Football or Rugby Town ?
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Football or Rugby Town ?
Latics have surprised me since they got in the prem. They used to a laughing stock back in the 80's. Now we share their ground and their average crowds are now bigger than ours!!! Are we now a football town ? So many kids wearing latics tops these days. We should never have left central park or let Whelan take over.
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Re: Football or Rugby Town ?
I'm not one to say things like we are a football town or a Rugby town but one basic fact on attendances never gets a mention. When the JJB stadium is full of rugby fans 80% plus are Wigan fans. When the JJB stadium is full of football fans only 50% are Wigan fans. Football is the national game and teams like Everton Liverpool & Manchester United could fill the JJB without letting a single Wigan fan in.
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Re: Football or Rugby Town ?
sums it up nicely end of debatejimofwigan wrote:I'm not one to say things like we are a football town or a Rugby town but one basic fact on attendances never gets a mention. When the JJB stadium is full of rugby fans 80% plus are Wigan fans. When the JJB stadium is full of football fans only 50% are Wigan fans. Football is the national game and teams like Everton Liverpool & Manchester United could fill the JJB without letting a single Wigan fan in.
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Is suppose it does sum it up niceley, wigan is without doubt a football town. Look at our crwods against the poorer teams in our division. If we didnt play Saints so often our average would be woeful. We are sharing their ground and its a disgrace what has happened to our club and we just let it happen.
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we?Spartak_Warrior wrote:If we didnt play Saints so often our average would be woeful. We are sharing their ground and its a disgrace what has happened to our club and we just let it happen.
you dont seem a cherry and white much to me!
anybody else smell something? :eh:
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i agree with you on this one, doesn't sound like much of a warrior to me :eh:the-Bowtun-Warr ior wrote:we?Spartak_Warrior wrote:If we didnt play Saints so often our average would be woeful. We are sharing their ground and its a disgrace what has happened to our club and we just let it happen.
you dont seem a cherry and white much to me!
anybody else smell something? :eh:
Saints are just wiganers who haven't fully evolved
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Re: Football or Rugby Town ?
Mining or a textile town?
or even a Canning Town?
Ah the joysof irrelevant silly debates
Here is a better one for our football friend to take back to his friends. Are we a Manchester, or a Wigan, or a Merseyside following football town
or even a Canning Town?
Ah the joysof irrelevant silly debates

Here is a better one for our football friend to take back to his friends. Are we a Manchester, or a Wigan, or a Merseyside following football town
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Rugby Town through and through.
Always have been and always will be.
Always have been and always will be.
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dont know if you are a latics fan ,but lets get 1 think straight we are not sharing their groung us and latics are using Whelcos ground ,and as far as empty seats go we are the 2nd best supported team in he league latics are wouldnt be the best supported in league 2 my god barnsley get more fans.Spartak_Warrior wrote:Is suppose it does sum it up niceley, wigan is without doubt a football town. Look at our crwods against the poorer teams in our division. If we didnt play Saints so often our average would be woeful. We are sharing their ground and its a disgrace what has happened to our club and we just let it happen.
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Wigan is a sports town how many nmore towns have a team in super league abd the premier league
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Re: Football or Rugby Town ?
see MIke B taking the diplomatic approach well ball cocks to diplomacy Mike
We are and always will be a RUGBY LEAGUE town
sanwiched in between some of the biggest football clubs in the world ( Man u and Pool) and look at the crowds that the other lot get. Of course they should average better gates than us, football is the national sport. They do not have the like of Wakey, Bratfud,London,Cats. etc coming in a Blue star taxi. I for one think there attendances are a reflection of what the rest of the Premier League think of them, second rate.
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We are and always will be a RUGBY LEAGUE town
sanwiched in between some of the biggest football clubs in the world ( Man u and Pool) and look at the crowds that the other lot get. Of course they should average better gates than us, football is the national sport. They do not have the like of Wakey, Bratfud,London,Cats. etc coming in a Blue star taxi. I for one think there attendances are a reflection of what the rest of the Premier League think of them, second rate.
WE who support the Rugby will always be :
WIGAN TILL I DIE
Wigan is and always will be a town of Cherry & White