WIGAN are expecting fewer than 11,000 supporters to attend Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final against Arsenal.
Tickets for the match at the JJB Stadium will be priced between £15 and £20, and it is the Latics' fifth home game in three weeks. Not even club chairman Dave Whelan will be at the game, as he continues his break in Barbados.
"You'd think there would be more interest, but people can't afford to keep forking out for games," said Wigan chief executive Brenda Spencer.
"I know the manager and the players are disappointed, but there are circumstances behind this. If the match wasn't on television then there would be more.
"We've also got 3,000 junior members but they have to be at school in the morning."
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