......... 3pm until 5pm.

They will see two teams hell bent on achieving their dream of playing top flight English football.

Either Blackpool or Cardiff will be celebrating Premiership football come tomorrow evening.

Just another example of why promotion and relegation works as 90,000 fans treck to the mecca that is Wembley.

Meanwhile back in Lewis/Wood world Leigh, Halifax, Barrow, Featherstone and Widnes etc hang out banners to their supporters which read come and watch us we might be in SL in 2012

Although I agree with the sentiment of your post, you will also see Cardiff go in to administration if they fail to win, with Blackpool getting a season of thumpings if they go up.

I don't agree with the comparison one bit. One of many clubs chasing PL promotion get average gates that are more than the whole Championship put together when P&R to SL was going. While Blackpoo and Cardiff where playing in front of full houses with an atmosphere of pure excitement of what can be, I will remind you of the excitement of my fav example of when we played Batley in 2006 in playoffs for SL - dull atmosphere with spot the fan. With very poor gates during season as well. Football and RL different planets and cannot be compared.

As for tomorrow - I hope its Cardiff as I would hope they play their home games at Millenium stadium - or at least for bigger fixtures. Magic Weekender for football.
Blackpool would be extremely lucky to avoid relegation, and their stadium wouldn't be exactly large enough for big games. Is stadium complete now?

I hope Blackpool win not just because its the tackiest place on earth but they`ve got a manager who has charisma ...........Ian Holloway (top man) ...

Well you make one valid point and that is in this country footie is far better supported than RL.

Tell me' if Wembley would have been filled for this match if whichever team won both sets of fans knew they would not gain promotion ? You do not need to because everyone knows the answer.

Regarding that particular season ie 2006 that is not the point is it ? Hull kr where in the Championship then and 3 seasons before that were drawing crowds of 1400 or so. Now they are the biggest club in the Rugby League world.

Fully agree with everything !

Blackpool to do it. Holloway is one funny chap who plays his part !!

Carling cup, FA Cup, Charity Shield are also sell outs at Wembley. Why do they sell out without promotion to higher competition ? You don't need to answer as well

Football is king in this country. As for a winner takes all match that will see 1 of 2 teams getting promoted - of course there is added interest, there is no argument about that. I was there in 2004 GF.
The point is tho a season is not about just that one game, the bread and butter season still saw poor support for a system that was the be all. How many games in a season overall ? Based on this season we have 5 fixtures per week x 20 weeks = 100 games (aprox), unyet emphasis is on that one game of season that crowds seem to get excited for. Where are the crowds for those 100 games? Something is wrong, and its to do with the value of the championship being so low, and to a lot of people seeing it as not worth watching. And we wonder why clubs have struggled financially chasing the holy grail.
As for HKR their fortunes did change. Isn't that what happens when a club starts to win etc.
But at least we agree about football being better supported, and so using football as comparison to RL is a none starter.

If Blackpool come up at Least the scousers get their ride in an open top bus

Class & so true

Blackpool to win for me OBVIOUSLY ,cmon the Tangerines,we need more life and people in the great Town.

The playoffs create massive interest, excitement with euphoria and disappointment in equal measure but it is all artificial. The third team should have been promoted.
Blackpool finished sixth, they do not deserve to be in the premiership if by some chance they manage to cobble together a result over three games.
The financial significance of this final game is ridiculous when you consider that it can be decided by one mistake from the officials.

I agree with this. Playoffs are great but doesn't seem fair that clubs are not rewarded for their place in the league. Getting 3rd and getting 6th is a big difference - but play offs don't give an advantage at least to the 3rd placed team. Format similar to what we have in RL would be fairer.