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Re: A brief history of The Derby
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:06 pm
by josie andrews
morley pie eater wrote: โTue Apr 15, 2025 4:51 pm
josie andrews wrote: โMon Apr 14, 2025 9:33 pm
morley pie eater wrote: โMon 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 clubโs 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!!!!
Iโve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so itโs not me

Re: A brief history of The Derby
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:07 pm
by josie andrews
archiekeith wrote: โTue 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
Re: A brief history of The Derby
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:12 pm
by morley pie eater
josie andrews wrote: โTue Apr 15, 2025 6:06 pm
morley pie eater wrote: โTue Apr 15, 2025 4:51 pm
josie andrews wrote: โMon Apr 14, 2025 9:33 pm
Get in touch with the clubโs 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!!!!
Iโve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so itโs not me

Re: A brief history of The Derby
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:16 pm
by Mickw
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.