First match?

[- psycho -]

i wanted to go to france but wasn't allowed because some people wanted to go to get drunk. some post on this site so i wont mention names. otherwise i would have been packing!

[cpwigan]

My father used to go way back when and they would sit on benches in front of the perimeter walls. Not sure what the correct name for these was. Later, he always talks about the record attendance match v Saints. Wigan v Manly was the best night for pure atmiosphere that I have been to and some of the years like Mission Impossible when they were playing 3 matches every 7 days were awesome too.

[ChrisA]

First game I ever really remember was the 1985 Wigan v Hull CC final, what a first game to watch. I watched it on TV and ever since I've been a Wigan fan, living in Oldham I've had stick all my life. Growing up I used to go to Watersheddings to watch Oldham as I had no way of getting to Central park as a kid. Once I got into my teens though I started getting the bus over, over 2 hours traveling each way, but I loved it.

[Wigan_forever1985]

i cant remember the first game i went to but the most memorable for me has got to be the final game at central park what a day!

[cpwigan]

One of my first amateur coaches was Jimmy Hornby

[taskmaster]

my first game i went to was the 84 cc final against widnes i was only 8 i know we lost but that got me hooked on rugby for life ihave watched wigan from there on

[DaveO]

taskmaster posted:
my first game i went to was the 84 cc final against widnes i was only 8 i know we lost but that got me hooked on rugby for life ihave watched wigan from there on

My first game was sometime in the late 70's taken by my Dad. Can't remember which one and I was not a regular back then. The first game I remember was the 84 CC final.

I was away at Uni until '81 so didn't see much for the four years previous to that and then went to live in London for 11 years so Wembley was my home ground!

Made regular trips up to CP during that time and made sure I never missed a boxing day match but I was certainly glad of Wigan's regular trips to the twin towers.

Dave

[wiganbythesea]

Old headmaster who was a mate of my dads took me to my first game when i was ten,

a resoundin 24-4 win over featherstone rovers, hanley and skerret shone brightly,

happy days

[AndyWright]

Wigan_forever19 85 posted:
i cant remember the first game i went to but the most memorable for me has got to be the final game at central park what a day!

i played on the last day at central park, at half time in the lancs cup vs st pats, we got rogued and lost 8-0

was only under 10's or something, what a day!

[AndyWright]

the earliest memory i have of watching a game was 1996 against saints at central park, i think we beat them by about 32-24 and it was absolutley boiling