Premiership Football!

Why hasn't it gripped the town? Considering how Football is the most watched sport on the planet and is never off Sky sports and the BBC, Why have the people of Wigan not taken to it? The Premier League is regarded by many as the best in the world and yet Wigan Athletic struggle to attract crowds drawn in by the towns Rugby team, even though that sport is hardly recognised outside Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Latics try their best with marketing, having the cheapest Season tickets and loads of special offers as well as thousands of freebies during the season. I wish I knew the answer because I would love the town to get behind the Latics but we'll just have to wait and see how the coming season goes. Hopefully if they can keep hold of Zog and add one or two top names to the squad the people of Wigan may give them one more chance. Here's hoping

Poor from Rio.

'tit for tat' Rio!

or in Jays case should it be 'tat for tit'?

Or maybe wig for wa****.

Read enough of your anti-latics tosh to get your number.

C'mon Jay, Rio has a point...

spot on jay

Maybe because has most wiganers know about sport they are not prepared to PAY to watch closett faries kick a ball round a field under the disguise of entertaining football. The game has been spoiled by money men and most supporters know it and will not go to watch rubbish football.If supporters must waste £30-£50 per match they soon learn and say sod it .

16,000 tic fans support wigan not bad from were we were 10 years ago

16000 fans attending matches not ALL WIGAN supporters,and before its said about RUGBY most away supporters sit in one stand and can be counted so once they are deducted from total number then remainder ARE WIGAN fans

trevwafc

16,812 to be precise.

but what about the 20% or so of average away supporters?

How about the 11k GMR reckon turned up against Wakefield.

And 7,000 of those probably weren't from Wigan.

Ask any club chairman and he wants "bums on seats", irrespective of where they come from.If only proper Wiganers, scousers mancs brummies etc went to matches in most sports the soddin' grounds would be half empty.Is everybody in the 75000 crowd at OT a Manc.This argument about where supporters come from is now getting childish.....

Once again, Jay dishes it out but can't take it.

Surprised rodders or what

Dopey Ken puts his foot in it again.

The babysitter talks about babies as well,you couldn't make it up.They are on/or above his intelligence level.

I was just stating the FACT that most WiganRL fans are not from Wigan.Surprising how WiganRL fans seem to react so badly to this..

where do ANY supporters come from for anyone to come out with the above statement?Is this based on someone trolling throu the session ticket holders addresses or doing a straw pole outside the ground to say its FACT most Wigan RL supporters are not from WiganOf the estimated 81000 residents of Wigan(2010)how many support either rubgy/football or both and how many support other sports or dont support any sport and where do all the supporters of rugby/football come from

It was off the Wigan RL official website ppnw.

It described you as a 'regionally supported club' and then gave a breakdown of were your support is from...

Wigan Athletic on the other hand from surveys have one of the highest percentages of local support.

Next question!!

Im begining to think how sad ppnw/ducky/ kenny are if that is all you can come up with is about how many are on at tics games sado's suppose to be egg shape ball season Is't it

Do you blokes NEVER tire of this childish bickerin'
I'm amazed that adults can keep this kind of thing up week in week out.

What percentage Jay, I asked you ages ago but still haven't had an answer....

Rio come out of the CLOSET get a life. (or is your life just jealously about the great tics)

It's on your website Bassman,

I'll link you if you want mate.

Please do Jay, I'm not the best on a computer...

Owt for you mate.

Just watching a DVD of Les Mis,i'll do it first thing.

I hope they win tomorrow for you Bassman.

Sorry to disappoint but I aint been in no closet since I was locked in one at school for talking about the Wigan v Hunslet game at Wembley. Until the '85 classic with Hull it was always regarded as THE best ever final. That was roughly fifteen years before I started visiting Pneumonia Park on a regular basis so I suppose you would say that firstly I am a Wigan Rugby fan but that I am also a True Blue

Rita talks yet more bol****.

trevwafc (367)



Im begining to think how sad ppnw/ducky/ kenny are if that is all you can come up with is about how many are on at tics games

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And the proof trev ???????

Ken,blatantly obvious you're a sad,idiot lad.

Just accept it.

And the proof trev ???????

kenny

As Corporal Jones says, 'They don't like it up um'.

Kenny you are getting to easy my son

Are trev and jay ONE

NO answer from one,no answer from another


kenny (3757)

And the proof trev ???????

Only 3rd time of asking

kenny

The term 'Alter ego' and the same smiley faces gives us a clue.

trevwafc, I put a picture on My Photos. It was taken in Rio about six years ago. Have you any old photo's of yourself in a Wigan Rugby shirt or are you just a one team man
Now you can please yourself whether or not you think I have been a Latics fan for over thirty years or not but I still consider myself as a Wigan Rugby fan first and foremost. Also I am looking forward to this afternoon's game more than I've ever anticipated a Latics match because you can 100% guarantee EXCITEMENT

Just not a thugby fan your comments on the tics remind me of the once proud latics supporter all he did was to make sarcastic remarks you don't fool me

Rita is fooling nobody,Trev.

Just another bitter chubbie.

The 'alter ego' strikes again!

Question? did either of you treat yourself to the Latics v Bury match which was played on either Good Friday or Easter Monday around 1985 and kicked off at 12 O'clock. I remember the early kick-off because quite a few of us used to go to the football and then go to the rugby. Two of the lads I was with said they would never go to the Latics again as they were so bored. The game ended 0-0 and as far as I can remember neither Goalie had a shot to stop, in fact the Ref said he nearly abandoned the game due to the noise of SNORING coming from the Phoenix Stand

My father took me to watch the Latics at Springfield park back in the 50s and I have folloed them ever since band take great joy from watching them on TV in OZ , if only my old Da was alive to see it . He would never accept the Troll as a Latics supporter

You're not missed Aussie.Stay where you are.

Dont let that idiot bully you off this site aussie94

Kenny,the bully.Copying like all 'empty heads' do.

I'd like to congratulate the latic's fans on this board for showing dignity.

None have resorted to racism unlike a certain,non attending 'Wigan RL fan.

TOM,you can't get past the 'treeswinger' remark lad.

tom

He has called other people on here the "R" word,thinly veiled or otherwise,but wont admit it

Are trev and jay ONE

i've though this for a long time,
they both throw there dummy out the pram when someone gives an opinion about latics

they both make assumptions,that they cant back up

most of the comments are the same

the low life lying troll as called a few people on here racist,amongst other things,but cant back any of them up and when you ask him to he scuttles back off under his stone

Because they do stupid things at latics... like bringing the new strip out after the season starts.. Yeah thats good marketing...

'but cant back any of them up'

You really can't comprehend anything but the most basic of arguments,can you kid.

its a simple statement

you cant back your nasty and personal comments up..........can you

Nowt changes

true kenny true

when i call him a low life lying troll i can back it up

he thinks he can say what he wants because hes a boxer........stop laughing

if your ribs start aching through laughing,like mine do when i read most of his comments,then try co-codomol

kenny jumps on walshys band wagon sado

Trev,these two dopes will never learn.

Trev,these two dopes will never learn.


Replied: 29th Jul 2011 at 22:41


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