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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: โ†‘Tue Apr 15, 2025 4:51 pm
josie andrews wrote: โ†‘Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:33 pm
morley pie eater wrote: โ†‘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 clubโ€™s historian if these facts are wrong & put him right ๐Ÿ˜Š
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!!!!
Iโ€™ve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so itโ€™s not me ๐Ÿ˜Š

Re: A brief history of The Derby

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:07 pm
by josie andrews
archiekeith wrote: โ†‘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

Re: A brief history of The Derby

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:12 pm
by morley pie eater
josie andrews wrote: โ†‘Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:06 pm
morley pie eater wrote: โ†‘Tue Apr 15, 2025 4:51 pm
josie andrews wrote: โ†‘Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:33 pm

Get in touch with the clubโ€™s historian if these facts are wrong & put him right ๐Ÿ˜Š
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!!!!
Iโ€™ve only copied & pasted the post off the official site so itโ€™s not me ๐Ÿ˜Š
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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.