morley pie eater wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:27 pm
Not sure that we've played 364 games since 1996!!! It works out at around 12 games a year.
As they say in Private Eye: " Shurely shome mistake!"
Get in touch with the club’s historian if these facts are wrong & put him right
I don't think the facts are wrong, Josie, it may be that there's been some cutting and pasting that went wrong.
The 364 games is over a hundred plus years, so averages at between 2.5 and 3 games a year. But the write-up reads as though we played Saints 374 times since 1996!!!!
I’ve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so it’s not me
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
archiekeith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:09 am
Originated from Lord Derby : a precursor to the Horse Race and adopted by other sports eg Soccer games such as Man U v Man city et. all.....
We know
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
Get in touch with the club’s historian if these facts are wrong & put him right
I don't think the facts are wrong, Josie, it may be that there's been some cutting and pasting that went wrong.
The 364 games is over a hundred plus years, so averages at between 2.5 and 3 games a year. But the write-up reads as though we played Saints 374 times since 1996!!!!
I’ve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so it’s not me
My dad's 87 watched wigan since the age of 8 and he says the big game was leigh until Jim Sullivan (who was a wigan legend bye the way ) became their coach ,before that it wasn't particularly a rivalry because saints weren't in the same division.
