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No tickets were given away. Of course, if you can prove otherwise and back up your claim then I’ll gladly admit I’m wrong.
I’ve proved it so admit you’re wrong. Failing that please just answer the following question, preferably in pounds and pence. It’s not a difficult one:
How much did the people sat in the North Stand for the last two years’ games against Harlequins pay for their tickets?[/quote]After proving this to you ( unless you are calling me a liar ) you now seem a little shy of admitting that you are wrong even though I have proved me wrong.:oops:
Your brother saying so still doesn’t prove anything. If it did he’d be wanted by lawyers the world over :lol:
Considering we’ve already established that Heinz bought the tickets for their workers, I wouldn’t imagine that said workers paid a penny for them.
Did Wigan receive any money for the north stand tickets for the Harlequins game?The paranoia knows no bounds.
The tickets were given away. Most of my family got them free. This is a fact. After proving this to you ( unless you are calling me a liar ) you now seem a little shy of admitting that you are wrong even though I have proved me wrong.
You have also changed your argument to add the words not given away ‘by Wigan’ on the end
Heinz bought a sponsorship deal. Three months into the season the rugby club decided to give them 5,000 tickets as part of that deal. No price was ever given for these tickets. Find me one and might be able to dig yourself out of this embarassing hole you have climbed into.
No other deal has been offered to any sponsor at any other game on such a grand scale and after initially announcing that the club were giving the tickets to Heinz they were subsequently at great pains to point out that they had been bought as part of a deal. They were then given away. Does this not strike you as odd?
Whom do you think instigated this deal with no price? Do you believe Heinz rang up and said we’ll buy 5,000 for your worst attended game of the season or do you think that someone from Wigan Warriors rang up Heinz and said ‘We need to fill 5,000 seats, why don’t we just give you a load of tickets to give out free as a one off and we call it part of the sponsorship deal. Try and answer this honestly.It’s a fact? How have you proved it? So your brother says so and it’s a fact? :lol:
The fact still remains that Wigan didn’t give away any tickets. The fact still remains that you haven’t proven otherwise. If you buy tickets for a Latics game then give them to friends and family, does that mean the club gave away the tickets?Why are you so defensive Pembertonian? What name do you post under on RLfans? You are as transparent as your beloved rugby club’s attempts to claim they are selling tickets they have given away with your ultra defensive nature concerning the rugby club.
Just like your silly little friend who did a runner last week, you seem well versed in RL matters but post not a single thing about Latics and the club’s history. You’re a rugby snide and fooling no-one
Put up or shut up. Show us all the price of these tickets or lose your credibility
Try and give us a fact as you seem fond of them rather than the spin your club has put on itDefensive? Me stating facts, things that really happened doesn’t equate to being defensive. There’s nothing to defend. You ask me for facts and claim my cockneylatic credibilty is at stake :lol: Yet the only fact you’ve offered up is proven to be true because your brother said so. Have a word with yourself, seriously. It’s an internet forum, nothing more, nothing less.
Unlike many bandwagoners, I am perfectly happy and feel no need to constantly prove I’ve followed the Latics for years and am the biggest fan in the history of the club.You are obviously well upto speed on all things rugby related.
You know the St Georges Day game was a marketing excerice were a couple of sponsors were given tickets as part of a package so they were technically purchased. Don’t you think the rugby would do similar every game if it was such a money generator?
You also know the Community Day saw a couple of thousand players and their families take in the game with complimentary tickets.
It’s like those discussion about professional footballers coming from Wigan which descend into farce because some rugby fans won’t given an inch of ground to Latics fans.
You have to conclude some rugby fans really do believe only a couple of thousand Wiganers watch Latics while there is something in Wiganers DNA preventing them from playing professional football.The fact still stands that Wigan haven’t given any tickets away.
Those people who believe only a couple thousand Wiganers watch Latics share a brain cell. Same goes for the people who genuinely believe that 99% of Wigan fans live in Preston and Chorley.
We’d all love both Wigan and Latics to be full of local lads but it’s difficult, sometimes virtually impossible. You have to sign, pick and play the best you can and if that means signing a quality forward from Honduras or Albania over some donkey from Beech Hill then so be it.My brother works at Heinz and I can confirm that he and his family were all given free tickets to attend the Harlequins game. Indeed he confirmed that the whole of Heinz had free tickets given away to them.
Hope that helpsThe whole of Wigan knew that. Heinz bought the tickets from Wigan. Wigan didn’t give any tickets away.
Some Heinz workers decided to ask for the tickets then proceed to rip them up in front of their colleagues. Very mature.Almost! You started off like an intelligent adult but slid into strange and slow child. Keep trying.
Aw diddums. You disagreed with what I said and resorted to calling me a child. Now THAT is childish[/quote]
A very good idea, let’s make no mistake about it the rugby are leagues ahead of Latics when it comes to advertising and marketing.
On the contrary. I agree with you 100%.You mean a couple of sponsors paid a nominal fee to sponsor the St Georges Day game and in return were allocated a few 1000 tickets apiece so technically they were purchased?Purchased. So they weren’t given away.
Or the thousands of tickets given away to players and their families for the Community Day and the sports clubs given tickets for the Leeds game?No tickets were given away. Of course, if you can prove otherwise and back up your claim then I’ll gladly admit I’m wrong.
After a couple of early season 12k crowds the club took it upon themselves to boost attendances and I’ve always given them credit for that but jumping through hoops to claim these are not giveaways isn’t fooling anyone.
The club know with so few fixtures they only need put a huge effort into 2 or 3 games and this will see the average jump from 12k-13k to 15k-16k.
It’s a clever marketing tactic.Yes, as another poster put it, the Wigan marketing team has come on leaps and bounds over the past few years. Since Eric Pollard took over from Whelan they’ve certainly got their act together.
If only, but sadly they’ll be too busy spending it in the Bahamas :roll:
Wonder if the Latics will do anything for Help for Heroes this season?Because the PL are a professional organisation, they can attract the best people in the game instead of Lord Snott’s mate from Eaton.There has been a problem with the FA since…..always!
Do you honestly think Whelan would put the nation’s football team ahead of making a quick quid given the choice?
Video technology is something I’d agree with, but only to see if the ball crossed the line, as football is not as stop-start as rugby or cricket.Whatever happened to the chip in the ball technology. I agree that any technology, new or taken from other sports, should only be used to decide if a goal really is a goal or not. With the amount of stoppages in football nowadays it wouldn’t disrupt the game too much.
Likewise Latics get over 20k for an end of season TV game against Hull and the same people say we are desperate because jumior tickets were offered for £1. When the rugby gave away 5k+ tickets for the Harlequins game these people praised this as superb marketing.
Mick Hogan was the guy who shook things up at the rugby with concepts like the Big One and Community Day but with him departing they seem to be reverting more towards ticket giveaways and gimicks.
Hopefully Latics new Chief Executive does great things for the club.Agreed. Fair play to Wigan for trying something new. First British sporting club to advertise a game on television.
No tickets were given away for the Harlequins game.
When were these ‘ticket giveaways’ you mention?There’s not a massive choice in the Premier League if it is to be an English manager:
Allardyce, Holloway, Hodgson, Hughton, Bruce, Redknapp, McCarthy (the Irishman from Barnsley)
I still think the FA will go down the English manager route just to appease the supporters and press.
What about Gary Megson…is he still looking for a job? :shock:Didn’t we have an English manager not too long ago? Seem to remember thre press and many fans slaughtering him for such henous crimes as using an umbrella in the rain :o
Wonder how he went after we dumped him.I just did. Would you like to tell us all why it offends you?No, you didn’t offend me :lol:
Video technology and quotas have been used in rugby league for many years now and other sports have seen that they work and so used them. The idea was that football could do likewise.
No idea where your post came from.A very good idea, let’s make no mistake about it the rugby are leagues ahead of Latics when it comes to advertising and marketing. Hopefully the new chief exec will sort it out.
I don’t blame other contributors on this thread for being cynical about it though because I’m sure if Latics had done this instead of the rugby, the rugby fans would be slagging off Latics saying it smacks of desperation.
Just like when Latics do ticket promotions yet when the rugby give away an entire stand it’s fantastic marketing
Can’t knock the rugby club for doing it though, it will “expose the brand” to yet more out of town fans. Maybe their entire support will come from Preston in a few years and then Maurice will move them in :lol:Almost! You started off like an intelligent adult but slid into strange and slow child. Keep trying.