I haven’t got access to the Latics fixtures. However their season ends approximately in May and begins end of August. That would limit the amount of free Saturdays . Latics are probably more committed to Saturdays to comply with other football clubs.

Might be wrong about the Salford details……apart from the rain

Yes Mike we did. When games were first played on a Sunday you weren’t allowed to pay for the game. You bought a team sheet instead. I still have some. Wigan’s first Sunday afternoon game was away at Salford in the Lancashire Cup in 1968. It poured down.

In no way am I wishing for the past but a 3 pm Saturday KO for all teams would suit me. Admittedly things are very much different today with SKY. Latics seem to have the majority of games on Saturdays…….thereby I realise causing fixture clashes.

I’ll put my cards on the table. I much prefer the old cherry and white jersey and white shorts with no adverts. However I accept that it is needed today. Going off topic . While looking for the date in my scrap book of Wigan’s white shirts I noticed how low crowds were 60’s 70’s. A rough estimate ac...

Wintergreen. I think that you are suggesting that I maybe incorrect . It’s a long time ago and I was told that by my Dad who had watched Wigan from the 1930’s and the practice may have come from then. Wigan did occasionally play in a blue shirt in the ‘60s at home as is evidenced by old photographs....

I can remember when Wigan had 2 shirts. If their normal cherry and white clashed at home they had to change. It was considered “fair play “ to have the away team in their normal shirt. Wigan’s shirt was blue. A bit different now .

I ve got lost in the 7 pages of comments re Smith. Is it all speculation that he is being tempted away or is it more than this ?

I haven’t seen the replay . A Wigan player took what looked like a shoulder charge tackle . I thought that it could have been Havard. If it was this could have caused his substitution.

I think we are all thinking along the same lines. I just wonder if coaches and players could do without the distraction at the start of what will be a testing season.