new they'd want us to play Celtic first the Noble factor is huge.

If we market it right old against new we could get a decent crowd.

You can market anything all you want, but people are only going to spend money to watch a good match. This isn't going to happen with a worse than last season Crusaders. I expect a pish poor 11,000 for opening day.

Normally that would be true BUT with it being the first game + Nobles return we should be able 2 generate a high crowd!

Put a few cheap taster deals out, get the schools and local teams involved and we could be looking at 16k which would be very good for a Celtic game!

Never underestimate the first game of the season. A lot of people have high hopes for next season and will want 2 see how it looks

Perhaps they have given Crusaders a game against a team they have previously beaten to see if they can build some early season confidence.

TBF this could be a great opening game for Wigan as well!

Let's face it Celtic are a team that we should turn over! It's would be an excellent start for Maguire and Wigan if they routed Nobles Celtic in the first game of the season!

Or maybe they could have given them an easier game, against one of the four clubs just above them in last years league table who didn't make the play offs.