The RFL are giving the clubs that reached this stage of the cup a lump sum this year to cover the fact that Super League season ticket holders get in free this round.



If Gateshead had drawn a team with a bigger support base they probably wouldn't have made any more money as that team will have more season ticket holders.

If they'd drawn a team like Wigan/Saints/Leeds, you could have potentially had locals going to watch, just because they'd heard of the away side.

and you had to come on VT to say this??





Speechless.....

He didn't have a Widnes defeat to whine and whinge about (for a change!) so this was 2nd best.

lol didn't know Widnes ever lost, thought it was the ref, pitch, fans etc....

Can't exactly blame Quins fans for not travelling on a Friday night to Gateshead. I wouldn't either if i lived in London. It wasn't ever going to be a tight, thrilling game.

Oi less of that! Most Widnes fans who post on here (myself included) will freely admit that our recent on-field performances have varied between woeful and mediocre regardless of ref, pitch, fans etc.





In case it isn't obvious from his username and avatar, wakeytom is a Wakefield fan who likes to come on here and whine and whinge about how rubbish Widnes are every time they lose (ie most weeks recently).

my bad....

And, as much as I'll get slagged for this, we, of course, would have taken thousands up to Gateshead on a Friday night. Or, say, across the M62 to Chorley on a Friday night in a Challenge Cup tie. Attendance that night at Victory Park? 696. Pot, kettle, black.

What a pathetic and pointless thread - only does more damage to Wakefield,shame,their new owner deserves better.

No it doesn't, only damage done is to the OP.





Live in the NE so I went along to the game but not a supporter of either side, was never going to be competetive. But any excuse for a meal and a few beers in Newcastle.

I think some of the OPs criticism is aimed at the RFL for scheduling this game on a Friday.



Had it been on a Sunday afternoon there may well have been a following from London as well as curious locals and a few Union fans wanting to know what Harlequins RL were all about.

OP - Please stop coming on here and spouting your cr@p, its embarrassing to say the least.

Correct. Very embarrassing!